Have you ever had trouble with MP3 song titles, artist names, album names, etc. being garbled on your Android music player, AudioGalaxy, Google Music, etc.?
It is a symptom that occurs with old MP3, but this time I will introduce how to solve it all at once.
※ 2012/3/1 Added links to new articles※ 2012/2/6 Brushed up on iTunes library tag editing → Linking to Google Music
Most of the cases of garbled MP3 characters on Android are due to the ID3 tag encoding format being Shift_JIS.
In many cases, the player side only supports Unicode, so if you convert the ID3 tag to Unicode, the garbled characters will be resolved.
If you have a lot of songs, it is difficult to input and convert ID3 tags, but the following software can convert ID3 tag character codes all at once.
ID3Uni – Vector
http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/art/se318387.html
Drag and drop the music file (can also be done from iTunes) → All you have to do is change the "v2~" items (three on the right) on the lower screen to yellowish green (convert to Unicode).
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In other words, the "v2" tag is not yellow-green = not Unicode. That's what it means.
If thetag is not Unicode, kanji, hiragana, full-width alphanumeric characters, etc. will be garbled, so convert them to Unicode using the method described below.
The red file name on the left is the edited unsaved file.
After editing, click the "Save to file" button on the upper right to reflect the edited contents to the actual file.
In the example above, the [v2] tag is grayed out for the second track. This means that the [v2] tag has not been entered.
Once all the [v2] tags are filled, right-click and select "Remove ID3v1 tag from selected item" to remove the [v1] tag.
You can also use the Shift key or Ctrl key to select multiple songs and operate multiple songs at once.
Then
Click "Convert ID3v2 character code" and the following screen will appear. → Code to write to ID3v2: Unicode → Check "Convert items" → Click "Convert".
When all the [v2] tags turn yellow-green, click "Save to file" on the upper right to reflect them in the MP3 file. That's the flow.
It cannot be used in Japan because the copyright issue has not been resolved, but it seems that people living in the United States can use this method to prevent garbled characters on cloud music services such as Google Music. (Music to the extent permitted under US law.)
There is also an app that can fix garbled tags in music files on the Android side.
Repair Garbled Music Tags - Android Market
Also, Meridian seems to be able to edit tags directly.
Meridian Media Player - Android Market
In most cases, I think that music files are often stored on the PC side, which is the mother ship, so I wonder if there is a demand for restoring on the Android side. I also think, but there is also a hand to write back to the PC side, and it may be unexpectedly convenient.
When music is managed mainly by iTunes and linked to Google Music from iTunes, how can MP3 tags edited with external software such as ID3Uni be reflected in both the iTunes library and Google Music? . is confusing.
If possible, I'd like to be able to edit tags in one place. I tried various things, and I wonder if the following procedure is smart. I thought.
If you are not using iTunes, you can delete the song on Google Music and reupload the music file. .