# Extreme failure of Text file - tag on UTF-8 :(

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extreme-failure-of-text-file-tag-on-utf-8/8937
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 12, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extreme-failure-of-text-file-tag-on-utf-8/8937 "2009-09-12T23:09:48Z")
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extreme-failure-of-text-file-tag-on-utf-8/8937/1 "2009-09-12T23:09:48Z")

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When on a WMA track file I use Text file - Tag with a UTF-8 textfile, international characters are garbaged:  
 ![](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1817/54432258.gif)  
What's up??

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extreme-failure-of-text-file-tag-on-utf-8/8937/2 "2009-09-13T05:32:24Z")

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Does the file contain a byte order marker?  
This is needed by Mp3tag to recognize the encoding.

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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extreme-failure-of-text-file-tag-on-utf-8/8937/3 "2009-09-13T08:57:05Z")

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> Does the file contain a byte order marker?

No.

> This is needed by Mp3tag to recognize the encoding.

Thanks.