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    Default ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    I have a QProcess that runs a youtube-dl command to get the title of videos. I read the output of the process when it's finished and if the title of the video has some japanese characters for example, readAllStandardOutput() is not returning them. For example, if I have title "Learn Hiragana *some japanese characters here* (Japanese alphabet)" the readAllStandardOutput() function is returning "Learn Hiragana (Japanese alphabet)".

    How can I solve this?

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    How do you display the text? Since readAllStandardOutput() returns a QByteArray you have to convert it properly to a QString with QString::fromLocal8Bit()

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianEhrlicher View Post
    How do you display the text? Since readAllStandardOutput() returns a QByteArray you have to convert it properly to a QString with QString::fromLocal8Bit()
    I tried using QString::fromLocal8Bit() but it's the same because I'm printing the QByteArray as it is.
    My code:

    mainwindow.h

    Qt Code:
    1. #ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
    2. #define MAINWINDOW_H
    3.  
    4. #include <QWidget>
    5. class mainWindow : public QWidget
    6. {
    7. Q_OBJECT
    8. //here are defined some variables
    9. public:
    10. mainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    11. ~mainWindow();
    12. void createUI();
    13. void process();
    14. QProcess *process = new QProcess(this);
    15.  
    16. private slots:
    17. void ReadOutput(int, QProcess::ExitStatus);
    18.  
    19. };
    20. #endif // MAINWINDOW_H
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    mainwindow.cpp
    Qt Code:
    1. #include <QWidget>
    2. #include <QPushButton>
    3. #include <QProcess>
    4. #include <QByteArray>
    5. #include <QTextCodec>
    6. #include <QString>
    7. #include <QDebug>
    8. #include "mainwindow.h"
    9.  
    10. mainWindow::mainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
    11. {
    12. createUI();
    13. connect(process, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(ReadOutput(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));
    14. }
    15.  
    16.  
    17. mainWindow::~mainWindow()
    18. {
    19.  
    20. }
    21. void mainWindow::createUI(){
    22. //here I create the look of the window
    23. QPushButton buttonsearch = new QPushButton("Start process", this);
    24. buttonsearch->setToolTip("Start process");
    25. buttonsearch->setGeometry(200, 290, 100, 30);
    26. connect(buttonsearch, &QPushButton::clicked, [this]() {process(); });
    27. }
    28.  
    29. void mainWindow::process(){
    30. process->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
    31. process->start("\"D:\\YTDownloader\\youtube-dl.exe\" -e --no-playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-wwfuxZxw");
    32.  
    33. void readOutput(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatus){
    34. qDebug() << exitCode;
    35. qDebug() << exitStatus;
    36. QByteArray a = process->readAllStandardOutput();
    37. qDebug() << a; //here is not showing characters that are not recognised
    38. QTextCodec* utfCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8");
    39. processStdout = utfCodec->toUnicode(a);
    40. qDebug() << processStdout;
    41. }
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    main.cpp
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    1. #include <QApplication>
    2. #include "mainwindow.h"
    3.  
    4. int main(int argl,char *argv[])
    5. {
    6. QApplication app(argl,argv);
    7.  
    8. mainWindow *window = new mainWindow();
    9. window->setWindowTitle("Test");
    10. window->setFixedSize(700, 335);
    11. window->show();
    12.  
    13. return app.exec();
    14. }
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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Don't rely on windows' cmd.exe - it can't handle unicode properly. Use a QMessageBox or similar.

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianEhrlicher View Post
    Don't rely on windows' cmd.exe - it can't handle unicode properly. Use a QMessageBox or similar.
    Sorry but I don't understand what you mean. How to use a QMessageBox to run a QProcess?

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Quote Originally Posted by INeedADollar View Post
    Sorry but I don't understand what you mean. How to use a QMessageBox to run a QProcess?
    Where did I told you to do so? I said you should print the return value from readAllStandardOutput() in a QMessageBox (and don't forget to properly encode it into a QString with QString::fromLocal8Bit())

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    What You see in file result.txt when You try this from command line :
    Qt Code:
    1. D:\YTDownloader\youtube-dl.exe -e --no-playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-wwfuxZxw >>result.txt
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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianEhrlicher View Post
    Where did I told you to do so? I said you should print the return value from readAllStandardOutput() in a QMessageBox (and don't forget to properly encode it into a QString with QString::fromLocal8Bit())
    Ok thank you, but I get the same result.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lesiok View Post
    What You see in file result.txt when You try this from command line :
    Qt Code:
    1. D:\YTDownloader\youtube-dl.exe -e --no-playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-wwfuxZxw >>result.txt
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    I get the same result. For example, if I have title "Petric? Moise - ??tia-s b?n??enii mei" in the txt file I get "Petric Moise - tia-s bnenii mei".

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    I get the same result.
    Then maybe your "youtube-dl" program itself does not support Unicode.
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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Quote Originally Posted by d_stranz View Post
    Then maybe your "youtube-dl" program itself does not support Unicode.
    Hmmm, curious because when I run the command in cmd I get the correct title with all characters.

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    Default Re: ReadAllStandardOutput() is returning empty characters if they are not recognised

    Can you please show us your code?

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