Version: (using KDE 4.2.4) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs When I try to play the files with file names and tags containing Chinese characters under Amarok 2.1.1, the files don't play. They just stop. After I use debug mode of amarok to check for the error, it shows that the playing stops when goes to the phonon-backend process. The files with English characters aren't affected. Both phonon-backend-xine and phonon-backend-gstreamer have the same problem. I have no other solutions but to downgrade back to Amarok 1.4.
do you have some example files, or just example filenames/tags?
Сonfirm it for Cyrillic characters in filepath too.
I'm not sure that my case is the same bug, but Amarok doesn't play files, if filepath contain 'spaces'. If I replace ' ' with '_', the file playback well. But problem with cyrillic names without spaces still persist.
(In reply to comment #1) > do you have some example files, or just example filenames/tags? It is in Chinese Big-5 characters. Do you want me to post it here?
(In reply to comment #3) > I'm not sure that my case is the same bug, but Amarok doesn't play files, if > filepath contain 'spaces'. If I replace ' ' with '_', the file playback well. > But problem with cyrillic names without spaces still persist. hmm...does it means phonon-backend can only play files in English Characters now?
Phonon Gstreamer backend. Look at bug #189898
so, anyone not using gstreamer as their backend? if not, I'm going to mark this as a duplicate of 197252.
I use a gstreamer backend, because with xine backend amarok 2.1.1 doesn't playback any files: nor with or without spaces, with Latin or with Cyrillic symbols.
> It is in Chinese Big-5 characters. Do you want me to post it here? Ah, yes.
Created attachment 34785 [details] A sample mp3 file with chinese big-5 characters as file name and tag information
Should this be merged with bug 189898 (encoding issues with Phonon Gstreamer backend) ?
(In reply to comment #11) > Should this be merged with bug 189898 (encoding issues with Phonon Gstreamer > backend) ? Nope, it was just Pavel confusing me. The original report mentions both Xine and GStreamer (but I'm still unable to reproduce here locally).
I use the debug of Amarok to check for any error message and received the following one: Phonon failed to play this URL. Error: "12??11??49??: input_file: File not found: >file:///home3/music/%E6%9E%97%E4%B8%80%E5%B3%B0%E8%88%87%E5%B0%8F%E5%A8%9F/%E5%B1%B1%E8%B0%B7%E8%A3%A1%E7%9A%84%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82/01%20-%20%E5%B0%8F%E5%A8%9F%20-%20%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A2%E5%9B%88.flac The original file name is: 01 - 小娟 - 兩個人的夢囈.flac
Even if I try with a file in Big5 characters without spaces, it still cannot play the file. amarok: [EngineController] [WARNING!] Phonon failed to play this URL. Error: "12??18??45??: input_file: File not found: >file:///home3/music/01_%E5%A6%82%E8%A9%A9%E8%88%AC%E5%AF%A7%E9%9D%9C%E9%8B%BC%E7%90%B4%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%88.flac< The original file name is: 01_如詩般寧靜鋼琴短版.flac
can you test again? there have been some changes lately in the backends about strange chars in filepaths.
Which version do you refer to? I have installed phonon-4.3.1-3.3 from OpenSuSE 11.2. It doesn't work either.
Sorry, I meant svn. the patch will be included in KDE SC 4.4, so maybe we should wait until it's available to you.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 172242 ***