# REQUEST: Encode Playlist as Unicode/UTF-8
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371 "2017-09-22T18:02:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@vittorio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vittorio)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371/1 "2017-09-22T18:02:38Z")
Hi!
_(note: I haven't found any related topic through search or the FAQ section)_
I own the SONY Network Walkman NW-A25 and it does not support playlists created by mp3tag since they are encoded as **ANSI**.
After playlist creation I have to manually open the playlist (as text file) with **Notepad++** and **convert** the encoding format to **UTF-8-BOM**. Only then the playlist is recognized by my player.
What about an option for the encoding format of saved playlists?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371/2 "2017-09-22T19:11:30Z")
see the options for exports:
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/export](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export)
if you create a report that results in a playlist, you can set the encoding.
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### Author:  [@vittorio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vittorio)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371/3 "2017-09-22T20:18:45Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> if you create a report that results in a playlist, you can set the encoding.
Yeah, but that requires some coding skills ... and having this option built right away into mp3tag would make life much easier.
I'll take a look at the export function though.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371/4 "2017-09-23T07:33:08Z")
> [@Vittorio](#):
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> Yeah, but that requires some coding skills ... and having this option built right away into mp3tag would make life much easier.
>
> I'll take a look at the export function though.
you could have a look at: [/t/13912/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13912/1)
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371/5 "2017-09-23T10:38:50Z")
Go to Options \> Playlist and change the extension of the playlist filename to m3u8