Issue with Analyzing Tracks with Multibyte Characters in Engine DJ 4.1

[muffin]

Hello,

After updating to Engine DJ 4.1, I have encountered an issue where tracks with multibyte characters (e.g., Japanese) cannot be analyzed properly.

Here are the details:

• Environment:
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Engine DJ Version: 4.1.0 (Desktop Version)
• Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Add a track with multibyte characters in its filename to the library.
  2. Automatic analysis does not start at all.
  3. Even when I right-click the track and select “Analyze,” the analysis process does not proceed at all.
• Behavior: There are no error messages, but the analysis does not start or progress.
• Additional Information:
  • When I revert to Engine DJ version 4.0, this issue does not occur, and the tracks are analyzed without any problems.

If anyone has effective solutions or workarounds for this issue, I would greatly appreciate your assistance.

Thank you in advance!

[muffin]

[Follow-up] Solved the issue I asked about earlier — Engine DJ not analyzing tracks with Japanese characters

Hi everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update on the issue I posted about earlier — Engine DJ wasn’t analyzing tracks properly when the file or folder names contained Japanese (multibyte) characters.

Good news: it’s solved! And it turns out… it wasn’t Engine DJ’s fault at all — the real issue was a Windows setting. Whoops

Big thanks to the helpful post here: Engine DJ 4.2 - Failed to Load Track (Unspecified Error) It really pointed me in the right direction. Much appreciated!

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Fix (on Windows 11):

1. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region
2. Click Administrative language settings
3. Under Language for non-Unicode programs, click Change system locale…
4. Set it to Japanese (Japan)
5. Reboot your PC

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After making this change, Engine DJ was finally able to analyze all tracks with Japanese characters just fine. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in — hope this helps someone else, too. Happy DJing!