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Title: Charset extracting VORBIS-Tags
Post by: ATRider on March 07, 2011, 02:32:01 PM

Hi to all,
when reading VORBIS-Tags there is no translation from UTF-8 to Windows-1252 ... i think.

When extracting Tags from an FLAC-File with command
exiftool -T -L -Filename -Vorbis:Title anyü.flac > x.txt
the Umlaut in the filename will be returned in Windows-1252, an Umlaut in the tag will be returned as UTF-8. This tag can be created to any FLAC-file with "Mp3tag".

According to description of Vorbis-Tags these tags are always coded in UTF-8 and therefore should be translated to Windows-1252 with the command given?! What am i making wrong?

Sincerly, Mane

Title: Re: Charset extracting VORBIS-Tags
Post by: Phil Harvey on March 07, 2011, 04:24:27 PM

Hi Mane,

Once upon a time, ExifTool didn't recode any 8-bit encodings. But as things have evolved I have added this ability upon request.

Thanks for pointing out this deficiency, and the next version of ExifTool will properly recode Vorbis comments.

- Phil

Title: Re: Charset extracting VORBIS-Tags
Post by: ATRider on March 07, 2011, 05:01:31 PM

Hi Phil,
thanks for the prompt reply and the fast reaction. I'm trying next version of ExifTool.

Sincerly, Mane

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