# The string looks like mojobake (misinterpreted encoding). # Often these occur when UTF-8 is read as ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) or Windows-1251. # Let's try to reverse it to see if it makes sense in a different language, likely Russian or Chinese given the characters. mojobake = "HD-720pÐ³ÐƒÂ®Ð·â€°Â©Ð¶Â˜Ð‡Ð´Ñ”Ñ”Ð¹ÑœÑ›ÐµÐ‹ÑŸÐµâ€°ÂµÐ¿Ñ˜Ñ™Ð·Ò‘â€žÐ¹Â«Â˜Ð·â‚¬Ñ•ÐµÂ¤Â«Ð·Ñ’Ñ“ÐµÂ Ò‘Ð¸Â±Ñ’Ð¶Â»Ñ—Ð·Â®ÐŽÐ·Ñ’â€ Ð·Â©Ñ—Ð¶Ñ“â€¦Ð¸Â¶ÐˆÐ¸ÐˆÑœÐ¶â€°â€œÐ·â€šÂ®Ð¿Ñ˜â€ ÐµÒ Ñ–Ð·â„¢Ð…Ð¹Â Â˜ÐµÐ ÐˆÐ·ÐŽÂ¬Ð¹â€ºÑ›ÐµÂ·Ò‘Ð¸ÑžÂ«Ðµâ„–â„–ÐµÑ•â€”Ð¹Â«Â˜Ð¶Ð…Â®Ð¶ÂµÐ„ÐµÐ Â«ÐµÐ ÐˆÐ·â‚¬â€ ÐµÑ’Ñ›Ð·Ð†Ñ•" def fix_mojobake(text): encodings = ['latin-1', 'utf-8', 'windows-1251', 'windows-1252', 'gbk', 'koi8-r', 'mac-roman'] results = [] # Try common mojobake patterns # Path 1: It's UTF-8 interpreted as Latin-1 try: raw = text.encode('latin-1') for dec in encodings: try: results.append((f"latin-1 -> {dec}", raw.decode(dec))) except: pass except: pass # Path 2: It's Windows-1252 interpreted as something else try: raw = text.encode('cp1252') for dec in encodings: try: results.append((f"cp1252 -> {dec}", raw.decode(dec))) except: pass except: pass return results # Narrowing down specifically the junk part junk = "Ð³ÐƒÂ®Ð·â€°Â©Ð¶Â˜Ð‡Ð´Ñ”Ñ”Ð¹ÑœÑ›ÐµÐ‹ÑŸÐµâ€°ÂµÐ¿Ñ˜Ñ™Ð·Ò‘â€žÐ¹Â«Â˜Ð·â‚¬Ñ•ÐµÂ¤Â«Ð·Ñ’Ñ“ÐµÂ Ò‘Ð¸Â±Ñ’Ð¶Â»Ñ—Ð·Â®ÐŽÐ·Ñ’â€ Ð·Â©Ñ—Ð¶Ñ“â€¦Ð¸Â¶ÐˆÐ¸ÐˆÑœÐ¶â€°â€œÐ·â€šÂ®Ð¿Ñ˜â€ ÐµÒ Ñ–Ð·â„¢Ð…Ð¹Â Â˜ÐµÐ ÐˆÐ·ÐŽÂ¬Ð¹â€ºÑ›ÐµÂ·Ò‘Ð¸ÑžÂ«Ðµâ„–â„–ÐµÑ•â€”Ð¹Â«Â˜Ð¶Ð…Â®Ð¶ÂµÐ„ÐµÐ Â«ÐµÐ ÐˆÐ·â‚¬â€ ÐµÑ’Ñ›Ð·Ð†Ñ•" possible = fix_mojobake(junk) for p in possible: print(p) Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard
: Many TV stations (such as ABC and FOX in the US) broadcast in 720p because it handles fast-moving content, like sports, better than 1080i. Motion Picture Association Ratings Guide # The string looks like mojobake (misinterpreted encoding)
The junk characters following "HD-720p" in your query suggest a file name or a metadata tag that has been damaged during a copy-paste or download. This often happens with: This often happens with: The string you provided,
The string you provided, , followed by a series of corrupted characters (often called "mojobake"), typically occurs when text encoded in one format (like UTF-8) is incorrectly displayed in another (like Windows-1252 or Latin-1). # The string looks like mojobake (misinterpreted encoding)