Does iTunes Support Unicode?

Question

Level 1

93 points

Does iTunes Support Unicode?

I have a good collection of Japanese music, and all the symbols are messed up.

Example:
⁄“‘Ë˜¯‰ü

Is there any way I can get Japanese to render properly?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Self-Installed 320GB HD

Posted on May 27, 2009 4:03 PM

Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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May 28, 2009 3:37 AM in response to KWarp

See if this page helps:

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/mlingos9.html#itunes

Answer 2

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

124,784 points

May 28, 2009 7:01 AM in response to KWarp

Example:
⁄“‘Ë˜¯‰ü

PS Could you tell us what the Japanese is supposed to be for that one? I'm wondering whether it is Chinese instead...

Answer 3

KWarp Author

Level 1

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May 28, 2009 9:19 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

I'm not completely sure that song was Japanese actually.

These two are definately Japanese. They should say something like:
"Studio Pixel" (picture [http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture3hiv.png])
"Cave Story" (hiragana is どうくつ　ものがたり)

…J‰–⁄ºPixel
„´‘A¨‘ê∞T∞E∞„∞h∞g∞≈∞b∞N

Answer 4

KWarp Author

Level 1

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May 28, 2009 10:07 AM in response to KWarp

I found an app called ID3Mod2 that fixed the songs. It has a huge list of character encodings that can be punched into the ID3 tag. Through trial and error I found an encoding that worked.

Answer 5

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

124,784 points

May 28, 2009 10:26 AM in response to KWarp

I found an app called ID3Mod2 that fixed the songs.

Good news! Do you remember the encoding that worked?

Answer 6

KWarp Author

Level 1

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May 28, 2009 10:27 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

ShiftJIS