playback problems

[dogman]

on some of the song on my player funny charaters scroll across instead of song name or artist

[lattesurf]

dogman , you will need to remove/disable or edit the id3 tags of those songs that are showing the characters. It is likely these characters are in the id3 tag.

[dogman]

how do i do that

[lattesurf]

dogman , depending on which player you use.
If it is winamp, goto the affected files in your player and play them as normal via your computer. In the playlist, right click on the tracks that display the characters and select File Info.
You will see 2 boxes, ID3v1 and ID3v2, remove the characters in it. Or you can just untick the 2 boxes.
Click on Update and you're done.

If it is Windows media player, same thing, play the files, and in the playlist, right click on the file that is affected. And select Advanced Tag Editor. You'll see various tabs, the Artiste Info and Track Info tab are the ones to edit. Remove any characters from there, click Ok and you're done.