#367: shoutcast seems not to be able to handle utf8
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Reporter: nuess0r | Owner: admin
Type: Bugs | Status: new
Priority: 1 | Milestone:
Component: Liquidsoap | Version: 0.9.2+svn
Keywords: shoutcast utf8 meta data | Mac: 0
Linux: 1 | Netbsd: 0
Other: 0 | Freebsd: 0
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Comment(by mrpingouin):
I would not necessarily consider this as a bug. But it would be nice to
have a good and documented solution, since several users will run into
this issue.
If compiled with Camomile, liquidsoap converts metadata's encoding to UTF8
after reading metadata off a file (otherwise it performs no conversion at
all). I think it's a good idea to ensure a unique encoding inside
liquidsoap, and UTF8 is a natural choice. The problem here is that you
want to convert metadata specifically for one output. My advice would be
to use {{{map_metadata}}} before the shoutcast output, with a function
that cleans up your strings, removing unwanted characters or turning them
into ascii equivalents.
I do not have time for a fully detailed example right now, and moreover I
don't know a good tool or simple algorithm for ascii-fication.
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