Problem with ID3 tags 2.3 with Unicode

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Hello,

all my MP3s are tagged in ID3 Version 2.3 using Unicode encoding. It seems the player can’t read this because it only shows empty lines in the lists. Is this a known bug?

And there is a second problem with MP3 files with prefix name “Helga Glaesener - Die Rechenkünstlerin”. The player only shows “| [” or some similar characters in the list, even for directory and file names. I think it’s a Unicode problem too and not an umlauts problem; I am using umlauts in other files as well and all is correct.

I don’t have this problem if I copy all files per MTP but this leads to my other question:

http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=clipplus&thread.id=1039

Thank you for answers and help

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I tested it with version 2.4 tags but it’s the same.

But the problem exists only in the list, in track information all informations are correct.

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Sansa players work best with ID3v2.3 ISO 8859-1. Some models support 2.4, but 2.3 is still best.

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@gwk1967 wrote:
Sansa players work best with ID3v2.3 ISO 8859-1. Some models support 2.4, but 2.3 is still best.

Why doesn’t it work well with unicode?

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I don’t know the technical details, I just know it prefers ISO.