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Re: mp3-tags, zip-archives, tool to convert filenames to UTF
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:01:56PM +0100, Helge Hielscher wrote:
> 1) I have some mp3-Files with ID3-Tag, most of these files use the
> ISO-8859-1 encoding, but some use a russian encoding. Which programms
> can display the russian ID3-Tags? I have tried XMMS, but with no
> success. Is there a way to convert all ID3-Tags to Unicode? How does
> ogg-Vorbis handle this issue?
First, convert your tags to unicode. For that you might wish to use a
"real" id3-tool, like mp3info or id3v2. You'll have to use iconv and
scripting to convert the tags. Maybe there is a special tool out there but
I doubt it. After that, any application, which is correctly configured for
UTF-8 should show the tags correctly.
> 2) Now that I have set my locales to de_DE.uft8 I could use a tool that
> converts filenames (mostly 8859-1, some russian) to unicode? Where can I
> find/get such a tool?
See above - the same way.
>
> 3) Do .zip Files store the encoding of the filenames somewhere and will
> unzip convert the encodings to utf8? How about uft8 and the other
> packers/archivers (tar,ace,rar)? Are there any known problems?
I'm using UTF-8 as my default encoding and I have not encountered any
serious problems so far (midnight commander is a counter-example)
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