Command line quoting broken

NB: More details given in the forum in http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=47823

A DirectShow device has a slash in its name: e-g "4-1010 7/8ch". It opens in 0.9.0-test1 with the GUI. But when one tries to do the same on the command line it's broken.

The problem doesn't occur with the stable release 0.8.6h.

added Severity::normal Type::bug Version::master git + 1 deleted label

changed milestone to %0.9.0 bugs

changed the description

added Component::Core: Input label and removed 1 deleted label

I would rather suspect the white space. Please provide the debug log.

Replying to [comment:3 courmisch]:

Your suspicion is right. It seems to be the space from what I can judge from the log. I had tried to comment the space with ' ' but it doesn't work. One more info: the bug occurs on other earlier nightlies, at least 4 or 5 ones before test1. Do you want me to try with earlier builds to try to locate when the bug appeared?

here's the log: dshow error: can't use device: "none", unsupported device type dshow error: can't open video dshow error: can't use device: "4-1010, unsupported device type dshow error: can't open audio dshow error: can't use device: "none", unsupported device type dshow error: can't open video dshow error: can't use device: "4-1010, unsupported device type dshow error: can't open audio main error: open of dshow://' failed: could not create access access_directory error: 7/8ch": No such file or directory access_file error: cannot open file 7/8ch" (No such file or directory) main error: socket bind error (Cannot assign requested address) access_rtmp error: cannot listen to 7 port 1935 main error: open of 7/8ch"' failed: could not create access: no suitable access module

Original author: pkv

added note:

same problem with latest test2 build:

vlc-0.9.0-test2-20080702-1913-win32.exe

Original author: pkv

OK after testing the win32 nightlies: I find that before

vlc-0.9.0-git-20080606-0118-win32.exe

the command line: vlc dshow:// :dshow-vdev="none" :dshow-adev="4-1010 7/8ch"

doesn't give anything (device neither opened, nor any error messages although the device opens through the GUI).

After vlc-0.9.0-git-20080606-0118-win32.exe

the bug occurs as described in earlier posts with identical log.

The title of the bug should be changed to reflect that it's the space rather than the slash which is problematic as found by courmisch

Original author: pkv

changed milestone to %0.9.0-test2

changed title from 0.9test1 command line can't open dshow device with a / in the device name to Command line quoting broken

added Component::Bindings: LibVLC (native API) label and removed Component::Core: Input label

changed milestone to %0.9.0-test3

time out

added Status::works for me label

closed