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UrariK
UrariK
Participant
June 2, 2024

AE Error: Could not convert Unicode Characters 23::46 After Changing the Color Engine to OCIO

  • June 2, 2024
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I know there's a solution posted in the past, I did that and thus I never had any issue.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/ae-error-could-not-convert-unicode-characters-23-46/td-p/10012017

 

This is my first time to actually encounter this issue as I switched to OCIO.

Whether using AE's own ACES or custom OCIO file, this issue persists.

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    Sergei241787705jcu
    Participant
    July 29, 2025

    Exactly the same issue here. Would be nice to hear some solution from Adobe 🙂

      nishu_kush
      Community Manager
      nishu_kushCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      August 15, 2025

      Hi Sergei,

       

      Did you try the suggestion provided in this thread? If that didn't help, do you mind sharing the details asked by John?

      We're here to help.


      Thanks,
      Nishu

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      Jonson0D4C
      Participant
      June 9, 2025

      I have encountered the same situation. No matter how I set it up, after changing ocio, such a prompt will appear when importing materials. I see that the post has been posted for more than a year. Is there any official solution?

      UrariK
      UrariKAuthor
      Participant
      June 6, 2024

      Hi, the error occurs whenever I import a file whose path contains non-English character, such as Japanese in my case.

      The error message won't appear again until you import another file. and the project is fully workable.

      However, the error message becomes problematic when you import any sequence, whether it's PNG or EXR. The error message will keep poping up. You close one, another one will immediately pop up. I guess because sequence essentially contains many images, but it keeps coming, even if it resolves after many clicks, sometimes it still randomly pops up when you click "layer" in the extractor, or when you starts to render, etc.

       

      Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits

      Display Language Japanese.

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        유빈33491720cb69
        Participant
        June 6, 2024

        I'm experiencing the same error. I'm using Korean. window 10

          JohnColombo17100380
          Community Manager
          JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
          Community Manager
          June 3, 2024

          Hi @UrariK,

          Thank you for reporting this issue. Do you experience the "Could not convert Unicode..." error when launching After Effects after changing a project to use OCIO? Also, what are your system specifications and display language?

           

          Thank you for any additional information you can provide,

          - John, After Effects Engineering Team  

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