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Akamiblade129_7

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[SOLVED]Unicode characters not displayed correctly on MPV

I'm trying to setup my music player rn and for some reason mpd doesn't recognize unicode characters, even tho other utils display it correctly

$ id3v2 -l mzlff,\ BOOKER\ -\ ящики.mp3
id3v1 tag info for mzlff, BOOKER - ящики.mp3:
Title  : mzlff, BOOKER - ящики      Artist:                               
Album  :                            Year:     , Genre: Unknown (255)
Comment:                            Track: 0
id3v2 tag info for mzlff, BOOKER - ящики.mp3:
TIT2 (Title/songname/content description): mzlff, BOOKER - ящики

$ mpc status
mzlff, BOOKER - ÑÑики
[paused]  #3/3   0:01/3:22 (0%)
volume: n/a   repeat: on    random: off   single: off   consume: off

And of course, the same issue appears on waybar, which looks awkward.

Last edited by Akamiblade129_7 (2025-06-15 01:28:50)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]Unicode characters not displayed correctly on MPV

Ah, shoot => https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p2246279
I on't think id3tag ever gained 2.4 support but in any event am betting your right arm that this is the problem.

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Akamiblade129_7

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Re: [SOLVED]Unicode characters not displayed correctly on MPV

Ah, shoot => https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p2246279
I on't think id3tag ever gained 2.4 support but in any event am betting your right arm that this is the problem.

I think you're right. I've installed mid3v2 tool(python-mutagen package) which supports id3v2.4 and it shows the same issue

Edit: Yep, that worked. I just use mid3v2 tool instead of id3v2, tysm

Last edited by Akamiblade129_7 (2025-06-15 01:28:38)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]Unicode characters not displayed correctly on MPV

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mp3unicode/
https://gist.github.com/eyecatchup/0757 … 2ea7d95a01

You saw your other thread? yt-dlp can write the metadata for you anyway. No need for manual labor.

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Akamiblade129_7

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Re: [SOLVED]Unicode characters not displayed correctly on MPV

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mp3unicode/
https://gist.github.com/eyecatchup/0757 … 2ea7d95a01

You saw your other thread? yt-dlp can write the metadata for you anyway. No need for manual labor.

It doesn't work since I'm downloading videos and then reformat it to mp3. I made it because I've used to listen music on Youtube. So yeah.
I've fixed my issue anyways