Arabic font on Win 8
After installing windows 8 , the Arabic subtitle appear like squares even after changing the encoding to windows-1256
same problem on another device with win 8 VLC 2.0.4 or 2.0.5, same issue
MPC Player show the arabic subtitle immediately, without adjusting the encoding too
the only fix I found is to change the default font "Arial" to an arabic font, "Traditional Arabic" Font is clear and nice and all characters are perfect
note: windows 8 has change the default arabic font in general