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For example if I download a Chinese subtitle on a non-Chinese computer it looks like this: 1 00:00:02,067 --> 00:00:04,800 ÔÙ¸øÄã½²¸öÓÐȤµÄÆøÏóС֪ʶ 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,533 ÓÖÒ»¸ö? Ì«ºÃÁË! 3 00:00:07,533 --> 00:00:10,867 ÅçÁ÷µÄ±ä»¯¿ÉÒÔÓ°Ïìµ½ but opening with MS Word changes it to this: 1 00...

Another solution is to open the file with Microsoft Word (right click to open it) and convert it to Simplified. Then copy and paste back into the SRT and save as UTF-8. I then use this link to convert to Traditional if needed: http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/converter-simptrad.html I use DFPBiaoK...

I post this as a response to this very issue and to present a solution which fixed my problem. (I have a Core2 Duo system, Win7 - 32 bit, 3GB of RAM). I too had stuttering issues with all versions of VLC 2.x.x with videos under Windows 7. Tried going back to vlc 1.x.x and still the same problems. No...