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[Andre Gosselin]

(09-01-2015 21:52)simoncn Wrote:  I have reproduced the problem using the PDF file you uploaded. I have also tried copying and pasting text from some of my own booklet PDF files. These don't create the same problem with illegal characters because the pasted text contains C in place of the © symbol and P in place of the ℗ symbol.

My conclusions are:

1) This 0x01 problem is relatively unusual because it occurs only with faulty PDF files

2) When this 0x01 problem does occur, there is no simple or convenient way for the user to locate the 0x01 character and remove it

3) Because the position of the 0x01 character can't be located easily, MinimServer should convert the illegal tag to a legal format instead of ignoring it

4) It would be helpful for MinimServer to show the user where the 0x01 character is in the tag value so that the user can fix it with a tag editor

My proposed solution is to add code to replace all illegal characters (not just 0x01) in all tag values (not just COMMENT) with a legal substitute such as the Unicode replacement character � (U+FFFD). The replacement would be internal to MinimServer and the file tags would not be modified.

When the user is viewing the tag value in a control point, the replacement character will be visible and this will show the user that the tag value contains an illegal character as well as identifying the exact position of the illegal character.

Simon,
Is it the PDF which is faulty, or the technique I used to cut&paste (open the PDF with AdobeReader, highlite text + Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V in mp3tag, all done on Win7) ? It would be a shame that all volumes of the Callas Remastered edition in high-res download come with faulty pdf booklets. When you say that you do not face the same problems when pasting from your own PDF files, and that "pasted text contains C in place of the © symbol and P in place of the ℗ symbol", could it be that is is so because you go a different route than me ?

As for your diagnosis of the problem and the solution you proposed, I totally agree, and would like to thank you very much for the care you take to solve issues with MinimServer.

Regards