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agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://api.encoding.com/llms.txt
---

# 23 May 2024

## Charset for srt output

Specific **charset** [option](https://api.encoding.com/reference/closed-captions-conversion) (utf8 or cp1252) can be specified

```xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid>[UserID]</userid> <!-- required -->
    <userkey>[UserKey]</userkey> <!-- required -->
    <action>[Action]</action> <!-- required -->
    <source>[SourceFile]</source> <!-- required -->
    <format>
        <output>closed_captions</output> <!-- required-->
        <type>srt</type>
        <charset>[utf8|cp1252]</charset>
    </format>
</query>
```
```json
{
  "query": {
    "userid": "[UserID]", // required
    "userkey": "[UserKey]", // required
    "action": "[Action]", // required
    "source": "[SourceFile]", // required
    "format": {
      "output": "closed_captions",
      "type": "srt",
      "charset": "[utf8|cp1252]"
    }
  }
}
```

| Parameter   | Description                           | Allowed Values | Default Value |
| :---------- | :------------------------------------ | :------------- | :------------ |
| **charset** | Specify character set for SRT output. | utf8, cp1252   | *none*        |