MinimServer failing to read special characters in m3u playlist files

[timster]

(21-04-2015 14:25)DavidHB Wrote:  

(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. It is a very sophisticated editor, which is able to convert text (of all kinds) from one encoding to another. It is therefore appropriate that Notepad++ should automatically recognise the encoding it is dealing with.

David

Yes I see, very fair and correct, and I agree with his standpoint entirely. So it's Synology that's not compliant with AudioStation's implementation. And thanks for the info on Notepad++. I have been impressed with it, so as Arthur C Clarke said, sophisticated technology can often be indistinguishable from magic!