# Reading ID3V2 encoding

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reading-id3v2-encoding/17670
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 21, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reading-id3v2-encoding/17670 "2016-02-21T13:19:49Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reading-id3v2-encoding/17670/3 "2016-02-21T16:33:40Z")

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> [@metalhead68](#):
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> Is there a way to read the encoding of files such as UTF-8 or UTF-16. I know I can specify which to write, but I can't see a way to determine which a file currently has.

You can insert a column in Mp3tag listview ...

**Name : Char Enc Value: $ifgreater($strstr('|FLAC|MP4|WMA|','|'%\_tag\_read%'|'),0,'UTF-8',%\_id3v2\_character\_encoding%)**

See also ...  
[/t/14360/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14360/1)

DD.20160221.1835.CET

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