[mythtv-users] MythVideo: Umlaut, special characters in filenames in storage groups - files invisible

[Yianni Vidalis]

> From: barbex at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 13:31:47 +0200
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo: Umlaut, special characters in filenames in storage groups - files invisible
>
> Hello!
>
> I have Video files (.nuv) that contain umlaut characters like äüö in
> their filenames. That used to be ok but now that I moved to storage
> groups mythvideo doesn't show the anymore. I have searched the list
> and I found this thread from 2010
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/438440 but the
> solution with
>
> export LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 , in my case export LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF8 does not work.
>
> After some testing I can confirm that this is a problem only with
> storage groups!
> If I set another folder with the same files in the frontend
> configuration I get a second video entry that shows me the Umlaut
> files with no problems.
>
> So I would like to ask if there is any new information about this?
> Any way I could solve this, other than getting rid of storage groups again?
>
> My system:
> Mythbuntu 0.23
>
> Thanks!
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I had the same problem, I included all the locale settings in the script that starts mythbackend.

See:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/445131?search_string=el_GR.UTF;#445131

and you'll be ok.

Yianni.