Filenames

The Issue

Non-ASCII characters in the Windows filepaths of music library tracks can cause problems due to incompatiblities with:

• Macintosh
• Portable muisc players (can prevent play of affected and subsequent files)
• FTP clients and servers
• File-sharing programs
• Some application programs e.g. FLAC encoder, Beyond Compare 2

Workaround

Replace non-ASCII characters with e.g. the nearest ASCII equivalent:

• accented char -> non-accented equivalent
• left and right quotes -> upright quote

Replacement can be performed by Mp3tag using and Action Groups containing a Replace action for each character.

Other

Emailing between Tobiasco and Chrisjjj

> 21 I'd better drink my wine in silence.wav

My fault for not replacing that non-ASCII char - thanks!

> FLAC encoder can only process computer high comma '
>
> not the other high comma

Yowch. Expect that program to fail on other legal Windows filenames too!

-> take care with filenames