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How to display Russian characters in Titles and Albums in Windows Media Player?

Anonymous
2010-08-10T01:33:19+00:00

When using English Windows 7, Windows Media Player does not display Russian (Cyrillic) characters properly - it displays not-readable (even in Russian) sets of characters. However, Windows can display file names or texts in Russian without problems. The proble is associated with MP3 tags not displayed properly

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Anonymous
2011-02-06T13:30:43+00:00

Here's my answer to my own problem.

Get TagScanner, install, learn to use, etc

My problem was the properties of the file were locked in either iTunes or Windows Media Player.

I opened WIndows Explorer to the location of the file Users\me\downloads and right clicked the file.  Under Properties I unblocked the file so that I could alter it.

I went using the c:\ prompt to c:\users\me\downloads and found the file.  It had no extension.  I had noticed this when I double clicked it to play it in WMP.  I had only a .  I renamed the file qwer;hlkh.* to *.mp3.

Then I had a look again and it appeared in the Browse section of TagScanner under the path c:\users\me\downloads.

All the tags appeared again in gibberish.  I tried the command to convert tags, but it didn't work.  I could though using the tag editor rename the Artist, Album title, Title, etc by hand, typing in the info.

I had a thought that I might be able to translate the gibberish if I dropped it into Word and highlighted it and chose a Russian font.  That worked.  I got the tags they had put in.  Unfortunately they were "Unknown Album" "unknown work" "unknown performer" (in Russian).  So I had to manually insert the tags I wanted.

Anyway I can now edit the tags or if they are labeled specifically I can translate the tags with my cut and paste and convert in Word method.

If anyone has an easier method please let me know.  I'd be nice NOT to have to enter all the tags in manually, but it's better than gibberish.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-19T08:22:37+00:00

    There's no such thing like russian alphabet or russian characters, The alphabet is CYRILLIC and was created/invented more than a millennium ago in the city of Great Preslav (the capital of Bulgaria). 

    So, from historical point of view this alphabet cannot be Russian at least because there was no Russia at the time it was created.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-14T08:21:01+00:00

    There's no such thing like russian alphabet or russian characters, The alphabet is CYRILLIC and was created/invented more than a millennium ago in the city of Great Preslav (the capital of Bulgaria). 

    So, from historical point of view this alphabet cannot be Russian at least because there was no Russia at the time it was created.

    How wonderfully unhelpful.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-19T06:35:59+00:00

    Same problem.

    1. Yes, installed "Russkij Modern Medium"
    2. Using Windows 7 Home Premium.

    Not sure how to attach screenshot here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-10T15:48:26+00:00

    Hi Lev Soldatov,

    1. Have you installed any fonts for Russian?
    2. What version of Windows 7 is installed in your computer?

    Provide a screen shot of the problem for further clarification:

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistaassistant/thread/ca5463aa-ec2f-4497-8cc4-cfe7fd5861e6

    Azeez Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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