Default UTF-8 encoding of M3U files are causing problems playing back M3U playlist with:
- foobar2000
- Windows Media Player
Reproduce issue:
Either make foobar2000 or Windows Media Player the default handler for .m3u playlist extension.
When playing back an M3U file with the following content:
Emilíana Torrini\2005 - Fisherman's Woman\01 - Nothing Brings Me Down.flac.
the decoding of í will cause problems decoding, which cause the media player not be able to locate the file.
Note that the bug label is a bit arguable, as the text encoding of M3U is mostly conventional rather then it is standardized. This is why .m3u8 exist, which is using UTF-8 encoding.
Default UTF-8 encoding of M3U files are causing problems playing back M3U playlist with:
Reproduce issue:
Either make foobar2000 or Windows Media Player the default handler for .m3u playlist extension.
When playing back an M3U file with the following content:
Emilíana Torrini\2005 - Fisherman's Woman\01 - Nothing Brings Me Down.flac.the decoding of
íwill cause problems decoding, which cause the media player not be able to locate the file.Note that the bug label is a bit arguable, as the text encoding of M3U is mostly conventional rather then it is standardized. This is why
.m3u8exist, which is using UTF-8 encoding.