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I am trying to run a srt file written in unicode Bangla. I have changed the encoding settings to UTF-8 and select a Bangla unicode font in VLC subtitle settings.

I can see normal letter but not connected letters (i.e ক + ে = কে). Same thing is happening in gnome-mplayer.

Is any media player can render complex Bangla unicode in screen?

screenshot of latest VLC player

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Note: I already installed Bangla Language/support package.

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you can use smplayer to solve bangla subtitle problem in ubuntu and other linux operating systems

  1. install smplayer and set it as a default player

  2. click right button of your mouse and go to smplayer's preferences

  3. Encoding: select UTF-8
  4. check Try to autodetect for this language and select Bengali(bn)
  5. Apply and Ok
  6. if subtitle is too small press Shift+T to enlarge, and Shift+R to make it small..

now everything ok....

thanks... Oronno BAU { search me in Google }

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Go to preference in VLC. Head over to Subtitles/OSD option. Set the font as Lohit Bengali(Like this).

VLC have some issue with .srt format try using .ass subtitle file. You can rename a .srt to .ass as well, or You can try mpv player

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mpv-tests
sudo apt update && sudo apt install mpv

To uninstall:

sudo apt remove mpv && sudo apt autoremove
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To convert the subtitle to .ass format, use Aegisub for convert it.

sudo apt-get install aegisub
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  • Welcome to AskUbuntu, You should share more info about this, not just few words. Honestly, I already flagged it as low quality in the review queue. Later, I checked that this workaround should work. The idea behind it is that most video players uses libass to render .ass/.ssa subtitle file types. Where libass had already implemented harfbuzz support (Unicode shaping engine), where other subtitles are handled by the player.
    – user.dz
    Jun 6, 2015 at 7:39
  • You deserve an up vote from me, if add some words to explain. Or you may just copy from my comment :).
    – user.dz
    Jun 6, 2015 at 7:47

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