# Chinese characters show in player but not mp3tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chinese-characters-show-in-player-but-not-mp3tag/47235
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chinese-characters-show-in-player-but-not-mp3tag/47235 "2019-12-06T13:50:33Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chinese-characters-show-in-player-but-not-mp3tag/47235/16 "2019-12-07T18:21:44Z")

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> [@rod2](#):
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> as far as an ISO tag, I dont know how to do that... can any tag editor do that or is Mp3diag required?

See File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg  
You probably save the tags now as ID3v2 UTF-16  
There select the option with ISO-8859-1

see also the FAQs:

> [@Problems with ID3v2 tags in Unicode format?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-id3v2-tags-in-unicode-format/2785):
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> Since version 2.33 Mp3tag supports Unicode through the whole program. Mp3tag writes ID3v2 tags in Unicode format (UTF-16) by default now, but there are still some programs, portables or car radios which have problems with ID3v2 tags stored in Unicode format (though this is specified within the ID3v2 standard). To use Mp3tag with these programs or devices, simply enable the option (x) ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1 at [:mt\_options:] Options \> Tags \> Mpeg. After that, just save the tags again by clicking […

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