# Forgein symbols converting to question marks

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258 "2020-12-18T21:00:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/callmelazuli/32/6894_2.png) [@callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/callmelazuli)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/1 "2020-12-18T21:00:41Z")

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When trying to modify the album cover for an .mp3 file with a name including foreign symbols, these symbols will convert to question marks.  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cb74caa44c77d240ecd71f387ff13a523681a946.png)  
_(Edited.)_  
This doesn't occur when the file is left unedited.  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/2/231c4c832c703129b2383b2b2987c403babf63c2.png)  
_(A track by the same artist, left unedited.)_  
Is there any way to remedy this?

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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 18, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/2 "2020-12-18T21:04:47Z")

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Please check File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg  
which encoding you write when you save tags (which happens if you add a cover).  
Good would be UTF-16

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**Author:** ![callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/callmelazuli/32/6894_2.png) [@callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/callmelazuli)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/3 "2020-12-18T21:09:44Z")

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![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/61368982c8d7c3fa6e491f52d2804087e8ce6775.png)  
What options would I have to change here?

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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 18, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/4 "2020-12-18T21:10:21Z")

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Switch to Write: ID3v2.3 Utf-16

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**Author:** ![callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/callmelazuli/32/6894_2.png) [@callmelazuli](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/callmelazuli)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/5 "2020-12-18T21:11:51Z")

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Alright, that did the trick. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forgein-symbols-converting-to-question-marks/51258/6 "2021-01-17T21:11:52Z")

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