Cannot open file with japanese characters in filename about audiobookconverter HOT 6 CLOSED

yep it works!

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@txfs19260817, it's very unlikely I will be able to fix it properly. As I'm using as dependancy quite old project mp4v2 which I just compiled and won't be able to fix quickly (or at all).
However, probably, I will be able to workaround it...

Just to clarify: were source filenames in japanese as well? And it was not a problem?
From stack trace - I assume you entered name in japanese and this caused an issue.

Thanks

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Hey @yermak thanks for following up!

It's the very first step where I chose a source m4b file with a Japanese name to load. Then, the UI showed nothing and functions other than "Clear" didn't work. Meanwhile I found the error messages in logs. So I suspect it's due to m4b file's Japanese name, because I renamed it in alphanumerics then the software became fully functional.

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Thanks, understood.
Correct fix should be in external program mp4v2, but I'm not sure that I could do this.
Alternative workaround, i.e. internal coping book into temp file containing latin only characters could be not optimal for 99% of users...

Do you know if this issue with all Japanese files or just with some of them, I would normally suspect those files where each symbol uses 3 bytes in utf-8, which not uncommon for Japanese hieroglyphs.

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Are you on Windows 11?
I apparently have same issuew with m4b books loading with non-Japanese symbols.
Which previously worked...
I will investigate it further...

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To fix try following:
Windows Settings -> Time&Language->Language&Region->Admistrative language settings->Language for non-Unicode programs: Change System locale...-> Beta: use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support -> Tick the checkbox.
It will require to reoboot, do it and try agian.

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