diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CustomSubtitleDecoderFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CustomSubtitleDecoderFactory.kt
index 482f6b11..f727e8c0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CustomSubtitleDecoderFactory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CustomSubtitleDecoderFactory.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.util.Log
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.SubtitleDecoder
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.SubtitleDecoderFactory
@@ -11,15 +13,29 @@ import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.subrip.SubripDecoder
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.ttml.TtmlDecoder
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.webvtt.WebvttDecoder
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.R
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.logError
 import org.mozilla.universalchardet.UniversalDetector
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 
 class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
     companion object {
+        fun updateForcedEncoding(context: Context) {
+            val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+            val value = settingsManager.getString(
+                context.getString(R.string.subtitles_encoding_key),
+                null
+            )
+            overrideEncoding = if (value.isNullOrBlank()) {
+                null
+            } else {
+                value
+            }
+        }
+
         private const val UTF_8 = "UTF-8"
         private const val TAG = "CustomDecoder"
-        private var overrideEncoding: String? = null //TODO MAKE SETTING
+        private var overrideEncoding: String? = null
         var regexSubtitlesToRemoveCaptions = false
         val bloatRegex =
             listOf(
@@ -69,7 +85,7 @@ class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
                     // this way we read the subtitle file and decide what decoder to use instead of relying on mimetype
                     Log.i(TAG, "Got data from queueInputBuffer")
 
-                    var str = try {
+                    var (str, charset) = try {
                         data.position(0)
                         val fullDataArr = ByteArray(data.remaining())
                         data.get(fullDataArr)
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@ class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
                                 detector.handleData(fullDataArr, 0, fullDataArr.size)
                                 detector.dataEnd()
 
-                                detector.detectedCharset // "windows-1256" adabic
+                                detector.detectedCharset // "windows-1256"
                             }
 
                             Log.i(
@@ -93,14 +109,24 @@ class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
                             logError(e)
                             UTF_8
                         }
-                        var fullStr = try {
-                            String(fullDataArr, charset(encoding))
+
+                        var (fullStr, charset) = try {
+                            val set = charset(encoding)
+                            Pair(String(fullDataArr, set), set)
                         } catch (e: Exception) {
                             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to parse using encoding $encoding")
                             logError(e)
-                            fullDataArr.decodeToString()
+                            Pair(fullDataArr.decodeToString(), charset(UTF_8))
                         }
 
+                        bloatRegex.forEach { rgx ->
+                            fullStr = fullStr.replace(rgx, "\n")
+                        }
+
+                        fullStr.replace(Regex("(\r\n|\r|\n){2,}"), "\n")
+                        // fullStr = "1\n00:00:01,616 --> 00:00:40,200\n" +
+                        //         "تــــرجــمة"
+
                         Log.i(
                             TAG,
                             "Encoded Text start: " + fullStr.substring(
@@ -108,14 +134,7 @@ class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
                                 minOf(fullStr.length, 300)
                             )
                         )
-
-                        bloatRegex.forEach { rgx ->
-                            fullStr = fullStr.replace(rgx, "\n")
-                        }
-
-                        fullStr.replace(Regex("(\r\n|\r|\n){2,}"), "\n")
-
-                        fullStr
+                        Pair(fullStr, charset)
                     } catch (e: Exception) {
                         Log.e(TAG, "Failed to parse text returning plain data")
                         logError(e)
@@ -149,7 +168,7 @@ class CustomDecoder : SubtitleDecoder {
                                     }
                                 }
 
-                                buff.data = ByteBuffer.wrap(str.toByteArray())
+                                buff.data = ByteBuffer.wrap(str.toByteArray(charset = charset))
 
                                 decoder.queueInputBuffer(buff)
                                 Log.i(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
index aa8b165c..68053cb6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import androidx.core.view.isVisible
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.MimeTypes
-import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
 import com.hippo.unifile.UniFile
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.*
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder.getApiFromNameNull
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.Resource
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.logError
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.normalSafeApiCall
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.observe
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.CustomDecoder.Companion.updateForcedEncoding
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.PlayerSubtitleHelper.Companion.toSubtitleMimeType
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.result.ResultEpisode
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.result.ResultFragment
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.settings.SettingsFragment.Companion.isTvSet
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.subtitles.SubtitlesFragment
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.*
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.Coroutines.ioSafe
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.SingleSelectionHelper.showDialog
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UIHelper.dismissSafe
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UIHelper.hideSystemUI
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UIHelper.popCurrentPage
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.fragment_player.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.player_custom_layout.*
+import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.player_select_source_and_subs.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 
 class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
@@ -241,14 +243,8 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
                 val sourceDialog = sourceBuilder.create()
                 selectSourceDialog = sourceDialog
                 sourceDialog.show()
-                val providerList =
-                    sourceDialog.findViewById<ListView>(R.id.sort_providers)!!
-                val subtitleList =
-                    sourceDialog.findViewById<ListView>(R.id.sort_subtitles)!!
-                val applyButton =
-                    sourceDialog.findViewById<MaterialButton>(R.id.apply_btt)!!
-                val cancelButton =
-                    sourceDialog.findViewById<MaterialButton>(R.id.cancel_btt)!!
+                val providerList = sourceDialog.sort_providers
+                val subtitleList = sourceDialog.sort_subtitles
 
                 val footer: TextView =
                     layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.sort_bottom_footer_add_choice, null) as TextView
@@ -314,11 +310,56 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
                     subtitleList.setItemChecked(which, true)
                 }
 
-                cancelButton.setOnClickListener {
+                sourceDialog.cancel_btt?.setOnClickListener {
                     sourceDialog.dismissSafe(activity)
                 }
 
-                applyButton.setOnClickListener {
+                sourceDialog.subtitles_encoding_format?.apply {
+                    val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ctx)
+
+                    val prefNames = ctx.resources.getStringArray(R.array.subtitles_encoding_list)
+                    val prefValues = ctx.resources.getStringArray(R.array.subtitles_encoding_values)
+
+                    val value = settingsManager.getString(
+                        ctx.getString(R.string.subtitles_encoding_key),
+                        null
+                    )
+                    val index = prefValues.indexOf(value)
+                    text = prefNames[if(index == -1) 0 else index]
+                }
+
+                sourceDialog.subtitles_click_settings?.setOnClickListener {
+                    val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ctx)
+
+                    val prefNames = ctx.resources.getStringArray(R.array.subtitles_encoding_list)
+                    val prefValues = ctx.resources.getStringArray(R.array.subtitles_encoding_values)
+
+                    val currentPrefMedia =
+                        settingsManager.getString(
+                            getString(R.string.subtitles_encoding_key),
+                            null
+                        )
+
+                    val index = prefValues.indexOf(currentPrefMedia)
+                    sourceDialog.dismissSafe(activity)
+                    activity?.showDialog(
+                        prefNames.toList(),
+                        if(index == -1) 0 else index,
+                        ctx.getString(R.string.subtitles_encoding),
+                        true,
+                        {}) {
+                        settingsManager.edit()
+                            .putString(
+                                ctx.getString(R.string.subtitles_encoding_key),
+                                prefValues[it]
+                            )
+                            .apply()
+                        println("FORCED ENCODING: ${prefValues[it]}")
+                        updateForcedEncoding(ctx)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                sourceDialog.apply_btt?.setOnClickListener {
                     var init = false
                     if (sourceIndex != startSource) {
                         init = true
@@ -668,6 +709,7 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
             val settingsManager = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ctx)
             titleRez = settingsManager.getInt(getString(R.string.prefer_limit_title_rez_key), 3)
             limitTitle = settingsManager.getInt(getString(R.string.prefer_limit_title_key), 0)
+            updateForcedEncoding(ctx)
         }
 
         unwrapBundle(savedInstanceState)
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/player_select_source_and_subs.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/player_select_source_and_subs.xml
index c99ff6ff..1efa00be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/player_select_source_and_subs.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/player_select_source_and_subs.xml
@@ -62,19 +62,37 @@
                     android:orientation="horizontal"
                     tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables">
 
-                <TextView
-                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                <LinearLayout
+                        android:foreground="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
+                        android:id="@+id/subtitles_click_settings"
                         android:layout_rowWeight="1"
-                        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
-                        android:paddingStart="?android:attr/listPreferredItemPaddingStart"
                         android:paddingTop="10dp"
-                        android:paddingEnd="?android:attr/listPreferredItemPaddingEnd"
                         android:paddingBottom="10dp"
-                        android:text="@string/pick_subtitle"
-                        android:textColor="?attr/textColor"
-                        android:textSize="20sp"
-                        android:textStyle="bold" />
+                        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
+                        android:orientation="horizontal"
+                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
+
+                    <TextView
+                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                            android:paddingStart="?android:attr/listPreferredItemPaddingStart"
+                            android:paddingEnd="?android:attr/listPreferredItemPaddingEnd"
+                            android:text="@string/pick_subtitle"
+                            android:textColor="?attr/textColor"
+                            android:textSize="20sp"
+                            android:textStyle="bold" />
+
+                    <TextView
+                            android:textSize="15sp"
+                            android:id="@+id/subtitles_encoding_format"
+                            android:textColor="?attr/textColor"
+                            android:layout_gravity="center"
+                            android:gravity="center"
+                            tools:text="Thai (TIS 620-2533/ISO 8859-11)"
+                            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
+                </LinearLayout>
 
                 <ImageView
                         android:layout_width="25dp"
@@ -112,6 +130,7 @@
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="60dp">
 
+
         <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
                 style="@style/WhiteButton"
                 android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|end"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
index 2571f779..2347f792 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/array.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
     <array name="cast_mini_controller_control_buttons">
         <item>@id/cast_button_type_rewind_30_seconds</item>
         <item>@id/cast_button_type_play_pause_toggle</item>
@@ -269,4 +269,94 @@
         <item>Amoled</item>
         <item>Light</item>
     </string-array>
+
+    <!--https://github.com/videolan/vlc-android/blob/72ccfb93db027b49855760001d1a930fa657c5a8/application/resources/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml#L266-->
+    <string-array name="subtitles_encoding_list" tools:ignore="TypographyDashes">
+        <item>@string/automatic</item>
+        <item>Universal (UTF-8)</item>
+        <item>Universal (UTF-16)</item>
+        <item>Universal (big endian UTF-16)</item>
+        <item>Universal (little endian UTF-16)</item>
+        <item>Universal, Chinese (GB18030)</item>
+        <item>Western European (Latin-9)</item>
+        <item>Western European (Windows-1252)</item>
+        <item>Western European (IBM 00850)</item>
+        <item>Eastern European (Latin-2)</item>
+        <item>Eastern European (Windows-1250)</item>
+        <item>Esperanto (Latin-3)</item>
+        <item>Nordic (Latin-6)</item>
+        <item>Cyrillic (Windows-1251)</item>
+        <item>Russian (KOI8-R)</item>
+        <item>Ukrainian (KOI8-U)</item>
+        <item>Arabic (ISO 8859-6)</item>
+        <item>Arabic (Windows-1256)</item>
+        <item>Greek (ISO 8859-7)</item>
+        <item>Greek (Windows-1253)</item>
+        <item>Hebrew (ISO 8859-8)</item>
+        <item>Hebrew (Windows-1255)</item>
+        <item>Turkish (ISO 8859-9)</item>
+        <item>Turkish (Windows-1254)</item>
+        <item>Thai (TIS 620-2533/ISO 8859-11)</item>
+        <item>Thai (Windows-874)</item>
+        <item>Baltic (Latin-7)</item>
+        <item>Baltic (Windows-1257)</item>
+        <item>Celtic (Latin-8)</item>
+        <item>South-Eastern European (Latin-10)</item>
+        <item>Simplified Chinese (ISO-2022-CN-EXT)</item>
+        <item>Simplified Chinese Unix (EUC-CN)</item>
+        <item>Japanese (7-bits JIS/ISO-2022-JP-2)</item>
+        <item>Japanese Unix (EUC-JP)</item>
+        <item>Japanese (Shift JIS)</item>
+        <item>Korean (EUC-KR/CP949)</item>
+        <item>Korean (ISO-2022-KR)</item>
+        <item>Traditional Chinese (Big5)</item>
+        <item>Traditional Chinese Unix (EUC-TW)</item>
+        <item>Hong-Kong Supplementary (HKSCS)</item>
+        <item>Vietnamese (VISCII)</item>
+        <item>Vietnamese (Windows-1258)</item>
+    </string-array>
+    <string-array name="subtitles_encoding_values" translatable="false" tools:ignore="TypographyDashes">
+        <item></item>
+        <item>UTF-8</item>
+        <item>UTF-16</item>
+        <item>UTF-16BE</item>
+        <item>UTF-16LE</item>
+        <item>GB18030</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-15</item>
+        <item>Windows-1252</item>
+        <item>IBM850</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-2</item>
+        <item>Windows-1250</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-3</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-10</item>
+        <item>Windows-1251</item>
+        <item>KOI8-R</item>
+        <item>KOI8-U</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-6</item>
+        <item>Windows-1256</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-7</item>
+        <item>Windows-1253</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-8</item>
+        <item>Windows-1255</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-9</item>
+        <item>Windows-1254</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-11</item>
+        <item>Windows-874</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-13</item>
+        <item>Windows-1257</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-14</item>
+        <item>ISO-8859-16</item>
+        <item>ISO-2022-CN-EXT</item>
+        <item>EUC-CN</item>
+        <item>ISO-2022-JP-2</item>
+        <item>EUC-JP</item>
+        <item>Shift_JIS</item>
+        <item>CP949</item>
+        <item>ISO-2022-KR</item>
+        <item>Big5</item>
+        <item>ISO-2022-TW</item>
+        <item>Big5-HKSCS</item>
+        <item>VISCII</item>
+        <item>Windows-1258</item>
+    </string-array>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4569994a..22d7002b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <string name="show_logcat_key" translatable="false">show_logcat_key</string>
     <string name="bottom_title_key" translatable="false">bottom_title_key</string>
     <string name="poster_ui_key" translatable="false">poster_ui_key</string>
+    <string name="subtitles_encoding_key" translatable="false">subtitles_encoding_key</string>
 
     <!-- FORMAT MIGHT TRANSLATE, WILL CAUSE CRASH IF APPLIED WRONG -->
     <string name="extra_info_format" translatable="false" formatted="true">%d %s | %sMB</string>
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@
     <string name="provider_lang_settings">Provider languages</string>
     <string name="app_layout">App Layout</string>
     <string name="preferred_media_settings">Preferred media</string>
+    <string name="subtitles_encoding">Subtitle encoding</string>
     <string name="category_preferred_media_and_lang">Preferred media and language</string>
     <string name="category_ui">User interface</string>