# \[X\] Vista & Japanese characters in playlists

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vista-japanese-characters-in-playlists/4780
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [April 24, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vista-japanese-characters-in-playlists/4780 "2007-04-24T14:29:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Janzki](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Janzki](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Janzki)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vista-japanese-characters-in-playlists/4780/1 "2007-04-24T14:29:44Z")

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I have a soundtrack album with song names in their original Japanese form. When I try to create a playlist from these files, the characters are converted to question marks. Running Vista Home Premium x64.

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vista-japanese-characters-in-playlists/4780/2 "2007-04-24T14:53:58Z")

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M3U files do not support unicode characters and that's why the M3U8 format exists, which however isn't supported by Mp3tag AFAIK.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vista-japanese-characters-in-playlists/4780/3 "2018-12-28T14:19:01Z")

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