Why Not UNICODE ??

[tokiee]

WinAMP cannot LOAD any files that have unicode character set in its name!! let alone SHOWING these names

i've searched articles by 'unicode' keyword, and many were already reported that problem, but i think the developer seems to MISUNDERSTAND the point of it.

IT'S NOT /WHY CAN'T I "SEE" UNICODE CHARACTER/
IT'S /WHY CAN'T I EVEN "LOAD" THE FILE WITH UNICODE/

so it can't be helped by unicode support FONTS or something

[Sawg]

Support for multi-language / international Unicode fonts in filenames:
Tixoft Font Plug 11
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=60931 (Tixoft Plugin + Windows fonts)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=58969 (more of the same)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=51293 (general workarounds/fixes)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=60931 (Regional Control Panel)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=61102 (Proof it works for some)
Forum Search : keywords = unicode | international characters | language | etc

[tokiee]

Hey Man!! You Don't Even Listen To Me

HEY MAN!! YOU DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO ME

I SAD, "IT CAN'T BE HELPED BY THAT!!!"

IT'S NOT ABOUT FONT!!
IT'S ABOUT LOADING UNICODE FILE



Support for multi-language / international Unicode fonts in filenames:
Tixoft Font Plug 11
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=60931 (Tixoft Plugin + Windows fonts)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread...&threadid=58969 (more of the same)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=51293 (general workarounds/fixes)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=60931 (Regional Control Panel)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=61102 (Proof it works for some)
Forum Search : keywords = unicode | international characters | language | etc

[peter]

this can't be fixed in winamp v2.x because of limitations in input plugin architecture. please shut up and wait for final winamp3.
also, changing regional settings does help.

[tokiee]

i'm talking about the lastest wmp3 ~ ?

i have both of wmp2.77 and wmp3

and since the winamp has borne until now, any version (including upcoming v3) of winamp doesn't support multilanguage ,,

AND

sure, it does help some by regional settings in contol panel,

BUT it's not complete

for example, in japanese they re using long dash (not ASCII small dash character), sorry i can't show it on this (though i can write it directly now, you may not recognize it), and any file that have this letter in its name, can't be loaded into winamp

winamp continues to try to load that file but failed and failed again infinitely

windows media player can play it, but i'm a winamp lover

[Sawg]

Unicode support is not in Beta1, but it should be in before the final relase. I remember Brennan mentioning as earily as Beta2.

[peter]

i've made it sticky because it is pissing me off. too many people are using win2k/xp these days. i can't even open a playlist with unicode characters (in both WA2 and WA3b1).
mods: please merge any new threads about unicode with this one when i'm away (just to keep the forum clean).
PS. i have an idea how to fix it in wa2 with relatively little mess on input plugin side (use UTF-8 internally everywhere, assume plugins with IN_VER=0x100 to not support unicode and convert filenames to regular multibyte before passing to them, pass UTF-8 filenames to updated plugins (IN_VER=0x101), to simplify shit write fopen() wrappers that do UTF-8 and work on both NT and non-NT, etc), maybe Justin will read this and start fixing shit.

[ziip]

ohh, so this is why winamp can't play files like this:

AC⁄DC - Song Title.mp3

but most micro$oft apps doesn't seem to have this problem.
ie: notepad & mediaplayer.

Can't wait till Winamp will be able to play Unicode named files

[NeoRenegade]

WTF kind of crackhead would put a slash in a filename?!
Jeeesus... people have no respect for older OS's, taking new OS's advantages for granted left and right and then bitching that we don't keep up with the buggy sons of guns...

[peter]

neo, plz, don't flame at sticky threads, this is a really serious problem and we'll be getting more and more people bitching about it as winxp (and ntfs) spreads. hope Justin will read this.

[NeoRenegade]

I have absolutely no qualm with people who just want to load MP3's in their own language.

But an english filename with a slash?

[ziip]

lol..ain't you funny? it's not like i'm not gonna share my files with you..neo. the slash on my filenames don't pose any threat to you.

[peter]

this is not just a problem with weird mp3 filenames. i can't even load a playlist with foreign characters in filename. that's really annoying.

[A Plugin Developer]

Originally posted by peter
PS. i have an idea how to fix it in wa2 with relatively little mess on input plugin side (use UTF-8 internally everywhere, assume plugins with IN_VER=0x100 to not support unicode and convert filenames to regular multibyte before passing to them, pass UTF-8 filenames to updated plugins (IN_VER=0x101), to simplify shit write fopen() wrappers that do UTF-8 and work on both NT and non-NT, etc), maybe Justin will read this and start fixing shit.

peter,
It can definitely be fixed... I made a similar work-around for ShoutAmp in order to see international characters in Shoutcast title streams.

[peter]

only Justin is working on Winamp2's main exe now (i don't even have the source code), and it's kinda difficult to convince him to fix anything these days (AFAIK he reads all the buglist crap).