[mythtv-users] Incorrect characters in the EPG and program name

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/13/2013 04:05 PM, spst wrote:
> 2013. 01. 13, vasárnap keltezéssel 14.52-kor Michael T. Dean ezt írta:
>> On 01/13/2013 01:58 PM, spst wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I started to know MythTV a few months ago. I successfully installed on
>>> opensuse 12.1 64 bit from packman repo. I have many questions because
>>> Google has't helped me, yet but these aren't important.
>>>
>>> I first installed the mythtv 0.24, but now I'm trying 0.26. I have a
>>> problem what is same for each version what I tried. EPG and program name
>>> encoding. I use a DVB-C card to watch cable tv on Hungary but character
>>> encoding is wrong. Hungarian words with accented letters can't be read.
>>>
>>> How can I fix it?
>> What do you mean by "can't be read"?  Does it just show a single
>> "character" (such as a square or something) where they go or does it
>> show a couple of garbage characters?  If the first, it likely means that
>> the font used by your theme doesn't support those characters.
> Yes, there are a lot of garbage cahracters. If one character is wrong I
> can read it, yet but more, than can't read..

By this I meant does each incorrect character show as a single character 
(or block or space or ...) or show as multiple characters.  I.e. instead 
of "å", does it show something like "á"--so that the single character 
shows as 2 (or 3) other characters.

Mike