So, I have these two tracks where the vinyl version uses ♂ and ♀ instead of A1 and B1 for the track numbers I want to set the track value to what it says, which I can do with virtualdj, but virtualdj ads an extra replaygain value which I don't want. I can remove that in mp3tag, but then that change…

This is the official definition for the tag TRACK: The 'Track number/Position in set' frame is a numeric string containing the order number of the audio-file on its original recording. This may be extended with a "/" character and a numeric string containing the total numer of tracks/elements on t…

Foobar does fail to read it when the tag is written in virtual dj, but it does properly read and sort track numbers such as "B1," and mp3tag can read it, it just refuses to write it, or won't even leave it alone as it is and just as i said changes it to a question mark

[image] AstralHaze: as i said changes it to a question mark Which character encoding do you write? It should be UTF. See File>Options>Tags>Mpeg.

I'd tried each option, and tried again now; they don't make a difference

I think I remember this thread: [image] [F] MP3Tag's use of Unicode in TLEN field is not ID3V2.3 compliant Fixed Bugs MP3Tag uses Unicode when writing the TLEN field. However, at http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0#sec3.3 it says explicitly: This seem pretty conclusive. This …

[image] AstralHaze: is there any way to get around this in mp3tag? Do I have to use a hex editor to combine the tag sets? As already described here, these characters do not correspond to the standard for the TRCK field. Mp3Tag does not fully adhere to this standard by allowing alphanumeric c…

Some more info about issues with the TRACK field an using non digit characters: [image] [X] Can't copy some unusual TRACK tags from MP3 / FLAC to WMA No Bugs Till recently, I was using only MP3's and FLACs; with tags in ID3v2.3 UTF-16. And I was using tag fields not in a …

How to write special characters in %track%

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ohrenkino January 2, 2022, 7:31am 6

I think I remember this thread:

so, if you add anything non-numeric in TRACK and that is a special character then you have the trouble of writing it in the correct codepage.