retitle 427367 vlc should support colons in filenames
thanks
Martin Schulze wrote:
> Package: vlc
> Version: 0.8.6.a.debian-6
>
> vlc seems to be unable to play a video file (Xvid codec) when
> the filename contains spaces. (wtf? btw.)
>
> Example:
>
> http://www.meebey.net/temp/Tech%20Talk:%20Linus%20Torvalds%20on%20git.avi
>
> vlc will say "nothing to play"
>
> Renaming this file into git.avi helps, then vlc is able to play the video.
>
> Could you please fix vlc's handling of filenames containing spaces?
Correction, it seems that the colon was the offender. Thus, please
fix the colon handling. Not every filename containing a colon is a
URL, especially not if a file with the same name exists locally.
Regards,
Joey
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