# \[X\] ISO-8859-1 Problems with ID3v2 tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-iso-8859-1-problems-with-id3v2-tags/4115
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 28, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-iso-8859-1-problems-with-id3v2-tags/4115 "2006-11-28T11:31:17Z")
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### Author:  [@archos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/archos)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-iso-8859-1-problems-with-id3v2-tags/4115/1 "2006-11-28T11:31:17Z")
Since version 2.33 Mp3tag supports Unicode. For compatibility with devices, which do not fully support unicode, in these versions Mp3tag offers the option to write ID3v2 tags in ISO-8859-1. (see [/t/2785/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2785/1). This worked fine for a long time with the Archos Gmini 200 e.g., since this player can read unicode tags only partly resulting in an alphabetic sort order when playing a directory (should be ordered by track number).
BUT, starting with version 2.37a (?) ISO-8859-1 ID3v2 tags seem to be written differently, since the sort order on the player is mixed up again. When I use the old 2.32a version (which obviously write ID3v2 tags in ISO-8859-1 by default) to overwrite the ISO-8859-1 tags from v2.37 everything is fine again. Of course mp3tag runs on a system with unicode support (XP SP2). Just in case that this has low priority, it would be also helpfull to make v2.36 available again, wich as far as I remember worked o.k. with respect to the above issue.
Thank's a lot for the great program!
Rüdiger
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-iso-8859-1-problems-with-id3v2-tags/4115/2 "2006-12-03T08:59:08Z")
Hello Rüdiger,
I don't think that there are any problems with Mp3tag ISO-8859-1 support. In fact, the old v2.32a uses the system codepage instead of ISO-8859-1 which is not according to the ID3v2 standard.
I've also compared the source of ID3v2 library using my source control system and there where no changes regarding ISO-8859-1 writing during this time.
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-iso-8859-1-problems-with-id3v2-tags/4115/3 "2018-12-28T14:18:29Z")
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