# \[X\] UTF-8 bug in 2.35m?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [April 16, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194 "2006-04-16T18:02:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@B\_W](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/B_W)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194/1 "2006-04-16T18:02:52Z")
When I write tags in ID3 v2.4 (UTF-8) and put the MP3 files on my Cowon A2 PVP ([cowonamerica.com](http://cowonamerica.com)), I get garbage.
However, if I use foobar2000 v0.9 (which also writes in ID3 v2.4) and write or update tags, they display fine.
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### Author:  [@klaasklever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/klaasklever)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194/2 "2006-04-16T19:47:57Z")
Strange. It would be interesting to know what the little difference(s) are between a tag written by Mp3tag and foobar.
Generally I believe that both foobar and Mp3tag have a very proper and standards compliant implementation, so maybe this is really a bug, but oh well... believing things doesn't help much...
Sorry for asking: Are you sure that it's not a v1 Tag you are writing with foobar, because as far as I know foobar _by default_ writes a v1 tag, while a v2.4 tag is added only when the information (one of the text strings) you entered is longer than 30 characters and thus does not fit in a v1 tag. **I recommend that you make sure your files ONLY contain v2 tags, an (additional) v1 tag is misleading** - the player might read this one instead if it does not understand v2.4 UTF-8 (which is very likely with portables).
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194/3 "2006-04-17T07:29:29Z")
Yes, as Klaas already pointed, foobar2000 0.9 writes ID3v1 tags if the information fits in an ID3v1 tag (see [FAQ](http://foobar2000.org/FAQ.html#tagging_related_questions)). You can change tag version on a per file basis via 'Tagging \> MP3 tag types' from the fb2k context menu.
And for the record: I'm not aware of any differences in ID3v2.4 writing between Mp3tag and foobar2000. Seems like your player is missing support for ID3v2.4 with UTF-8.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194/4 "2006-04-21T19:49:28Z")
Since there is no feedback on this issue, I'm marking this as "No bug".
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-utf-8-bug-in-2-35m/3194/5 "2018-12-28T14:15:35Z")
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