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* left and right quotes -> upright quote | * left and right quotes -> upright quote | ||
Replacement can be performed by [[Mp3tag]] using an Action Groups containing a Replace action for each character. | Replacement can be performed by [[Mp3tag]] using an Action Groups containing a Replace action for each character. | ||
====az_name==== | |||
*[[filenames]] should be ASCII only - non-ASCII causes too may problems. Further restrictions as follows: | |||
**prefer usage of only A-Za-z0-9_ | |||
***or only a-z_ | |||
**. for fileextensions, otherwise undecided, probably avoid | |||
**' not decided yet, if removed, how to write D'Arienzo? | |||
**, avoid, at least in work titles | |||
**[]() maybe reserve for special meaning | |||
**space always replaced with _ | |||
;examples | |||
As of 2008 the az_names are used for work links | |||
*http://eng.tango.info/work:la_maleva - disambiguation page | |||
*http://eng.tango.info/work:la_viruta - work page - unique match | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== |
Revision as of 2008-01-15T02:17:34
Non-ASCII characters
The Issue
Non-ASCII characters in the Windows pathnames (folder and file names) of music library tracks can cause problems due to incompatiblities with:
- Macintosh
- Portable music players (where they can prevent play of the file and of subsequent files)
- FTP clients and servers (where each often appears as a garbage character pair)
- Some utility programs e.g. FLAC encoder, Beyond Compare 2
- File-sharing programs
Workaround
Replace non-ASCII characters with e.g. the nearest ASCII equivalent:
- accented char -> non-accented equivalent
- left and right quotes -> upright quote
Replacement can be performed by Mp3tag using an Action Groups containing a Replace action for each character.
az_name
- filenames should be ASCII only - non-ASCII causes too may problems. Further restrictions as follows:
- prefer usage of only A-Za-z0-9_
- or only a-z_
- . for fileextensions, otherwise undecided, probably avoid
- ' not decided yet, if removed, how to write D'Arienzo?
- , avoid, at least in work titles
- []() maybe reserve for special meaning
- space always replaced with _
- prefer usage of only A-Za-z0-9_
- examples
As of 2008 the az_names are used for work links
- http://eng.tango.info/work:la_maleva - disambiguation page
- http://eng.tango.info/work:la_viruta - work page - unique match
Other
Emailing between Tobiasco and Chrisjjj
> 21 I'd better drink my wine in silence.wav My fault for not replacing that non-ASCII char - thanks! > FLAC encoder can only process computer high comma ' > > not the other high comma Yowch. Expect that program to fail on other legal Windows filenames too!
-> take care with filenames