Bug 196355 - amarok won't play files containing # in the filename
Summary: amarok won't play files containing # in the filename
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 194889
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2009-06-13 17:46 UTC by Jakob Kummerow
Modified: 2009-06-13 18:18 UTC (History)
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Description Jakob Kummerow 2009-06-13 17:46:17 UTC
Version:           2.1 (using KDE 4.2.4)
Compiler:          gcc-4.3.3 Gentoo package gcc-4.3.3-r2
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

I have several files with names like "Symphony #5 1st Movement.mp3" that Amarok refuses to play. The files get added to the collection database just fine, and I can add them to the playlist (either using the collection or the file browser), but when trying to play them, nothing happens. When I rename such a file, e.g. replacing "#" with "No.", everything works; similarly, when I add a "#" to the name of a file, Amarok won't play it anymore. This leads me to conclude that the character "#" is the problem.

Steps to reproduce:
Rename an audio file "something.mp3" to "something#.mp3" and (try to) play it with Amarok.

Additional test done to rule out a problem with the filesystem:
I tested this both with files on an NTFS partition (ntfs-3g driver) and on my JFS home partition, in both cases the problem is exactly the same. 

Previous versions:
Amarok 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 exhibited the same behaviour; I'm not sure about versions before that.
Comment 1 Mikko C. 2009-06-13 18:18:36 UTC
Same here, happens with dragonplayer too.
It's a bug in the phonon-xine backend

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 194889 ***