Reading ID3 data of MP3 files encoding issue

Question

I'm using TagLib to read ID3 data.

I can't read data properly from ID3 tag when they contain cyrillic characters. (I'm getting something like "²íòó³ö³ÿ").

Here is my code:

TagLib.File f = TagLib.File.Create(songFileName);
string title = f.Tag.Title;

What have I missed?

Which version of ID3 are you using? – Fᴀʀʜᴀɴ Aɴᴀᴍ Jan 02 '16 at 13:10 — Fᴀʀʜᴀɴ Aɴᴀᴍ, Jan 02 '16 at 13:10

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 18:23

You can try to use this method to process your strings. It works fine for me when the string isn't empty and contains Russian or English letters.

    public string ConvertToUtf8(string unknown)
    {
        return new string(unknown.ToCharArray().
            Select(x => ((x + 848) >= 'А' && (x + 848) <= 'ё') ? (char)(x + 848) : x).
            ToArray());
    }

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Reading ID3 data of MP3 files encoding issue

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