Offline sync: Problem with Artist names ending with "."

[tobedeleted 4]

When I try to sync artists like "R.E.M." to my Android phone, every song gets in its own artist folder, named "R.E.M" (without dot), "R.E.M." (correct), "R.E.M. (1)" and so on. For every single song!

 

Any remedy??

 

(Server 3.2.1.0 on Linux, Android client 2.8.67 (should be the most recent versions).

[Luke 42077]

hi @@Larx, so are you saying it never completes the sync but just keeps going again and again creating new folders?

[tobedeleted 4]

At the time of the first post I had thought of a merely cosmetical problem.

But as during the rest of today Emby tried syncing the songs of the dot-ending artists over and over again, creating dozens of numbered artist folders for them and never finishing, yes, that's exactly the problem!

[Luke 42077]

@@Larx, have you configured a custom sync path, or is it the default?

[tobedeleted 4]

On the Android device? Yes, I'm syncing to the external SD card, using the document provider.

 

content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/1234-5678%3A

 

The 1234-5678 is the UID of the card, I don't know what %3A is (maybe '/'). I selected the root of the SD card, as the sync process itself always creates another subfolder with the name of the media server (which is useless for me, as I only use one server).

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the info.

[tobedeleted 4]

FYI, 2.8.68. still has the problem.

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the info.

[Luke 42077]

@@Larx please try the latest open beta version. thanks !

[tobedeleted 4]

I'm signed in to the beta programm, however, as I don't use Google Play (MicroG + Yalp Store instead), I don't really know if I have the current beta.

If com_mb_android-200008732.apk is the most recent version, this one still doesn't work.

[tobedeleted 4]

2.8.74 does not work, too.

[tobedeleted 4]

Just for the record. 2.8.76 no change.

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the report.

[tobedeleted 4]

2.8.77 and also phone upgraded from MM to N, all the same :-(

[Luke 42077]

Hi @@Larx, we are looking into it, thanks.

[tobedeleted 4]

Is there any progress with this issue? The problem is not only the multiple folders when artists end with ".", but also that the synchronisation always gets stuck. Songs of these artists simple seem to get synced over and over again.

[Luke 42077]

We are looking into it, thanks.

[tobedeleted 4]

Well, any progress??! I still cannot sync anything ending with a dot :-( .

[Luke 42077]

@@Larx, please try 2.9.11 on the open beta:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/24350-android-open-beta-testing/

 

I am not able to reproduce this anymore. Please let me know if this helps. Thanks !

[tobedeleted 4]

@@Larx, please try 2.9.11 on the open beta:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/24350-android-open-beta-testing/

 

I am not able to reproduce this anymore. Please let me know if this helps. Thanks !

Sorry, still does not work.... 2.9.12 installed.

Edited June 20, 2017 by Larx

[Luke 42077]

Ok I'll keep testing, thanks. It's odd because I'm able to sync the very same artist with no problem.

[tobedeleted 4]

Why not simply convert those problematic characters to an underscore or something like that? Lots of desktop software dealing with music files on different filesystems do that. Looks a bit awkward, but works.

 

Frankly, this problem has not found a clean solution for months, so even something quick & dirty would be welcome ;-) .

[tobedeleted 4]

Is there any hope that this problem will be solved at some point???????

[Luke 42077]

Yes we are working on it. Thanks.

[Luke 42077]

@@Larx what version of the app are you running now?