Running Media Center v24.0.25 on a Mac OS v10.13.5...
After syncing a playlist/music files to a Flash drive (using .m3u format), MC fails to import some of the files in the playlist. The problem is that file names containing special characters are incorrectly listed in the playlist.m3u file. Example:
./../Music/Cesária Évora/Cesaria/01-Cesária Évora - Petit Pays.flac
appears in the playlist.m3u file as:
./../Music/Cesa?ria E?vora/Cesaria/01-Cesa?ria E?vora - Petit Pays.flac
The Music file is saved with the correct name on the Flash drive.
If I manually edit the playlist.m3u file to correct the file name, that file will then import just fine.
My conclusion is that it's a bug in the latest MC. Let me know if there is a setting that eliminates the problem.
I found earlier posts that report similar problems in earlier versions of MC:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,114769.msg793618.htmlhttps://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,114396.msg804043.htmlIn the second thread, you'll see a script I wrote to flag the invalid file names so I can manually fix them before I attempt to import the playlist.