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ispyisail		#1 Posted : Monday, September 7, 2020 6:50:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Hi all When I import some scripture text is get a "?" symbol I've managed to locate the problem down to this symbol >> ” << which is different to the one on my keyboard >> " << Full Example Text 27. even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” Does anybody have some solutions for this problem?
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ispyisail		#2 Posted : Saturday, September 12, 2020 6:14:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		After some thought I come to the conclusion that its a vMix Bug?
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doggy		#3 Posted : Saturday, September 12, 2020 6:45:58 AM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/27/2012(UTC) Posts: 5,209 Location: Belgium Thanks: 291 times Was thanked: 955 time(s) in 790 post(s)		Originally Posted by: ispyisail After some thought I come to the conclusion that its a vMix Bug? Yes the bug is in the text source If it is coming from a file saved in ANSI encoding this will be the result , needs to be UTF-8 encoding So not a vMix bug at all
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ispyisail		#4 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:03:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		From the best I can tell the character is UTF-8 http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/...=%E2%80%9D&mode=char
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doggy		#5 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:20:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/27/2012(UTC) Posts: 5,209 Location: Belgium Thanks: 291 times Was thanked: 955 time(s) in 790 post(s)		Right so save your files with UTF encoding as your current apparently isn't Can easily test it with notepad or alike ( gives you the option to save as ANSI or UTF-8)
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ispyisail		#6 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:53:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Thanks for the tips I'll work more on this latter
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ispyisail		#7 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:58:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		In getting the text from the application "Theword" then using "Autohotkey" to format and save the text for vMix import I suspect Autohotkey is not saving in the correct format again. thanks for the tips
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doggy		#8 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:06:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 12/27/2012(UTC) Posts: 5,209 Location: Belgium Thanks: 291 times Was thanked: 955 time(s) in 790 post(s)		https://www.autohotkey.c...ommands/FileEncoding.htm
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ispyisail		#9 Posted : Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:29:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Advanced Member Groups: Registered Joined: 6/8/2017(UTC) Posts: 73 Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		@doggy That fixed the problem 100% Thanks AutoHotkey code Code: ^P:: FileDelete,C:\Users\Public\Documents\clip.csv Fileappend,%clipboard%,C:\Users\Public\Documents\clip.csv, UTF-8 return Just had to add "UTF-8"
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