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Offline Richa Rd

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XMMS Playlist not displaying tags correctly
« on: June 10, 2021, 01:00:13 AM »
I am using TC12.0 X86 frugal install. XMMS-1.2.11 installed to play ballroom music tracks. XMMS plays the music ok, but I cannot display the ID3 tags correctly.
Ctl-p opens Preferences, click on Title tab. In the Title Format field I set to display the track Title with %t, but the Playlist displays
a y with 2 dots above (ASCII 152) plus a vertical line with a half circle one side (ASCII 232) plus the 1st char of the filename.
I get the same faulty display with %p for Artist, %a for Album, %c for Comment.
What does work is %f displays filename; %e displays file extension; %F displays file path.
Leaving the Title format field blank displays the filename minus the extension.
In the attached screenshot:-
Track 1 is with %t specified.
Track 2 is with %f specified.
Track 3 is with %e specified.
Track 4 is with blank specified.
I would really like the %c to work as the Comment contains the type of dance the track is for.
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Re: XMMS Playlist not displaying tags correctly
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2021, 07:40:29 AM »
Hi Richa Rd
Sounds like it might be a locale/font issue. See if this post has anything useful:
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?PHPSESSID=ve47cplnn81j7av6315gb195h4&topic=14195.msg143911#msg143911

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Re: XMMS Playlist not displaying tags correctly
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2021, 07:54:25 AM »
Hi Richa Rd
You could also try starting  xmms  from a terminal and see if any errors pop up while you use it.

Also, this looks relevant:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,9486.0.html
There curaga suggests installing  glibc_gconv.tcz.

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Re: XMMS Playlist not displaying tags correctly
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2021, 11:24:25 PM »
Hi Rich,
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There curaga suggests installing  glibc_gconv.tcz
Installing glibc_gconv.tcz fixed my problem. Playlist now displays perfectly.
Many thanks,
Richard
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Re: XMMS Playlist not displaying tags correctly
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2021, 11:30:23 PM »
Hi Richa Rd
You are welcome. Thank you for confirming that fixed it.