ID 81 - code.google.com - Folder title containing "/" crashes TV media browser about universalmediaserver HOT 5 CLOSED

Applies to:

Samsung Smart TV sets (verified on D and E series)
Online media only (since stored media cannot have "/" in folder names)

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Using the Channels plugin and SVT for online media:
In the subtree of SVTPlay/A-Z, choose any directory D that contains a subdirectory D1 with a title containing the letter "/", then enter D1 and then enter the parent directory D again (without selecting any media).

Note: This is just an example. There is no dependence to the Channels plugin or to SVT. The "Report" or "ABC" are examples of failing directories D

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Actual: The TV presents "no media available on server" (dependent on language and series) and can only recover by reselecting the source (UMS).

Wanted: The TV presents the parent folder

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

My setup:
Ubuntu 12.04
UMS 2.6.5
Channels 2.20
FFmpeg 0.10.7
Renderer Samsung D and E series

Please provide any additional information below.

Attached is a network trace of the SOAP request/response for the parent folder. Note that in the reproduction use case, folder D is attempted to be entered twice. Going forward the path succeeds and returning back fails. However, the SOAP request/response is the same.

This is the critical part:

The TV fails the second time whenever the dc:title value contains the "/" letter.

According to the DLNA standard the "/" should be allowed but Samsung seems to be non compliant.

Suggestion: Replace any "/" in a dc:title value to something acceptable for both Samsung owners and owners of other TV brands.

Motivation: Samsung would be reluctant to accept a trouble ticket due to too few online media users and those they rather want to use their proprietary apps instead giving them much more revenue. Samsung has a 25% market share for TV sets, meaning a work around would also help the corresponding share of UMS users.

More info

http://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&start=180#p7001
http://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78&start=180#p7096

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Well, applies to should be "webmedia only" rather than "online media only" perhaps.

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I think this is fixed in 39207b4. If it isn't, we can reopen.

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This could be the bug solved by the CharMap stuff. Make sure CharMap = / : is present in the Samsung conf files.

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Ah cool

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