Character encoding messup on Convert Textfile - Tag

chrisjj · January 19, 2011, 6:47pm

Convert Textfile - Tag from a plain text file containing

Juan Félix Maglio canta Carlos Viván

gives

Juan FÃ©lix Maglio canta Carlos VivÃ¡n

Any ideas?

I have never seen this failure before, but cannot see any change in my procedure. Thanks.

dano · January 19, 2011, 7:45pm

You might have an utf-8 encoded file without BOM therefore Mp3tag can't detect the encoding.

chrisjj · January 19, 2011, 7:53pm

You might have an utf-8 encoded file without BOM

I do.

therefore Mp3tag can't detect the encoding.

It never failed before.

dano · January 19, 2011, 8:15pm

I assume the files that worked before had a BOM and now you got a file without BOM.
Can't think of any other way.

chrisjj · January 19, 2011, 10:52pm

OK. My procedure copies and pastes from a web site into a temporary .txt file in Textpad just to get into Mp3tag, so I guess that .txt file must previously somehow has inherited a BOM, now lost.

Thanks Dano.