[SOLVED] After update to 9.1.0 special characters in Title not displayed correctly

[dersucher]

Hi all,

after update to 9.1.0 special Charaters in Filename and/or ID3 Tag are not displayed correctly

   

instead of 

High 'n' Dry


Please take a look at my attachments

9.1.0
   


9.0.8
   


many thanks for investigate this....

[Tim Curtis]

I'll look into it.

[Tim Curtis]

I can repro this on my end.
I'll post an installable patch later today.

[Tim Curtis]

Try this patch and let me know how it goes. It only takes a couple of seconds to install.

Code:

wget -q -O - https://moodeaudio.org/test/r912patch_htmlchars.sh | sudo bash

After installation is complete do the following:

1. Restart the system
2. Menu > Configure > Library
3. CLEAR Library tag cache

[dersucher]

Many thanks! Now, it's working like before

Try this patch and let me know how it goes. It only takes a couple of seconds to install.

Code:

wget -q -O - https://moodeaudio.org/test/r912patch_htmlchars.sh | sudo bash

After installation is complete do the following:

1. Restart the system
2. Menu > Configure > Library
3. CLEAR Library tag cache

[Tim Curtis]

Great, thanks for confirming :-)

[Phil323UK]

Hi,

I'm seeing the same behaviour with ampersands in album titles, they are being displayed as &

Regards,
Phil.

[Tim Curtis]

I'll investigate.

[PJVervoorn]

Hi,

I'm seeing the same behaviour with ampersands in album titles, they are being displayed as &

Regards,
Phil.

Me too. Reboot + clear library tag cache didn’t fix it.
I’m now doing a regenerate of my library.

The system also reports “File does not exist” below the cover art (but it is playing.)
   

Update:
The “File does not exist” was caused by the directory having the ampersand:
   

After renaming the directory, I did another Clear Library tag cache *and* a regenerate library.
The file info is now shown, but the album title is still displayed incorrect. I will have to download the files and see if the tag actually contains the &
(Although, then I would expect & or something like that.)

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

I'm seeing the same behaviour with ampersands in album titles, they are being displayed as &

Regards,
Phil.

Me too. Reboot + clear library tag cache didn’t fix it.
I’m now doing a regenerate of my library.

The system also reports “File does not exist” below the cover art (but it is playing.)


Update:
The “File does not exist” was caused by the directory having the ampersand:


After renaming the directory, I did another Clear Library tag cache *and* a regenerate library.
The file info is now shown, but the album title is still displayed incorrect. I will have to download the files and see if the tag actually contains the &
(Although, then I would expect & or something like that.)

This is a bug. I'll post an updated patch this morning.