Streamripper mishandles special characters

[Sven Herzberg]

When the backtick character appears in the track title, streamripper prints messages like this: [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ] [ripping... ]

instead of the expected line. Also filenames get corrupt (there's no artist, but the artist appears in the track name).

[Dan O'Huiginn (daniel-ohuiginn)]

passed this report upstream through their forums: http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7516#7516

I've not tested it myself (where can I find a stream with backticks?) but it sound plausible.

Could you please confirm which version of streamripper you are using?

[Sven Herzberg (herzi)]

RadioSeven regularly has tracks with backticks.

http://sc0.radioseven.se:8500/

[Sven Herzberg (herzi)]

BTW, it's streamripper 1.61.27-1.

[Dan O'Huiginn (daniel-ohuiginn)]

Thanks for the additional info, Sven. I set the ubuntu streamripper to that stream, and got your symptoms on the track 'Lhind - Världen Utanför (Dreamfactory Radio Mix)'. No backticks, but looks like something hurt streamripper.

When I took the problem upstream, the reply was "Try using 1.62-beta-2, that version handles string conversions differently than 1.61 series, and might solve your problem."

I've just installed 1.62-beta-2, and I'm now running it on that stream. It's working well so far......

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Are you still experiencing this bug with either Hardy or Intrepid?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!