Mac TextEdit problem? Polish subtitles

[Darsh-85]

Hi, great website i've used it a lot in the last few months.
One problem I keep having though is with Polish subtitles.
The letters ą ż ś ę ć ó ł all come up as random digits like # #$%^&&*( etc.
Any idea what this could be? When I download subtitles they automatically appear as txt files and I just change it to srt.
Thanks

[arcchancellor]

You must use another charset.

For further information see here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1002
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12860

[Darsh-85]

Thanks for the reply, can you tell me how to do this?
I'm new to all of this, thanks.

[arcchancellor]

Which subtitle editor you use?

[Darsh-85]

I've just been using TextEdit

[SimplyTheBOSS]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1072449
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25826/subs-factory
http://www.jubler.org/

[Darsh-85]

Thanks for that, I just downloaded Subs factory and it looks good. I changed the encoding to windows-1250 and it looks perfect.
But then I save it and even though it saves properly, it still has the same problem when opening with VLC?
Its hardly been VLC all this time has it?

[Darsh-85]

Ahhh it was the VLC settings all this time!!! Been watching Polish subs with random symbols for 4 months now haha