Comment 4 for bug 1416698

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Olivier Girard (eolinwen) wrote : Re: [Openshot.bugs] [Bug 1416698] Re: Can’t import assets with a question mark in the file name

Yeah. I 've done some test and I confirm this issue. And I can tell you
that the issue come from the ?. Done the same step that you have write at
the begining without the ? . With the . that's work too.

2015-03-15 18:40 GMT+01:00 Chriki™ <email address hidden>:

> Steps to reproduce with Openshot 1.4.3 on Ubuntu 14.04:
>
> 1. Open OpenShot.
> 2. In the “Title” menu, select “New Title …”
> 3. Under “Start here”, select “Gold 2” and click “Create new Title”.
> 4. As the name enter “Test? Yes.” and click “OK”.
> 5. Enter “Test? Yes.” into both fields and click “OK” again.
> 6. Click “Apply”.
> → Nothing happens. The new title doesn’t appear in the “Project Files”
> list.
>
> Further steps to reproduce the mentioned message:
>
> 1. Create an arbitrary SVG file with Inkscape and call the file “test.svg”.
> 2. In a shell run: “cp test.svg 'test2.svg'”
> 2. Open OpenShot.
> 3. Hit Ctrl+F to get to the import dialog.
> 4. Import “test.svg”.
> → Works up to here, the file shows up in the “Project Files” list.
> 5. Hit Ctrl+F again.
> 6. Import “test?.svg”.
> → An information dialog pops up with the message “OpenShot doesn’t support
> this file format” (my translation). After clicking “OK” the “Project Files”
> lists hasn’t changed compared to before the import.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1416698
>
> Title:
> Can’t import assets with a question mark in the file name
>
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Architecture (64 bits or 32 bits) : 64 bits
> Operating System & version : Ubuntu 14.04
> Installation Method : distro package
> Version of Openshot installed : 1.4.3
> BZR Revision used (if any) : N/A
> MLT/melt version : ?
> FFmpeg (i.e.libavcodec) version : from distro package (54?)
> FFmpeg installation : from distro package
>
> OpenShot fails to import assets with a question mark in the file name,
> saying something like “OpenShot doesn’t support this file format” (my
> translation).
>
> In my particular case, I was creating a new title which had a question
> mark in its name. When finishing the title creation dialog, the title
> didn’t show up anywhere. This was confusing. I found the created SVG
> file in my file manager and tried to import it manually which led to
> the error message above. That was confusing again. When I removed the
> question mark from the file name, the SVG file could be imported
> without any problems as expected.
>
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