Files with percent-encoded characters not importing

elijahr shared this question 16 months ago
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I exported my library from MIXO to rekordbox.xml a while back.

I cleared my MIXO library then tried re-importing from that rekordbox.xml. A few of the files did not import. It looks like it has to do with percent-encoded parentheses. The actual file names contain %28, %29, %2C, etc. It seems like MIXO is decoding the path or filename when it shouldn't be, and is subsequently failing to find the file.

The actual file names in the filesystem:

12_%28More+and+More%29+It+Ain%27t+Easy.mp3
3_Beat+54+%28All+Good+Now%29.mp3
2_Heavy%2C+California.mp3
The entries in rekordbox.xml:

<TRACK TrackID="3" Name="(More and More) It Ain't Easy" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/12_%28More+and+More%29+It+Ain%27t+Easy.mp3" Size="191" TotalTime="191.9" TrackNumber="12" Year="2018" AverageBpm="83.5" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="Ebm" Label="XL Recordings"/>

<TRACK TrackID="1677" Name="Beat 54 (All Good Now)" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Inflo, Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/3_Beat+54+%28All+Good+Now%29.mp3" Size="246" TotalTime="246.815" TrackNumber="3" Year="2018" AverageBpm="106" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="Em" Label="XL Recordings"/>

<TRACK TrackID="2688" Name="Heavy, California" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/2_Heavy%2C+California.mp3" Size="184" TotalTime="184.6" TrackNumber="2" Year="2018" AverageBpm="111" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="E" Label="XL Recordings"/>

Note - the files are not actually at /Users/path/to; my full name and email address were included in the file path so I have anonymized the path.


The error modal:
558b51e197a04d24102a3b8296f23321

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Haha speak of encoding issues - the rekordbox entries I included get rendered unescaped as HTML here. That might be cross-site scripting vulnerability in which case you should fix it! I wonder if this will work:

<script>alert("fix me")</script>
But anyways, here's the XML, I tried escaping it so hopefully it renders correctly so you can make use of it:

<TRACK TrackID="3" Name="(More and More) It Ain't Easy" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/12_%28More+and+More%29+It+Ain%27t+Easy.mp3" Size="191" TotalTime="191.9" TrackNumber="12" Year="2018" AverageBpm="83.5" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="Ebm" Label="XL Recordings"/>

<TRACK TrackID="1677" Name="Beat 54 (All Good Now)" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Inflo, Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/3_Beat+54+%28All+Good+Now%29.mp3" Size="246" TotalTime="246.815" TrackNumber="3" Year="2018" AverageBpm="106" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="Em" Label="XL Recordings"/>

<TRACK TrackID="2688" Name="Heavy, California" Artist="Jungle" Composer="Joshua Lloyd-Watson, Thomas McFarland" Album="For Ever" Genre="Electronic" Kind="mp3" Location="file://localhost/Users/path/to/My Drive/Tracks/2021-04/2_Heavy%2C+California.mp3" Size="184" TotalTime="184.6" TrackNumber="2" Year="2018" AverageBpm="111" BitRate="320" SampleRate="44100" Comments="XL927DA" PlayCount="0" Rating="0" Tonality="E" Label="XL Recordings"/>
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Hmm. It seems I cannot paste even escaped XML here, but at least the script tags got stripped! 😂

Third time's the charm: https://dpaste.com/BD4L2GG8U

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Hey Elijahr!


Thanks, I'll check it out ASAP and let you know once we have more info.

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Hi Elijahr,

This issue should be fixed in the next release!

As always, thanks for the valuable feedback.

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Happy to help. Thanks Remko!

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Hi Elijahr,

I'm pleased to announce MIXO v0.62 is now live!
https://www.mixo.dj/versions

Download from our website or update in-app. Please let me know your feedback.

Thanks!

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Hello! I still have the Problem with the Importing. When I import my XMP File, MIXO translate the ''spaces'' of my track names to a ''%'' and show me then that the path is incorrect. How do i fix this?

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MIXO v0.63 is now live with further fixes for % encoding in XML filePaths.

https://www.mixo.dj/versions


Download from our website or update in-app.

Please let me know your feedback.


Thanks!

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