prob with chinese characters

Kenny Mnemonic · 30th June 2002, 05:46

Hi
On Win9x Winamp plays all my chinese MP3s just fine.

After i upgraded to Win XP Pro i had native support for displaying chinese, but only if i rename those files again under XP.
(i use NJstar)

I renamed just about all the folders, not the files yet. When i click on a file under those folders, Winamp won't play the file, it won't read the tag info either, only the file name is displayed in the playlist.

If i wanted to play those files, i have to either rename the folder back to English or move the file out of the dir.

Micro$oft Media Player plays those files just fine tho.

thanks

30th June 2002, 05:56

Well, Winamp2's Unicode support is a hack, at best. Sorry.

Kenny Mnemonic · 30th June 2002, 10:42

I tried Winamp 3 preview as well, still no luck.
Any chance for proper unicode support in the final version ?

604jason · 17th April 2003, 02:25

windows xp doesn't need njstar to view chinese.
winamp won't work.

absolutpacha · 17th February 2004, 17:30

hey..i just wanted to say that I tried one of the recommended fixes and it kinda works. I use WinXP, but I think it should be similar for all the different versions of the OS.

So changed the lanquage in Regional and Language Options under the Control Panel, to Chinese (HK S.A.R) ..or something like that..and i got my playlist to look the one in picture..it used to be a whole jumble or cr@p before that...

as you can see though..it still doesn't display it entirely correctly throughout winamp..and obviously..if you have other languages (i have japanese as well)..then that doesn't work ...*shrugs* ..oh well...the ppl at winamp dun seem to be able to help us tho..

17th February 2004, 20:32

Preferences > Skins > Modern Skins > Font Rendering tab

Uncheck and check... stuff
(Play around, with Alterntive Fonts)

Lucas81 · 18th February 2004, 15:15

Hmmmmm I still don't really get it. Do i have to have a chinese version of windows to display the chinese characters?
Could someone tell me what I need to display the characters?
I have a xp pro (UK) Os, and winamp v 5.02.
I don't know if I have the language package installed for xp, but if I go to chinese websites, explorer displays the chinese characters perfectly. (an indication???)
So what do i have to have, and then, what do i have to do?

Thanks in advance..!

30th June 2002, 05:46	#1
Kenny Mnemonic Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2	prob with chinese characters Hi On Win9x Winamp plays all my chinese MP3s just fine. After i upgraded to Win XP Pro i had native support for displaying chinese, but only if i rename those files again under XP. (i use NJstar) I renamed just about all the folders, not the files yet. When i click on a file under those folders, Winamp won't play the file, it won't read the tag info either, only the file name is displayed in the playlist. If i wanted to play those files, i have to either rename the folder back to English or move the file out of the dir. Micro$oft Media Player plays those files just fine tho. thanks

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30th June 2002, 05:56	#2
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	Well, Winamp2's Unicode support is a hack, at best. Sorry.

30th June 2002, 10:42	#3
Kenny Mnemonic Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2	I tried Winamp 3 preview as well, still no luck. Any chance for proper unicode support in the final version ?

17th April 2003, 02:25	#4
604jason Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver Posts: 9	windows xp doesn't need njstar to view chinese. winamp won't work.

17th February 2004, 20:32	#6
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	Preferences > Skins > Modern Skins > Font Rendering tab Uncheck and check... stuff (Play around, with Alterntive Fonts)

18th February 2004, 15:15	#7
Lucas81 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2	Hmmmmm I still don't really get it. Do i have to have a chinese version of windows to display the chinese characters? Could someone tell me what I need to display the characters? I have a xp pro (UK) Os, and winamp v 5.02. I don't know if I have the language package installed for xp, but if I go to chinese websites, explorer displays the chinese characters perfectly. (an indication???) So what do i have to have, and then, what do i have to do? Thanks in advance..!