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English => Support => Topic started by: buah on May 31, 2010, 07:20:18 pm

Title: Screenshot maker
Post by: buah on May 31, 2010, 07:20:18 pm: Can someone else be so kind to confirm, or not, that screenshot maker doesn't support unicode, or at least non-English characters in video file names?

Examples where screenshot maker couldn't make screenshots:

La règle du jeu
Micmacs à tire-larigot
Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège
Baarìa,

etc...

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: nostra on May 31, 2010, 07:49:53 pm: Strange that I did not notice this before, but it seems to be true :(
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: buah on May 31, 2010, 07:59:18 pm: Is it ffmpeg issue, or something that could be fixed?
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: nostra on June 02, 2010, 02:15:32 am: It seems to be an issue with ffmpeg :(
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: buah on June 02, 2010, 09:50:51 am: Oh, bad luck. I must admit that I really don't get it why would someone make a software that doesn't support unicode in 21st century ;D
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: nostra on June 02, 2010, 01:08:01 pm: Quote from: buah on June 02, 2010, 09:50:51 am
Oh, bad luck. I must admit that I really don't get it why would someone make a software that doesn't support unicode in 21st century ;D

Me too :/
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: rick.ca on June 02, 2010, 08:27:21 pm: Can't you just rename the file before ffmpeg is called, and restore the original name when it's done?
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: buah on June 02, 2010, 10:07:53 pm: Well, there are few reasons why it is better for me to save screenshots with external players, and then manually assign them to PVD entry, and that's exactly what I'm doing regarding this issue.

But, of course, your idea would work, too, although the term "before ffmpeg is called" during scanning files could be questionable.
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: rick.ca on June 03, 2010, 12:54:26 am: Quote
although the term "before ffmpeg is called" during scanning files could be questionable.

My question is questionable? Why? ???
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: buah on June 03, 2010, 11:39:41 am: Because screenshot maker is automatically invoked during scanning files, after getting online data and video file information? So, in that case it's not possible to rename file.

Maybe I didn't understand what you meant by "before ffmpeg is called", unless it's manual invoking in the matter.

What is interesting is that GOM Player's based framework is ffmpeg according to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software), and it hasn't problems reproducing videos with unicode characters in file names?
Title: Re: Screenshot maker
Post by: rick.ca on June 03, 2010, 11:03:18 pm: Quote
So, in that case it's not possible to rename file.

Why not, if it's under program control, and only for the few seconds ffmpeg is using it?

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What is interesting is that GOM Player's based framework is ffmpeg according to this, and it hasn't problems reproducing videos with unicode characters in file names?

Maybe because it, too—as I suggest—doesn't ask ffmpeg to handle filenames it doesn't understand.