soundkonverter mishandles files with special characters (#, ?) in filename
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| soundkonverter (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: soundkonverter
soundKonverter does not properly handle files with special characters (at least # and ?, probably others) in their filenames. It truncates the files, resulting in 0-length files for FLAC and 1.3 kB files for MP3. The names of these files cuts off just before the first special character.
For example, when transcoding from FLAC to MP3, "Dave Matthews Band - #34.flac" becomes a 1.3 kB file called "Dave Matthews Band - " containing just an ID3 tag. If transcoding from FLAC to FLAC, it would have the same name munging but the output file would be 0 bytes.
I have observed this with specifically the # and ? symbol, but I suspect it would have a similar effect for other "special" characters. I am running a Gutsy Gibbon Beta system, completely updated. My soundKonverter version is 0.3.6-0ubuntu1. I'm using flac/metaflac for FLAC en/decoding and lame/mp3gain for MP3 en/decoding.
| Jennifer Richards (jenny-borkbork) wrote | #1 |
| Daniel Faust (hessijames) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in soundkonverter: | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Changed in soundkonverter: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
One correction - it seems that FLAC->FLAC may be ok for filenames with '?' but not '#'. FLAC->MP# does not work for either '?' or '#', as originally reported.