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==Non-ASCII characters== | ==Non-ASCII characters== | ||
===The Issue=== | ===The Issue=== | ||
Non-ASCII characters in the Windows | Non-ASCII characters in the Windows pathnames (folder and file names) of music library tracks can cause problems due to incompatiblities with: | ||
* Macintosh | * Macintosh | ||
* Portable music players (where they can prevent play of | * Portable music players (where they can prevent play of the file and of subsequent files) | ||
* FTP clients and servers | * FTP clients and servers (where each often appears as a garbage character pair) | ||
* Some utility programs e.g. FLAC encoder, Beyond Compare 2 | * Some utility programs e.g. FLAC encoder, Beyond Compare 2 | ||
* File-sharing programs | * File-sharing programs | ||
Revision as of 2008-01-07T15:30:28
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.
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