[RESOLVED] When opening a file, the file list is always empty.

[lynguist]

My system: Windows 8 64-bit, GTX 660.

When I try to open a MKV or 264 file, the file list keeps staying empty. MediaInfo outputs the following for the Video stream:

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Video
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 16 frames
Bit rate                                 : 1 092 Kbps
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.119
Writing library                          : x264 core 58 svn-736M
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / me-prepass=0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1092 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:0.5:13.0

I must be doing something wrong. What's wrong?

[admin]

I don't know what you mean by "the file list keeps staying empty". What happens when you open the file in DGIndexNV? Do you get an error message? Do you get any video?

Please also post a link to a sample file that I can use to try to reproduce your issue.

Windows 8 may be a factor. I don't have any Windows 8 systems to test on.

[lynguist]

OK, I found the cause of the misbehaviour.

Previously, I tried to open a couple of files that lived in a folder that contained characters outside 8-bit ASCII, namely an 'ō'. At first I thought it was because the folder contained whitespace and punctuation characters, but DGDecNV handles that fine as I tested with different folders. It just seems to be not Unicode aware. In that case it will pretend that I didn't even want to open a file and just keep the file list in the opening dialog empty.

[admin]

Unicode is not supported.

[lynguist]

Would you consider supporting it assuming it's not too hard? That would be convenient for me.

[admin]

I have two criteria that could trigger me to implement a feature: 1) I personally need it, or 2) a lot of people are asking for it.

Given that neither of these are satisfied, and given that it is nontrivial, I regret to inform you that it is highly unlikely that I could find time and motivation to address this limitation. There is a third criterion, however; paid development contracts are always welcome.