Paths/filenames containing spaces fail with windows distribution

[loopyluke]

This is the output I receive when trying to batch process a directory of files:

N:\Video\UMKV Test>unlinkmkv "Testing Folder"
UnlinkMKV
      Options
         chapters: 1
         cleanup: 1
         edition: 1
         ffmpeg: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.EXE
         fixaudio: 0
         fixaudiotemplate: -map 0 -acodec ac3 -ab 320k
         fixsubtitles: 1
         fixvideo: 0
         fixvideotemplate: -c:v libx264 -b:v {var_minrate}k -minrate {var_minrat
e}k -maxrate {var_maxrate}k -bufsize 1835k -max_muxing_queue_size 4000
         ignoredefaultflag: 0
         locale: en
         mkvext: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.EXE
         mkvinfo: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvinfo.EXE
         mkvmerge: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.EXE
         mkvpropedit: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvpropedit
         outdir: N:\Video\UMKV Test\UMKV
         tmpdir: N:\Video\UMKV Test\UMKV.tmp
         var_maxrate: var_minrate * 2
         var_minrate: (var_size * 1.1) / var_duration

The output also silently fails if I attempt to process a single file with a space anywhere in its filename/path. If I cd to the directory, and rename the file to contain no spaces, it works correctly. Using windows 8.1, have tried with both cmd and powershell.

[gnoling]

That's odd.

Can you try it with "-ll trace" to get full output? Also, what happens if you cd to the directory first and run it without specifying a path?

[loopyluke]

I tried it with a different video, and didn't get much else:

C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV>unlinkmkv -ll TRACE "Test Video"
UnlinkMKV
   [ini] [ffmpeg] = [C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg]
   [ini] [mkvext] = [C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvextract]
   [ini] [mkvinfo] = [C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvinfo]
   [ini] [mkvmerge] = [C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvmerge]
   [ini] [mkvpropedit] = [C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvpropedi
t]
   [ini] [fixaudio] = [0]
   [ini] [fixvideo] = [0]
   [ini] [fixsubtitles] = [1]
   [ini] [ignoredefaultflag] = [0]
   [ini] [chapters] = [1]
   [ini] [fixvideotemplate] = [-c:v libx264 -b:v {var_minrate}k -minrate {var_mi
nrate}k -maxrate {var_maxrate}k -bufsize 1835k -max_muxing_queue_size 4000]
   [ini] [fixaudiotemplate] = [-map 0 -acodec ac3 -ab 320k]
   [ini] [var_minrate] = [(var_size * 1.1) / var_duration]
   [ini] [var_maxrate] = [var_minrate * 2]
   [ini] [locale] = [en]
      Options
         chapters: 1
         cleanup: 1
         edition: 1
         ffmpeg: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.EXE
         fixaudio: 0
         fixaudiotemplate: -map 0 -acodec ac3 -ab 320k
         fixsubtitles: 1
         fixvideo: 0
         fixvideotemplate: -c:v libx264 -b:v {var_minrate}k -minrate {var_minrat
e}k -maxrate {var_maxrate}k -bufsize 1835k -max_muxing_queue_size 4000
         ignoredefaultflag: 0
         locale: en
         mkvext: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvextract.EXE
         mkvinfo: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvinfo.EXE
         mkvmerge: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.EXE
         mkvpropedit: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV/mkvtoolnix/mkvpropedit
         outdir: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\UMKV
         tmpdir: C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\UMKV.tmp
         var_maxrate: var_minrate * 2
         var_minrate: (var_size * 1.1) / var_duration
   created tmp C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\UMKV.tmp\11292
   removed tmp C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\UMKV.tmp\11292
   removed tmp C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV\UMKV.tmp
   exiting

C:\Users\Luke\Programs\UnlinkMKV>

I'm not familiar with perl but I can't see much there that helps. I found that cding to the directory and calling unlinkmkv . does what I expect and seems to process all the files in that directory fine.

I should note, that's a directory and not a file, inside said directory are multiple linked mkv files. I also tried by referencing the file directly "Test Video\blahblahblah.mkv" and got the same output other than the numbers for the tmp files.

[gnoling]

It actually seems like it's not parsing the command line arguments at all. That's still normal output. By default it'll check your cwd for files (the . for cwd is actually unnecessary). As far as files/directories on the command line it doesn't matter which type it is.

Unfortunately I don't have Windows 8 to test this against that OS, but when I get some time later I'll try and reproduce the problem. For reference, what region is your windows install/terminal set to?

[loopyluke]

Yeah I've worked around it for now with the whole directory method. I have my install set to English/Australia for the region.