# Mp3tag-exported m3u files containing files with special characters get errors upon opening

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 10, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099 "2023-09-10T20:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![TGD](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TGD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGD)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099/1 "2023-09-10T20:03:10Z")

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I have a song named "All I Do - Jenil, LaCrême.mp3". When I export it to m3u and then try to open the m3u in Mp3tag I get a "File cannot be accessed" error. I also get an error when I try to open the same m3u in foobar2000.

When I export the same song in foobar2000 I can open the m3u in Mp3tag just fine. This leads me to believe this is a problem with how Mp3tag creates m3u files, or perhaps a setting I need to tamper with.

Can I do something about this to prevent it from happening?

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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:** [September 10, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099/2 "2023-09-10T20:06:51Z")

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Try to use UTF-8 characters instead of simple ANSI.

Save the playlist with the extension m3u8 instead of m3u and you will get the UTF-8 encoding.

see also the documentation:

> **[Playlist – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/playlist/#filename-of-playlist)**
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> Documentation of Playlist configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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**Author:** ![TGD](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TGD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TGD)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099/3 "2023-09-11T18:11:59Z")

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Hmm so I can just add 8 to the extension to fix that. Thought that would screw things up since m3u8 is not an option on dropdown. Solved, thank you.

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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:** [October 11, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-exported-m3u-files-containing-files-with-special-characters-get-errors-upon-opening/62099/4 "2023-10-11T18:12:40Z")

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