[mp.ARK]

Well here's the problem. Winamp won't show the titles of my Korean songs in Korean:



Here's what I've found and done so far:

1. Windows Media Player correctly shows the Korean song titles (but I'm moving to Winamp )
2. The Korean language pack for Winamp does not help... only changes the font of the Winamp interface to Korean.
3. The East Asian language pack has been installed from the Windows XP CD.
4. Korean Global IME has been installed.
5. The default language of Windows XP is set to Korean.

If anyone can please help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

[mp.ARK]

this topic can be closed. here's the scoop:

WINAMP 5.1 DOES NOT HAVE UNICODE SUPPORT.

there are ways around it (very complicated and often unsuccessful), but winamp cannot show korean or any foreign language that requires unicoding by default. this may be a possible feature in version 6 though. so till then.... time to get a new media player... again.

[mak_76]

this topic can be closed. here's the scoop:

WINAMP 5.1 DOES NOT HAVE UNICODE SUPPORT.

there are ways around it (very complicated and often unsuccessful), but winamp cannot show korean or any foreign language that requires unicoding by default. this may be a possible feature in version 6 though. so till then.... time to get a new media player... again.

When I had WIndows 98, I used WinAmp. Then when I got my new PCs with Windows XP I went back to Windows Media Player since it supported Unicode and pictures (album art) and I converted all of MP3s to WMAs so I can save more music on a data CD or DVD. THen I DLed the new WinAmp and was really impressed with the new interface. I used it for a while but I still enjoyed Windows Media PLayer 10. HAHA maybe go back to WMP.

[system]

Korean fonts can and does show up with Winamp 5.1.

Since you already have the East Asian language pack installed, confirm these settings.
Goto "Regional and language options":
1. "Regional Options" tab -> select "Korean" from the drop down list
2. "Advanced" tab -> select "Korean" from the drop down list

Apply and restart PC.

From Winamp, here are the list of options that I have turned on (checked).
Goto "Preferences":
1. "General Preferences" -> "Playlist" -> check "Use skin or language pack font"
2. "Skins" -> "Classic skins" -> all unchecked, except,
"Dock skinned windows at [] pixels",
"Always show Winamp "Clutterbar" in main window",
"Use doublesize setting on equalizer as well as main window"

Also check the ID tag for the mp3 files.
If you download the file off the net, the tag information might have been entered incorrectly.
Enter the tag info yourself in Korean and see if the display works.
Or remove the tag info, see if the mp3 filename written in Korean displays correctly.

[mei_yee_chan]

What about ITunes?
Can the same be done?

[awdark]

http://albumlist.sourceforge.net/
It doesn't fix the playlist, but it at least shows the names of the album correctly or you can make the cover show (useful for me... I dun understand korean but recognize boa )

[mei_yee_chan]

Hmmm....seems like the new version of iTunes (iTunes 6) can.

*edit*
Or maybe not.

[koumi]

If you changed the unicode to Korean in the Regional settings, you can see all korean fonts perfectly on winamp unless the tag has not been entered correctly. I have winamp 5.1 and when i change the unicode to Korean, I can see all my korean titles on my playlist. Just follow what system said. All you have to do is go to advanced on regional and language options, then scroll down to korean. It'll ask you to restart your computer, then afterwards you should see korean fonts easily on your winamp player. Since you already installed east asian language pack. This should be easy.

[mp.ARK]

alright it works! thanks system and kuomi!

[nevets1219]

Changing the system locale just to get that to display properly isn't the best of solutions though it works. Unless you read Korean often and use Korean programs often there are other solutions!

1) If you have to use WinAmp (I recommend another client read below)...you can try to use AppLocale (and it's updated version pAppLocale). What it does is it allows you to run a program under a different locale without the need to change the system locale. pAppLocale fixes some minor bugs/annoyances. You'll have to do some figuring (system's advice seem good) of WinAmp though and it doesn't always work properly. So this is a temporary fix that doesn't quite fix the whole issue.

2) Switch to another player....iTunes I believe supports UNICODE but iTunes uses up too much memory and has too many unnecessary stuff + doesn't looks as great (at least when I last used it). What's good about iTunes is that it had a great playlist management (at least that's what I often hear). I use foobar2000 which is a fantastic UNICODE-supporting player. It's got tons of features (like gapless playback, freedb auto-tag, masstagger, etc) and has low memory footprint. The problem is I haven't been able to find a private Korean freedb server (I've only found one for Japanese music but it does have some more widely known Korean albums on there as well).

Proof that WIKIs are really really wonderful ---> Comparison of media players <-- read this and you'll find a player suited for you