Track and album names displayed with replacement character. How to resolve?

[Yukster]

(24-01-2024 14:20)simbun Wrote:  If you load a problem album into Mp3tag then paste the following code in the Filter at the bottom of the screen:

Code:

"#ifgreater(#strstr(%title%,#char(00)),0,yes,no)" IS yes

NOTE: I've had to replace $ with # in the above code for the forum to accept it, so switch them back before pasting into Mp3tag.

Do the problem tracks remain in the grid or do they disappear? If they remain then it's found the NUL in the title field (you could double check by loading a recent album and verifying that the tracks are removed). This means that you could load your entire collection (depending on how big it is!) into Mp3tag, apply the filter (which would reduce the selection to only those affected), then perform the re-save.

Up until now you've been dealing with FLAC files, if you have any MP3 files and they exhibit the same issue you'll need to configure Mp3tag so it retains the correct ID3 tag version (2.3 vs 2.4), but let's address that if you have any.

As always, when performing any big change make sure you have a backup.

I pasted the code into mp3tag filter the tracks disappeared. I saved all 4 tracks individually and the unwanted characters are no longer