[Screenshot_20230714-114814_Samsung_Music] Howto get rid of it? Problem is on the pic. Correct look is marked. Strange is that there are more forms of bad chars in the names, as you can see. I have tried to set options - mpeg to both unicode16 and iso1. Nothing helped. For example media player fr…

Does MP3tag show the characters correctly? [image] Jaros: I have tried to set options - mpeg to both unicode16 and iso1 Did you save the tags again after you have changed the options in MP3tag? Did you update the player's cache/database? Is this a player on android? If so, look for a diff…

Yes, MP3tag shows it correctly. Yes, I have saved it. Its Samsung music player, I did not update its cache/db (idk how).

[image] Jaros: idk how I don't know either. But it could be worth a try to rename one of the files with a modified character set a little (like an added underscore at the end of the filename) to force the player to re-read the file. And then see what helps.

I just have deleted the app cache from the settings-app menu. Nothing has improved. I have tried to rename the ID3 to something different already. The music player updates this changes instantly. Also I have tried to rename a file. No improvement.

Just for test purposes: you could add a column with the value %_id3v2_character_encoding% and see whether the encoding in MP3tag is that what you want it to be. Once you have checked that you get all the variants, then see what your player needs. And if that player still cannot cope with the char…

It was showing correct encoding (based on mpeg option set). Different player would not be a solution, as even win MP just converts incompatible chars. but yes, no way... I can also rename those tags to iso1. Thank you :slight_smile:

I would make a test row of the same file and save the tags with ID3V2.3 UTF-16 ID3V2.3 ISO-8859-1 ID3V2.4 UTF-8 and then see which of the files is displayed correctly. Also, I would use only ID3V2 tags and no V1 or APE tags. If you have those in the files, it may also be worthwhile to see what…

ISO1 setting in mpeg works, means problematic letters with ˇ are removed. I did not noticed before. I lose some, but better than chinese chars :slight_smile:

... which indicates that the player's implementation is not really up to the mark and has the level found almost 20 years ago. There is a mobile version of Foobar2000 - that has better tag support.

Bad letters in the tags

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MotleyG July 14, 2023, 11:10am 12

Lots of choices for media players that are typically better than the ones provided by the manufacturer.