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#434 MediaInfo can't handle "?" in filenames.

Usability
open-accepted
5
2013-09-22
2009-12-04
kavafree
No

MediaInfo can't handle files with "?" in them. See log from the terminal below.

user@box:~$ mediainfo foo.ts
General
ID : 4
Complete name : foo.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
( ... )
user@box:~$ mv foo.ts "foo?.ts"
user@box:~$ mediainfo foo\?.ts

user@box:~$ mediainfo "foo?.ts"

user@box:~$

MediaInfo Command line,
MediaInfoLib - v0.7.25
(Just compiled from source with CLI_Compile.sh)

GNU/Linux Debian "squeeze" x86_64

Discussion

  • Jerome Martinez

    Jerome Martinez - 2009-12-04

    Who has the idea to have "?" in the filename :-D.
    OK, I will do a check on the file existance before using "?" as wildcard.

    (I don't understand why the wildcard does not work on the filename, the filename match the wildcard... Anyway, I will check.)

     
  • Jerome Martinez

    Jerome Martinez - 2009-12-04
    • status: open --> open-accepted
     
  • Felix Sipma

    Felix Sipma - 2012-12-18

    2009-12-04! ouch :-)

     
  • Chow Loong Jin

    Chow Loong Jin - 2013-09-22

    I received this patch for libzen that fixes the issue today from Thomas Otto.

     
  • Jerome Martinez

    Jerome Martinez - 2013-09-22

    Such limitation is present maybe for some outdated (or not) reasons, I need first to check it breaks nothing.

     

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