Special Characters support.

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Hi. Here’s my first tiny troublethingie with Volumio running on an Rpi.
Ps. I’m a noob (which is why Volumio is so perfect for me)

So… Filenames with special characters are showing up weird on network.

  • When accessing \volumio\USB Music\ from my pc:
    A folder named “håkan hellström” shows up as “HCI4AN~K”
    Or a file named “06 - La mésange.mp3” shows up as “0ATPCS~T.MP3”

  • When I access the USB folder from MPDroid on my Android device (and also when I access the folder through SFTP from pc):
    “håkan hellström” shows up as “h?kan hellstr?m”
    “06 - La mésange.mp3” shows up as “06 - La m?sange.mp3”

  • It’s also not possible to copy files with these characters into the USB folder.

Anyone familiair with this problem? I haven’t found any similar topics on this (yet).

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Hi DePiraat,

The first issue is just standard long filename to 8.3 filename translation. The USB device is likely being loaded as just FAT filesystem.

The second issue is a internationalisation issue on your Android device.

Would be nice to get a fix for the first issue and it’s likely just some linux mount / filesystem changes which are needed. One to add to the new features list Michelangelo :slight_smile:

Gest regards,

Gordon@IQaudIO.com