When ripping CDs, each track gets ripped to a file. Tyically, the user will let K3b auto-generate filenames from the track titles and other metadata. It is possible to specify filenames that contain invalid characters, such as question marks. If you do, K3b gives no warning. Instead, when K3b tries to generate the file in question, it just fails with a generic message (presumably from the file system): "An unknown error occurred. Unable to open [filename] for writing." In my opinion, K3b should validate filenames before it begins ripping, and give the user a warning if the filenames are bad. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert any audio CD. 2. Open K3b. 3. Go to "Rip Audio CD..." 4. Change the title of the first track to simply "?" 5. Click "Start ripping". 6. Go to the tab "File naming". 7. Make sure that "Ripped files pattern" contains "%t". 8. In the view of filenames at the top of this window, verify that the first filename contains a question mark. 9. Click "Start ripping". Actual Results: An error will appear: "An unknown error occurred. Unable to open [filename] for writing." Expected Results: The system should show an error message: "The following filenames are bad. Please correct them..."
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I can confirm that this behaviour still happens in K3b 2.0.2 on KDE Development Platform 4.13.3 (Kubuntu 14.04).
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I can confirm that this still happens in K3b 19.12.3 on Kubuntu 20.04.