MediaTomb

it will be nice if this feature was implemented, so i will be able to see all my files

It works for me so perhaps this is a compile or OS related problem?

Have you tried explicitly setting UTF-8 as filesystem encoding in the import settings? http://mediatomb.cc/pages/documentation#id2858022

I'm afraid I also see problems there: the client sees UTF-8 codes that are UTF-8 encoded again. Check http://bbouwens.home.xs4all.nl/mediatomb-utf8.tgz for example files. See the mediatomb-utf8.png image. I'm working completely in UTF-8...: [bram@janus2]/home/media/music/Bläck Fööss/A Capella% ls Bläck Fööss - Bütz mich (Hello my baby).mp3 Bläck Fööss - Kaffeeklatsch bei Tante Linchen.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Dat Wasser vun Kölle.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Kölle du uns Stadt am Rhing.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Die Profis vun d'r Eierquell.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Männer.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Du bes dä neue Dach (New Day).mp3 Bläck Fööss - MGV Concordia.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Et Wohrzeichen vun Kölle.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Polizeistund.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Guter Mann.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Sie liebt dich-Komm gib mir deine Hand.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Homeless.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Willi Ostermann Songs in der Parodie.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Jode Naach.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Wochemaat en Kölle.mp3 Bläck Fööss - Joden Dach.mp3 [bram@janus2]/home/media/music/Bläck Fööss/A Capella% id3v2 --list Bläck\ Fööss\ -\ Bütz\ mich\ \(Hello\ my\ baby\).mp3 id3v1 tag info for Bläck Fööss - Bütz mich (Hello my baby).mp3: Title : Bütz mich (Hello my baby) Artist: Bläck Fööss Album : A Capella Year: , Genre: Unknown (255) Comment: Track: 5 id3v2 tag info for Bläck Fööss - Bütz mich (Hello my baby).mp3: TRCK (Track number/Position in set): 5 TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): A Capella TCON (Content type): rock_pop (255) TLEN (Length): 203911 TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)): Bläck Fööss TIT2 (Title/songname/content description): Bütz mich (Hello my baby) See the mp3 file. I have my doubts about how the data is stored in the database, see the db file. See also the config file. With mysql I get the same effect. System info: Fedora 17 mediatomb-0.12.1-22.fc17.i686 sqlite-3.7.11-3.fc17.i686 mysql-5.5.29-1.fc17.i686

Oh bugger, I see it now... I incorrectly assumed that id3v2 would produce correct tags, it doesn't. It happily puts UTF-8 content into the MP3-file, which is possible with ID3 v 2.4, but apparently it doesn't put the code in there to mark it as such. Therefore the clients (none of them supporting 2.4 yet either) assume the content is ordinary ISO-8859-1 -- sigh. So apparently I should change the content to either ISO-8859-1, or UCS-2, which are both in ID3v2.3