won't play songs with foriegn language characters

crttenhj · 26th March 2004, 20:51

hello,

like the subject says, winamp won't play any songs with a foriegn language character in the filename, or songs that are in a folder with a foriegn character. itunes and win media player handle these sings fine, but i really preffer winamp. is there any solution to this, or work around, without of course changing the filenames to english. the files are in latvian btw.

thanks for any help.

gas-attack · 26th March 2004, 21:47

Which caracters do these files contain? For me, files with e.g. 'é' or 'Ç' in the name play fine.

crttenhj · 26th March 2004, 22:50

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Originally posted by gas-attack
Which caracters do these files contain? For me, files with e.g. 'é' or 'Ç' in the name play fine.

any latvian characters, ie: ā ī č š ļ ē ū ģ ķ ž ņ ...

any ideas?

gas-attack · 26th March 2004, 22:54

Hmm... don't know. I renamed a file containing all the letters you posted, and for me, they are playing fine but are shown wrong in playlist editor. Are you using WA 5.03?

ChaseDavis · 27th March 2004, 23:41

the songs will play fine but they won't get added to the media library. I have t.a.t.u's cd and tracks 9 and 10 will play but I can't add them to the library. I for some reason also can't get any of my AC/DC albums to go into the library.

26th March 2004, 20:51	#1
crttenhj Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	won't play songs with foriegn language characters hello, like the subject says, winamp won't play any songs with a foriegn language character in the filename, or songs that are in a folder with a foriegn character. itunes and win media player handle these sings fine, but i really preffer winamp. is there any solution to this, or work around, without of course changing the filenames to english. the files are in latvian btw. thanks for any help.

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26th March 2004, 21:47	#2
gas-attack Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The world's a** Posts: 1 divided by 0 Posts: 219	Which caracters do these files contain? For me, files with e.g. 'é' or 'Ç' in the name play fine.

26th March 2004, 22:54	#4
gas-attack Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The world's a** Posts: 1 divided by 0 Posts: 219	Hmm... don't know. I renamed a file containing all the letters you posted, and for me, they are playing fine but are shown wrong in playlist editor. Are you using WA 5.03?

27th March 2004, 23:41	#5
ChaseDavis Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1	the songs will play fine but they won't get added to the media library. I have t.a.t.u's cd and tracks 9 and 10 will play but I can't add them to the library. I for some reason also can't get any of my AC/DC albums to go into the library.