# \[X\] v2.36 defaults to UTF-8, should be to UTF-16

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-v2-36-defaults-to-utf-8-should-be-to-utf-16/3397
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 3, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-v2-36-defaults-to-utf-8-should-be-to-utf-16/3397 "2006-06-03T04:10:38Z")
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### Author: ![madbastd](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@madbastd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/madbastd)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-v2-36-defaults-to-utf-8-should-be-to-utf-16/3397/1 "2006-06-03T04:10:38Z")

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Under Options-\>Tags-\>Mpeg, the ID3v2 character coding in v2.35 defaulted to UTF-16. Upgrading to v2.36 changes the default to UTF-8. This causes a weird extra character to be displayed at the end of each field (Artist, Title, etc.) in iTunes.

I'm annoyed because this has taken me a couple of hours to sort out. I think the default should stay the same, namely UTF-16.

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