Yet again, trying to make Winamp display Japanese characters.

FallenTabris · 25th February 2007, 00:10

Currently I'm using 5.33 lite. Through a full uninstall and reinstall I got winamp to actually recognize the japanese characters in the ID3 tag field (great success!), but it still doesn't recognize them in the tracklist field. only, instead of showing up as question marks as it used to, it shows up as vertical bars. So that's a step above where I was before, but I still want them to display properly.

Does this not work for lite at all? Do I have to be using a modern skin (ugh) for this support)?

FallenTabris · 25th February 2007, 00:40

well, I'm using a modern skin now, and just like before, it displays in the tag window but not the playlist.

it boggles me how they added unicode support without really adding unicode support.

FallenTabris · 1st March 2007, 14:00

Apparently people no longer care about this, either.

Benski · 1st March 2007, 14:29

Seeing vertical bars or boxes means that the font isn't working. Have you installed the Windows East Asian language & fonts pack?

FallenTabris · 1st March 2007, 15:25

I have the windows support for the language. Windows supports it fine. I just want winamp to be able to show the characters instead of a series of question marks or gibberish (japanese ID3 tag input no longer works). I don't want to have to go download the japanese windows IME and switch my freaking input type to japanese just to be able to see the characters. This is annoying as hell.

FallenTabris · 1st March 2007, 15:34

finally found what you have to do to make it work.

http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_be...pic.php?t=4926

have to change all font settings to tahoma. I wish someone told me that months ago. :/

25th February 2007, 00:10	#1
FallenTabris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	Yet again, trying to make Winamp display Japanese characters. Currently I'm using 5.33 lite. Through a full uninstall and reinstall I got winamp to actually recognize the japanese characters in the ID3 tag field (great success!), but it still doesn't recognize them in the tracklist field. only, instead of showing up as question marks as it used to, it shows up as vertical bars. So that's a step above where I was before, but I still want them to display properly. Does this not work for lite at all? Do I have to be using a modern skin (ugh) for this support)?

25th February 2007, 00:40	#2
FallenTabris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	well, I'm using a modern skin now, and just like before, it displays in the tag window but not the playlist. it boggles me how they added unicode support without really adding unicode support. Last edited by FallenTabris; 25th February 2007 at 01:01.

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1st March 2007, 14:00	#3
FallenTabris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	Apparently people no longer care about this, either.

1st March 2007, 14:29	#4
Benski Ben Allison Former Winamp Developer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,057	Seeing vertical bars or boxes means that the font isn't working. Have you installed the Windows East Asian language & fonts pack?

1st March 2007, 15:25	#5
FallenTabris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	I have the windows support for the language. Windows supports it fine. I just want winamp to be able to show the characters instead of a series of question marks or gibberish (japanese ID3 tag input no longer works). I don't want to have to go download the japanese windows IME and switch my freaking input type to japanese just to be able to see the characters. This is annoying as hell.

1st March 2007, 15:34	#6
FallenTabris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	finally found what you have to do to make it work. http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_be...pic.php?t=4926 have to change all font settings to tahoma. I wish someone told me that months ago. :/