'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xda in position 184: invalid continuation byte

[karkas]

No this is where i placed the file,you can choose whatever place you like.
Rember that python and pip should work from any folder same for all OS,for Windows look here
So a test like this should work no matter which folder on OS you are in.

Oh yes, I actually learned this when following your advice in the first reply to use chardet. I had to add the python path to the environmental variables and then install pip to be able to install chardet.

That use cmder a much better shell than cmd/Poweshell.

That would be another thing for me to look at and learn.

When i use rb then i read file in binary(no encoding).
With Unicode still need to decode to a encoding.

I actually meant these two examples:

C:\code
λ chardetect myfile.txt
myfile.txt: ascii with confidence 1.0

# copy of text in post and save as utf-8
λ chardetect test.srt
test.srt: utf-8 with confidence 0.505

Thank you very much for your help and all your insights. This has been great because it's given me a lot more to study and learn.

Best regards.