A few strange things, minimserver Qnap 109

[simoncn]

(28-09-2012 12:57)Cableguy Wrote:  Thanks for your comprehensive reply!

Well, the file names don't necessarily contain the å,ä,ö characters, but the folder containing the files does every time.

Regarding the missing tracks from a certain album, these missing tracks do all contain the å,ä,ö characters.

How do I check what sort of characters the files contain?

You wouldn't happen to have any pointers as how to go about your third suggestion, how to install the correct locale and charset on the NAS? Would this also help with the folders containing the non-ASCII characters?

Thank you once again. Minimserver on the NAS is surely a pleasure to browse and to deal with.

OK, this is definitely the problem. This issue applies to both filenames and folder names, and the same fix can be used for both. To find out what charset is being used, you can do the following:

1) Use SSH or Telnet to open a Linux command prompt on the NAS.
2) In the parent folder containing files or folders with non-ASCII names, type "ls -l > /share/Public/filenames.txt". This will create a file named filenames.txt in the /share/Public folder. The contents of this file will indicate which charset is being used.
3) Please zip this file and attach it to a post here. I'll take a look at it and let you know what the charset is.

Installing additional charsets needs some familiarity with Linux. See this page for some information about how to do this.

The best long-term solution is to convert the filenames and folder names to UTF-8, as the world is moving towards UTF-8 as the standard representation for international characters. This is the solution that I chose when faced with the same problem.