# \[F\] v2.38 Unicode bugs with Amazon/Discogs **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-38-unicode-bugs-with-amazon-discogs/5171 **Category:** Fixed Bugs **Tags:** bug-fixed **Created:** [July 21, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-38-unicode-bugs-with-amazon-discogs/5171 "2007-07-21T18:04:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![amp26](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@amp26](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/amp26) #### Post date: [July 21, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-38-unicode-bugs-with-amazon-discogs/5171/1 "2007-07-21T18:04:40Z")
There exist multiple bugs in v2.38 when attempting to look up albums in Amazon/Discogs. I'll spell them out here: **1) HTTP requests are not being URL encoded.** The text entered in the GUI is being put directly into the HTTP request, which fails because the server expects proper URL encoding. An example is this artist: [http://www.discogs.com/artist/S%C3%A9bastien+L%C3%A9ger](http://www.discogs.com/artist/S%C3%A9bastien+L%C3%A9ger) Sébastien Léger If you type that name into the Discogs Artist dialog box, mp3tag makes a request to the server: 70.103.226.22 HTTP GET /artist/S\351bastien+L\351ger HTTP/1.1 This is clearly wrong. If, instead, you type "S%C3%A9bastien+L%C3%A9ger" into the dialog box, it correctly locates the artist. **2) Amazon/Discogs responses are not being correctly handled as UTF-8.** If you make a request to fetch an album which has non-ASCII UTF-8 encoded characters in it, the dialog shows you garbage in place of the real characters because they are not being translated from UTF-8 back into UTF-16 before being used in Windows and the mp3 tags. An example album is: [http://www.discogs.com/release/6439](http://www.discogs.com/release/6439) If you type in the Discogs search "Isol%C3%A9e" to get around the first bug, and then select the "Rest (CD)" album, you will see garbage in the track listing where it should display "Démon" --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-38-unicode-bugs-with-amazon-discogs/5171)._