MinimServer failing to read special characters in m3u playlist files

[DavidHB]

(21-04-2015 13:52)timster Wrote:  Call me dim but if notepad++ can determine the encoding regardless of extension, why can't MinimServer? Or am I missing something?

I think that what you are missing is the point that MinimServer is rigorously standards-compliant. If the M3U Standard requires a particular extension for a particular encoding, MinimServer will expect that extension to be used. Simon's repeatedly expressed view is that once you start departing from standards or incorporating fixes for non-standard behaviour, there is no stopping and the standards themselves are compromised. In my opinion, it's a very fair view.

The case of Notepad++ (which is also AFAIK fully standards compliant) is different to that of MinimServer. Notepad++ is a very sophisticated editor, which is able to convert text (of all kinds, obviously, not just M3U files) from one encoding to another. It is therefore appropriate that it should automatically recognise the encoding it is dealing with.

David