What Encoding is iTunes using?

Hi,
I am trying to figure out what character encoding iTunes uses for renaming the files automatically (in iTunes, there is a feature that renames the file to the song name).
On my Chinese Windows XP, I can see the all the filenames of my mp3 files are displayed correctly. However, I used winscp to transfer my mp3 files to my Linux box (Fedora Core 6) and my terminal on Linux can't display the filenames correctly.
My first thought was that winscp screwed it up. However, when I opened winscp to browse the same folder on my Linux box, all filenames were displayed correctly.
Then, my second thought was that my terminal couldn't handle Chinese characters, then I purposely created a folder in Chinese(UTF-8), and listed it again. It was displayed correctly.
So I am trying to figure out what encoding iTunes uses for renaming the filenames in Windows.
Any clue?
Thanks in advance.

Zer0K3wL wrote:
i am not talking about 32 bit windows or 64 bit windows or anything.
I'm asking question about itunes audio quality aka 16 bit or 24 bit.
Zero,
The songs sold in the iTunes Store are 16 bit, which as you know is the CD standard.
You can play 24 bit tracks in iTunes, if they are in Apple Lossless, WAV, or AIFF. Most 24 bit audio sold in download stores is in FLAC, which needs to be converted before use in iTunes.

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