Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Natao arisiva ity resaka mitohy ity. Mametraha fanontaniana azafady raha mila fanampiana.

Japanese files become gibberish?

  • 4 valiny
  • 12 manana an'ity olana ity
  • 1 view
  • Valiny farany nomen'i Pia Carrot

more options

When I download a file with japanese characters, such as .wav or their mother folders, instead of being in japanese, they become gibberish. I also use WinRAR, which may also be the problem.link text

When I download a file with japanese characters, such as .wav or their mother folders, instead of being in japanese, they become gibberish. I also use WinRAR, which may also be the problem.[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53284931/problem.png link text]

All Replies (4)

more options

Looks like an encoding problem where the Japanese file names aren't converted or shown as Unicode, but shown as ANSI instead.

Can you post a link to such a file to check how the server sends the file?

more options
more options

It looks that that ZIP file wasn't created properly and that the file names weren't saved as Unicode.
I can't read Japanese, so I don't know what those names might be.

more options

I don't think that is quite the case, as its the official site for Kasane Teto (from a program called UTAU). I can read Japanese, which is why it's so frustrating that I can't even download it with the Kana intact.