Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

[clinchje]

I used to be able to import unicode text from my cdplayer.ini file for rip metadata but recently I get gibberish. So I updated to the latest version of dbpoweramp, but I still get gibberish. The data I need includes characters such as these º &*9837; &*9839; &*8220; &*8221; all of which are pretty standard for music. Why has my setup changed and how do I fix it?

edit - the musical flat and musical sharp symbols are &*9837; and &*9839; respectively, they show in the dialog but not in the post.

[Spoon]

Re: Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

CDPlayer.ini cannot support unicode, I am sorry.

[clinchje]

Re: Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

I disagree, I have in the past created a cdplay.ini file from CATraxx and used dbpoweramp to rip with the correct metadata.
And at present dbpoweramp is not even importing European language characters, perticularly French and German names.
So if it worked in the past, what has changed?

[Spoon]

Re: Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

The function we use is called 'GetPrivateProfileString' which will read as unicode if the cdplayer.ini contains UTF16 and the correct unicode header characters.

[clinchje]

Re: Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

The function we use is called 'GetPrivateProfileString' which will read as unicode if the cdplayer.ini contains UTF16 and the correct unicode header characters.

Sorry, what do you mean by "which will read as unicode if the cdplayer.ini contains UTF16 and the correct unicode header characters"?
Do I have to insert some header text into my cdplayer.ini file?

The only reason I am using cdplayer.ini is as a vehicle to carry my corrected metadata from my cataloguing software to my dbpoweramp ripping software.
I prefer to keep European names in their native language (provided it uses roman characters) and to use correct music characters, &*9839; and &*9837; for "sharp" and "flat", as well as using "Nº" instead of "No." to save space, plus smart quotes.

For example:
Piano Concerto Nº5 in E&*9837;, Op.73 &*8220;Emperor&*8221;
and
Béla Bartók

(I hope that text shows up verbatim once posted)
edit - the flat character shows as "&*9837;" above
sharp is "&*9839;"
smart quotes are "&*8220;" and "&*8221;"

[Spoon]

Re: Unicode text from cdplayer.ini

The program writing CDPlayer.ini should save it as that.