Unfortunately the Perl script didn't work with my cygwin installation on
Windows XP.  It could find the accented characters but didn't replace
them with their 'equal' part, like é to e.

So I converted my characters in filenames and folders from UTF to ASCII
with MP3Tag using the 'action' feature.  For people who want to try as
well, I have attached the 'mta' file so you don't have to recode it
yourself.  Drop it in the folder: C:\Documents and
Settings\YOUR_LOGIN_NAME\Application Data\Mp3tag\data\actions.  I now
know more then I ever wanted to know about character sets!

There is still some manual clicking needed since 'do with all' or
something like that, doesn't really seem to work.  Also, the folder
above the folder with mp3 files doesn't get fixed.  So if you have
something like: "Music\Maná\Maná - 2008 - Arde El Cielo\01 - Dejame
Entrar.mp3", the first Maná doesn't get converted to Mana, but the one
in the Album name does.  You can easily find those with the Perl script
using cygwin.

The result re: MusicIP?  It fixed the problem!!!  I can now create
mixes with SqueezeCenter in which songs with accented characters appear
and they even play without complaining!  

So in short, if you want to use MusicIP you can not have
'international' characters in the filename or folder, but you can in
the ID tags.


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