[SOLVED] mpd error malformed utf-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded

[TheOldPresbyope]

@chaos333 

I couldn't resist. Rather than spending time studying the WAV metadata mechanism, I turned to my Linux laptop and transcoded the WAV file to FLAC using ffmpeg

Code:

ffmpeg -i '06 但愿人长久.wav' -c:a flac '06 但愿人长久.flac'

Almost instantaneously, I had a FLAC file. Interestingly, just like MPD, ffmpeg chose the ?? entries to populate the FLAC metadata. 

I used metaflac to remove those entries and create new entries from the command line. Here's what mediainfo reports for my edited file

Code:

pi@m8pi3a:/mnt/SDCARD/newchaos $ mediainfo '06 但愿人长久.flac'
General
Complete name                            : 06 但愿人长久.flac
Format                                   : FLAC
Format/Info                              : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size                                : 23.9 MiB
Duration                                 : 4 min 15 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 785 kb/s
Album                                    : 和谐之声 为祖国祝福 长城独唱音乐会
Track name                               : 但愿人长久
Track name/Position                      : 6
Performer                                : 谭晶
Writing application                      : Lavf58.29.100

The artist, track name, and album name for this track all appear as they should in Chinese characters in moOde's various panels (see attached screenshot of the Playback panel).

Bottom line: I don't believe there's a problem related to Chinese characters encoded in UTF-8.

Regards,
Kent