[mythtv] Ticket #8240: .srt subtitles do not work if brackets are in the filename

[Kenni Lund]

2010/4/13 MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org>:
> #8240: .srt subtitles do not work if brackets are in the filename
> -------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  anonymous                |        Owner:  awithers
>     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  closed
>  Priority:  minor                    |    Milestone:  unknown
> Component:  MythTV - Video Playback  |      Version:  0.22-fixes
>  Severity:  medium                   |   Resolution:  fixed
>  Mlocked:  0                        |
> -------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
> Changes (by robertm):
>
>  * status:  new => closed
>  * resolution:  => fixed
>
>
> Comment:
>
>  (In [24108]) Fixes #8240.  Re-enable external subtitles when brackets or
>  parenthesis are in the filename.  Earlier in the function these were
>  replaced with ? for wildcard matching, and then that basename is used to
>  construct the final subtitle filename.  By simply returning the subtitle
>  filename instead of constructing it out of component parts, everything
>  seems to work properly in both SG and local configurations.

Would it perhaps be possible to have a backport of this fairly
non-invasive one-liner to 0.23-fixes?

I haven't yet come across a filename which failed and I just did some
more testing with trunk r24339 on a clean Mythbuntu 10.04 and I didn't
find any issues.

Thank you :)

Best Regards
Kenni