Hi List,


I found a problem when i try to rename a Chinese character based playlist name using API provided by MPD.
I run MPD 0.16.8 on Windows 7 Professional Services Pack 1 (English Edition).

I've asked the developer of python-mpd2, after discussion, he suggested that i ask for help from here.


Since the description is a bit long,  you can find the detailed description at:

https://github.com/Mic92/python-mpd2/issues/6


In essential, i think it would be much clear if i paste some code.

But i have no C skills, so forgive me to paste a bit Python code below:
(Please check especially to the fonts in red color )

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In [1]: import mpd, sys In [2]: sys.getfilesystemencoding() # Get the file system encoding of Windows 7 Professional SP1, English Edition.
Out[2]: 'mbcs' In [3]: old_playlist_name = u"大" # Which is a Chinese character, means 'Big' in English. In [4]: old_playlist_name Out[4]: u'\u5927' In [5]: client = mpd.MPDClient(use_unicode=True) In [6]: client.connect('localhost', 6600) In [7]: client.listplaylists() Out[7]: [] In [8]: client.save(old_playlist_name) In [9]: client.listplaylists() Out[9]: [{u'last-modified': u'2012-05-26T09:11:01Z', u'playlist': u'\u5927'}] In [10]: client.rename(old_playlist_name, "New_Name")

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CommandError Traceback (most recent call last) C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\<ipython-input-10-fcec17c403c0> in <modu le>() ----> 1 client.rename(old_playlist_name, "New_Name") C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\mpd.pyc in decorator(self, *args) 489 def newFunction(wrapper, name, returnValue): 490 def decorator(self, *args): --> 491 return wrapper(self, name, args, bound_decorator(self, returnVal ue)) 492 return decorator 493 C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\mpd.pyc in _execute(self, command, args, retval) 211 self._write_command(command, args) 212 if isinstance(retval, Callable): --> 213 return retval() 214 return retval 215 C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\mpd.pyc in decorator(*args, **kwargs) 484 """ bind decorator to self """ 485 def decorator(*args, **kwargs): --> 486 return function(self, *args, **kwargs) 487 return decorator 488 C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\mpd.pyc in _fetch_nothing(self) 312 313 def _fetch_nothing(self): --> 314 line = self._read_line() 315 if line is not None: 316 raise ProtocolError("Got unexpected return value: '%s'" % li ne) C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\mpd.pyc in _read_line(self) 233 if line.startswith(ERROR_PREFIX): 234 error = line[len(ERROR_PREFIX):].strip() --> 235 raise CommandError(error) 236 if self._command_list is not None: 237 if line == NEXT: CommandError: [50 <at> 0] {rename} No such playlist In [11]: