can't modify tag(s) - file is read only (not!)

[dmaizer]

I'm using WinAmp 5.07 and have several files with names that contain diacritics (e.g, "Pâle septembre.mp3").

After editing the ID3 of such files, and trying to "Update" the file - I get a message saying that WinAmp "Can't modify tag(s)! File is read only!".

However - the files are NOT read only.

It appears to be related to the diacritics in the file names:

1. The ID3 tag editor displays the name as "P?le septembre.mp3" and not as it should (but that could be a font problem).
2. After renaming the file to a name without diacritics - the problem disappears.

Is there any solution to this except for renaming the files? I have many non-English songs, and would like to keep their names correct...

TIA,
/Danny

[siebe83]

You're probably out of luck there. Winamp doesn't support Unicode so it often can't handle international characters in filenames correctly. See here for more info:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161361#unicode