# Convert to UTF-16 flac and wav for Spotify

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-to-utf-16-flac-and-wav-for-spotify/70277
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-to-utf-16-flac-and-wav-for-spotify/70277 "2025-12-03T16:49:18Z")
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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 3, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-to-utf-16-flac-and-wav-for-spotify/70277/3 "2025-12-03T16:57:21Z")

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> [@KameHameHAAA](#):
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> ID3v2.3 UTF-16

Please note that the encoding settings only apply to mp files.  
Flac files get tags encoded in UTF-8  
See here:

> [@Encoding "foreign" character metadata (FLAC files)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-foreign-character-metadata-flac-files/42264):
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> Using Windows 10 and mp3tag for adding metadata to FLAC files. Since my keyboard does not directly support foreign characters, such as those found in Celtic music and other non-USA English music forms, I've been using Character Map to add them. However, it turns out that these characters are not necessarily UTF-8 compliant. This causes problems for us in ways too complicated to explain here. That said, how can (or should) Character Map be used to properly insert UTF-8 compliant characters that…

BTW: the tag encoding has nothing to do with the filenames.

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