uPnP DLNA Search can't find mp3 tracks

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Hi,

If I try to search for mp3 music where there is a single quotation character in the Title or Artist, then the search returns No results.

I have tried to substitute the single quotation character with various standard Escape sequences ie %27, but no good.

Can you please tell me what the work around is?

Thank you

Pedro

2

Welcome to the Community.

Do the files appear if special characters such as quotation marks are removed?

3

Thank you very much for your reply.

Yes - if I use a program like MP3TAG and remove the single quotation mark from the file, it works. ie I have:-

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, by Marvin Gay

I cannot Search for this by Title because the WD can’t process a search with a single quotation in it.

I can find this item if I Search by Artist (Marvin Gay).

The same problem exists when searching for Artists like Johnny O’keefe.

I have tried using common Escaping sequences to overcome this. ie
Ain%27T
Ain&quotT
Ain/'T
None of which work.

Do you know what will work?

Thanks
Pedro

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Hi,

After some exprimentation, I have discovered that the “_” (underscore) character acts as a single wildcard therefore I can substitute “'” with “_” and set the Search to “contains” and not “=” it works…

I have also discovered that it is not only the “'” (single quotation) character that the WD is sensitive to, but also “%”, double quotes, and "" characters.

The solution above can deal with this too.

Unless someone has something better that works…