Sunshine fails to start on Windows if its path includes UTF-8 characters

[kran6a]

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Describe the Bug

Place sunshine portable in C:\Users\Ángel\Portables. Double-click the executable, the terminal opens but ends up with an error:

Error: Couldn't open [C:\Users\Ángel\Portables\Sunshine\config\credentials/cakey.pem]

This is a big problem for those of us setting usernames that include special characters as I have more than 10 folders in C:\Users used by different programs. Programs end up with usernames featuring different corrupted characters. Some programs generate a new folder every time they are executed which is another kind of headache as you cannot save settings/progress. There are also programs that write to one folder and read from an entirely different one as the corrupted characters are different (ie: read from Ángel but write to �ngel).

There are also back slashes and forward slashes mixed together in the error's path which is odd.

Expected Behavior

Sunshine should support UTF-8 paths as most programs do

Additional Context

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Host Operating System

Windows

Operating System Version

11 (10.0.26100)

Architecture

amd64/x86_64

Sunshine commit or version

v2024.1218.135629

Package

Windows - portable (not recommended)

GPU Type

NVIDIA

GPU Model

3060 TI

GPU Driver/Mesa Version

Does not matter

Capture Method

None

Config

Apps

Relevant log output

[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Desktop resolution [3440x1440]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Desktop format [DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Display refresh rate [164.999Hz]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Requested frame rate [60fps]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Creating encoder [hevc_nvenc]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Color coding: HDR (Rec. 2020 + SMPTE 2084 PQ)
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.717]: Info: Color depth: 10-bit
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.718]: Info: Color range: JPEG
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.840]: Info: NvEnc: created encoder HEVC P1 yuv444 10-bit two-pass rfi
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.896]: Info:
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.896]: Info: // Ignore any errors mentioned above, they are not relevant. //
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.896]: Info:
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.896]: Info: Found H.264 encoder: h264_nvenc [nvenc]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.896]: Info: Found HEVC encoder: hevc_nvenc [nvenc]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.925]: Error: Couldn't open [C:\Users\Ángel\Portables\Sunshine\config\credentials/cakey.pem]
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.925]: Fatal: HTTP interface failed to initialize
[2024-12-19 02:50:45.925]: Fatal: To relaunch Sunshine successfully, use the shortcut in the Start Menu. Do not run Sunshine.exe manually.

[ReenigneArcher]

There was a similar issue previously. #1446