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@ -462,14 +462,14 @@ When called with the command line parameter
the program should return only the title information of the metadata. the program should return only the title information of the metadata.
.Pq Optional. .Pq Optional.
.It .It
The supplied metadata should be encoded in UTF-8. The supplied metadata must be encoded in UTF-8.
.El .El
.Sh METADATA .Sh METADATA
The main tool for handling metadata with The main tool for handling metadata with
.Nm .Nm
is placeholders in decoder and encoder commands that are replaced with real is placeholders in decoder and encoder commands that are replaced with real
content during runtime. content during runtime.
The tricky part about is that one placeholders has to be handled differently The tricky part is that one of the placeholders has to be handled differently,
depending on where the metadata comes from. depending on where the metadata comes from.
This section will explain each possible scenario. This section will explain each possible scenario.
.Ss Metadata Placeholders .Ss Metadata Placeholders
@ -571,9 +571,14 @@ subsequently the listeners, different codesets and locales can pose a problem.
Especially when streaming MP3 files, it may help to explicitly set a codeset Especially when streaming MP3 files, it may help to explicitly set a codeset
to work with via the to work with via the
.Ev LC_CTYPE .Ev LC_CTYPE
environment variable. environment variable, as
Note that non-Ogg streams are restricted to the ISO-8859-1 character set. .Nm
Ogg-based streams use UTF-8. assumes ID3v1 tags to be in the user's current locale.
Note that, even though support for different locales is provided by
.Nm ,
Icecast itself and the listening clients also have a say in the matter.
The only way to ensure consistent results with metadata in non-Ogg streams is
to use the characters available in the ISO-8859-1 codeset.
.Pp .Pp
External encoders may put additional, and possibly artificial, restrictions on External encoders may put additional, and possibly artificial, restrictions on
valid characters in metadata. valid characters in metadata.