VLC tries to open text files as subtitles when playing files with non-latin names

Bug #711925 reported by Volodya
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
VLC media player
New
Unknown
vlc (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
vlc (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vlc

To reproduce:
Create a directory
Place in it a music or video file with the name in cyrilic letters, spaces, and punctiation (no latin characters).
Place in the same directory a text file.
Open the media file in VLC

What happens:
You will get an error saying that the said text file is not a correct subtitle (which it isn't)

What should happen:
VLC should treat files with characters other than latin in the same way as those with latin.

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vlc (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Changed in vlc (Debian):
status: New → Confirmed
Benjamin Drung (bdrung)
Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in vlc:
status: Unknown → New
Changed in vlc (Debian):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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