1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc/charset_conv.c b/misc/charset_conv.c
index 3e7e47cc58..0037775586 100644
--- a/misc/charset_conv.c
+++ b/misc/charset_conv.c
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ bool mp_charset_is_utf8(const char *user_cp)
                        strcasecmp(user_cp, "utf-8") == 0);
 }
 
+bool mp_charset_is_utf16(const char *user_cp)
+{
+    bstr s = bstr0(user_cp);
+    return bstr_case_startswith(s, bstr0("utf16")) ||
+           bstr_case_startswith(s, bstr0("utf-16"));
+}
+
 // Split the string on ':' into components.
 // out_arr is at least max entries long.
 // Return number of out_arr entries filled.
@@ -179,6 +186,8 @@ static const char *mp_uchardet(void *talloc_ctx, struct mp_log *log, bstr buf)
             iconv_close(icdsc);
         }
     }
+    if (!res && bstr_validate_utf8(buf) >= 0)
+        res = "utf-8";
     uchardet_delete(det);
     return res;
 }