UTF-8 Characters in Track Names

[Jacques_Distler]

Ubuntu 19.10 (GNU/Linux 5.3.0-23-generic x86_64) Roon 1.7 (build 505)

1000Base-T wired Ethernet

Audio Devices: RoonBridge on Raspberry Pi (also on wired Ethernet)

Description Of Issue

Tracks with accented characters in the name don’t import.

Here’s the directory with the album in question:

distler@roon:~$ ls  -l /media/Music/Yo-Yo\ Ma\,\ Emanuel\ Ax/Beethoven_\ Sonatas\ for\ Piano\ \&\ Cello\ \(Ma-Ax\)/
total 487360
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 68132054 Dec  1 22:03 '1-01 Cello Sonata #1 In F, Op. 5_1 - 1. Adagio Sostenuto, Allegro.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 26497245 Dec  1 22:03 '1-02 Cello Sonata #1 In F, Op. 5_1 - 2. Rondo_ Allegro Vivace.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 61102435 Dec  1 22:03 '1-03 Cello Sonata #2 In G Minor, Op. 5_2 - 1. Adagio Sostneuto E Espressivo, Allegro Molto Più Tosto Presto.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 33580807 Dec  1 22:03 '1-04 Cello Sonata #2 In G Minor, Op. 5_2 - 2. Rondo_ Allegro.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 54292835 Dec  1 22:00 '1-05 Cello Sonata #3 In A, Op. 69 - 1. Allegro Ma Non Tanto.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 21627061 Dec  1 22:01 '1-06 Cello Sonata #3 In A, Op. 69 - 2. Scherzo_ Allegro Molto.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 34577252 Dec  1 22:01 '1-07 Cello Sonata #3 In A, Op. 69 - 3. Adagio Cantibile, Allegro Vivace.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 29106219 Dec  1 22:01 '2-01 Cello Sonata #4 In C, Op. 102_1 - 1. Andante; 2. Allegro Vivace.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 28109592 Dec  1 22:01 '2-02 Cello Sonata #4 In C, Op. 102_1 - 3. Adagio; 4. Allegro Vivace.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 25897940 Dec  1 22:01 '2-03 Piano Sonata #5 In C Minor, Op. 10_1 - 1. Allegro Molto E Con Brio.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 34072201 Dec  1 22:01 '2-04 Piano Sonata #5 In C Minor, Op. 10_1 - 2. Adagio Molto.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 19321988 Dec  1 22:01 '2-05 Piano Sonata #5 In C Minor, Op. 10_1 - 3. Finale_ Prestissimo.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 29048706 Dec  1 22:01 '2-06 Variations On _Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen_ In E Flat, WoO 46.m4a'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 roon roon 33659640 Dec  1 22:01 '2-07 Variations On _Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen_, Op. 66.m4a'

Tracks 1-03, 2-06 and 2-07 are absent from Roon

I have tried multiple "Force Rescan"s, to no avail. Curiously, the total track count is correct (as if Roon had seen the three missing tracks), but they don’t show up in the GUI. It says this album has 11 tracks, even though it has 14.

[Jacques_Distler]

N.B.: This appears to be a regression in 1.7.x. I have numerous examples of tracks imported in 1.6, with accents in the track-name. They all appear just fine.

FWIW, I wonder if this could be an NFC vs NFD issue in Roon.

The tracks were named in iTunes on a Mac, and then the files were uploaded to my NAS. The music directory, in turn, is remote-mounted at /media/Music on my Roon Core machine. Clearly, “ls” on the Roon Core machine has no trouble with the filenames. But, evidently, Roon does.

[Speed_Racer (Threatened Dinosaur)]

See if they show up in a different album. I added a test track with the name that failed for you and got this:

[Jacques_Distler]

That turned out to be exactly what happened. The 3 tracks in question got separated off into a second “unidentified” album.

Merging the two albums manually fixed the problem, but I still think this is a bug.

[Speed_Racer (Threatened Dinosaur)]

Agree absolutely! You should report it.

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

Hi @Jacques_Distler,

Would you mind sharing this album with us so we can take a closer look at what you experienced? You can share this via a shared Dropbox link (or any other file sharing service link) in a PM here on the site.

Thanks!