# unicode issue in Mp3tag and ID3v2.3 issue in Itunes
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-issue-in-mp3tag-and-id3v2-3-issue-in-itunes/6420
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-issue-in-mp3tag-and-id3v2-3-issue-in-itunes/6420 "2008-03-10T04:58:10Z")
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### Author:  [@zzzyyyxxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zzzyyyxxx)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-issue-in-mp3tag-and-id3v2-3-issue-in-itunes/6420/1 "2008-03-10T04:58:10Z")
...Er... After years of refusing to accept things like tags, it is not until one month ago that I finally started to use mp3tag to create tags and itunes to manage my music collection...
However, strange things happened...
1. Some of my tags are in chinese and thus I faced the unicode issue.
2. If I import mp3 files into Itunes (latest version), The "comment " areas are always blank (seems Itunes will not read it) if the files have ID3 v2.3 tags. BTW, I noticed that if the file only has ID3 v1 tag, the 'comment' area can be read correctly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-issue-in-mp3tag-and-id3v2-3-issue-in-itunes/6420/2 "2026-02-09T12:20:49Z")