# Taglist-File - Tag gives character mess-up
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 30, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436 "2005-10-30T22:31:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/1 "2005-10-30T22:31:22Z")
Where I have
Sus éxitos con Andrés Falgás y Teófilo Ibanez
in a taglist file (viewing in Textpad), Convert | Taglist-File - Tag produces
Sus éxitos con Andrés Falgás y Teófilo Ibanez
(viewed in mp3tag). Yuk!
Copy'n'paste is OK.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/2 "2005-10-31T00:29:49Z")
The file seems to be UTF-8 encoded, so be sure to have Mp3tag v2.33 and that the file has a byte order marker.
Or convert the file to normal ANSI encoding.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/3 "2005-10-31T00:48:09Z")
> be sure to have Mp3tag v2.33
I do.
> and that the file has a byte order marker.
The file was created by mp3tag Export, which should be sufficient surely.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/4 "2005-10-31T00:57:34Z")
No. The export writes no BOM. You can add one by opening the file in notepad and saving it.
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### Author:  [@Cess\_Blue](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cess_Blue)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/5 "2005-11-12T02:17:39Z")
The export is totally counter intuitive if I have to manually add the BOM myself... Why doesn't it do it? Shouldn't that be an added feature?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/6 "2005-11-13T11:45:54Z")
I'm planning to add an option for that to the next release 🙂 Thanks for your feedback!
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/7 "2005-11-23T13:06:16Z")
The current [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de) features an option Write UTF-8 BOM at Options \> Export.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/8 "2005-11-29T21:59:34Z")
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/9 "2006-02-05T23:24:58Z")
> [@](#):
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> The current [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de) features an option Write UTF-8 BOM at Options \> Export.
Thanks, but tt doesn't fix the problem.
1. Export with ' Write UTF-8 BOM'
2. Edit file in Textpad
3. import with Taglist -\> Tag
International characters are corrupted e.g.
Alfredo Marcucci canta Ramón Regueira
to
Alfredo Marcucci canta Ramón Regueira
This is serious prang for me. Any advice on a workaround greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/10 "2006-02-06T09:21:23Z")
Did you export with BOM? If yes, it seems that Textpad removes the BOM by default.
Search for BOM at [http://www.textpad.info/forum/search.php](http://www.textpad.info/forum/search.php)
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/11 "2006-02-06T12:54:57Z")
> Did you export with BOM?
Sorry - yes.
> If yes, it seems that Textpad removes the BOM by default.
Thanks. So what editor works by default with mp3tag?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/12 "2006-02-06T13:31:49Z")
In that forum are guides how to setup Textpad to write a BOM.
Aside from that, the normal Notepad works perfect.
The freeware programs Notepad++ and PSPad ain't bad, too.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/13 "2006-02-06T13:54:27Z")
> the normal Notepad works perfect.
Thanks, but not here. e.g.
1 in Options | Export, ensure '[V] Write UTF-8 BOM' checked
2 Export (dialog box doesn't offer 'Write UTF-8 BOM' option)
3 View in Textpad 4.7.3 : 32-bit Edition:
2 Los mareados Alfredo Marcucci canta Ramón Regueira
i.e. OK.
4 View in Notepad Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp\_sp2\_gdr.050301-1519 : Service Pack 2):
 2 Los mareados Alfredo Marcucci canta Ramón Regueira
i.e. corrupt.
(Those samples are corrupted by this forum - multiple spaces collapsed, GOK why!)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taglist-file-tag-gives-character-mess-up/2436/14 "2026-02-09T12:19:29Z")