awy;595063 Wrote: > The problem is that the current title, etc. is sent as inline metadata > in the stream using a technique known as ICY-metadata. There is no > specification for the character-set encoding for ICY-metadata but the > general convention is ISO-8859-1. SbS tries to guess the encoding from > the data, using 8859-1 as the preferred encoding. This means that, if > the bytes of the metadata are valid as 8859-1 the that will be how it > is interpreted. > > BR B5 is using UTF-8 for the character-set encoding. Unfortunately, > most European accented characters, such as ΓΌ, when encoded in UTF-8 > result in a byte sequence that is also valid as 8859-1. > > Other players may guess differently. This 'differently' will work for > some different set of circumstances. But, without actually -knowing- > what the encoding is, it is impossible always to decode it correctly.
Ok but the difference between mysqueezebox.com and a local 7.6 server ? where local server is wrong and mysb.com is correct ? have you tweaked your "guess encoding" algorithm ? -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81498
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