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@ Lotesdelere: Mp3tag read the original tags correctly and after pressing "save" (with the default options: ID3v2.3 UTF-16) it overwrote them in a way that now also the vlc player can decode them correctly. I do not know where the problem with the original tags and vlc lied, but now it is ...

OK, I understand that you are right, but there is no simple way for me to change the metadata of the many files I have.
Is there any way to help taglib decode the metadata correctly?
I should be possible, since Windows has no problem showing the correct data.
Thank you.

@ Rémi Denis-Courmont: Thank you very much for your suggestion, your first assumption was correct: 1. Vlc does not use the filename, but the metadata. When I change the file name to abc, the Title in the vlc playlist remains illegible, but when I change the metadata title to abc, it is abc that appe...

Yes, mp3 files, that is files with names of the form: <containing english and special characters>.mp3 The operating system can show the correct file names, but as soon these songs are added to the vlc playlist, their names (under "Title", the column on the left) become illegible. The URI i...

Hello everybody, is it possible to change the character encoding for the song titles appearing in the Vlc playlist? I have some songs with names containing special (non-English) characters, which are turned into ??? when I add these songs to the playlist. Despite extensive Google and Vlc Forum searc...