# Searching for files with Unicode tags? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 14, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118 "2010-11-14T09:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/1 "2010-11-14T09:45:09Z")
Hi, I own a very old but still working Noxon 1 player from Terratec. It doesn't accept Unicode tags, only ISO8859-1. I know how to fix files to replace the Unicode tags with ISO8859-1 tags using Mp3Tag 2.46a, but how can I **search** for the files I have to fix? Sure, I can just rewrite the tags in **all** my files, but that's a waste of time and will change the timestamp of all of them... ---
**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/2 "2010-11-14T09:55:29Z")
You can use the filter (F3). Enter _%\_id3v2\_character\_encoding% HAS utf_ ---
**Author:** ![Butzenbrecher](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Butzenbrecher](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Butzenbrecher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/3 "2010-11-14T10:08:01Z")
> [@sba](#): > > Hi, > > I own a very old but still working Noxon 1 player from Terratec. It doesn't accept Unicode tags, only ISO8859-1. > > I know how to fix files to replace the Unicode tags with ISO8859-1 tags using Mp3Tag 2.46a, but how can I **search** for the files I have to fix? > > Sure, I can just rewrite the tags in **all** my files, but that's a waste of time and will change the timestamp of all of them... Hi! You can use this filter expression to find files that have a unicode title: **%title% MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}]** If you want to find files that have unicode in any field you can use: **\* MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}]** I hope this could be useful. Kabbakeks ---
**Author:** ![sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/4 "2011-01-30T18:49:49Z")
Hi folks, It seems this no longer works with 2.48!!! I have a file that starts with: 00000000: 49 44 33 03 00 00 00 00 10 5F 54 41 4C 42 00 00 | ID3......\_TALB.. | 00000010: 00 11 00 00 01 FF FE 42 00 65 00 73 00 74 00 20 | ..... ■B.e.s.t. | 00000020: 00 4F 00 66 00 54 50 45 31 00 00 00 19 00 00 01 | .O.f.TPE1....... | 00000030: FF FE 44 00 61 00 76 00 69 00 64 00 20 00 42 00 | ■D.a.v.i.d. .B. | 00000040: 6F 00 77 00 69 00 65 00 54 43 4F 4E 00 00 00 09 | o.w.i.e.TCON.... | 00000050: 00 00 01 FF FE 50 00 6F 00 70 00 54 49 54 32 00 | ... ■P.o.p.TIT2. | 00000060: 00 00 27 00 00 01 FF FE 41 00 62 00 73 00 6F 00 | ..'... ■A.b.s.o. | 00000070: 6C 00 75 00 74 00 65 00 20 00 42 00 65 00 67 00 | l.u.t.e. .B.e.g. | 00000080: 69 00 6E 00 6E 00 65 00 72 00 73 00 54 52 43 4B | i.n.n.e.r.s.TRCK | but - MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}] doesn't find it... Any clue? > [@Knabbakeks](#): > > Hi! > > If you want to find files that have unicode in any field you can use: > > **\* MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}]** > > I hope this could be useful. > > Kabbakeks ---
**Author:** ![sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/5 "2011-01-30T18:56:48Z")
This seems to work, even in 2.48, where "\* MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}]" seems to no longer work. > [@dano](#): > > You can use the filter (F3). Enter > _%\_id3v2\_character\_encoding% HAS utf_ ---
**Author:** ![Butzenbrecher](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Butzenbrecher](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Butzenbrecher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/6 "2011-01-30T22:52:45Z")
- MATCHES [\x{0100}-\x{FFFF}] This expression does not match unicode character encoding! It matches unicode characters like ’ or Æ or Ç or ❤ ... and it still works fine in v2.48. Sorry for misunderstanding your request. Knabakeks ---
**Author:** ![sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/7 "2013-10-05T17:01:23Z")
I still have the need to locate files that have Unicode tags instead of ISO8859-1 tags (e.g. files downloaded from Amazon). How can I achieve that (with 2.57)? ---
**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/8 "2013-10-06T06:08:00Z")
The answer is still in Post #2 ---
**Author:** ![sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/9 "2013-10-06T07:20:03Z")
Well.... (blushing 😲 )... how comes I didn't remember the "good" answer? I didn't first look up this thread, but the list of all filters that MP3Tag keeps for me... and the "good" filter was _not_ there... Thx again. This indeed works fine, I've rewritten the tags in all files found by this filter, and will verify with the Noxon that the display is always correct. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118/10 "2023-12-28T08:13:11Z")
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