UNC path problems

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siromega
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UNC path problems

Post by siromega »

Hi,

I noticed that the handbrake CLI doesnt seem to support UNC paths correctly...

the command line

"C:\Program Files\Handbrake\hbcli.exe" -i "\\server\Videos\iso\MOVIE.ISO" -t 1 -c 1-50 -o "D:\Movie.m4v" -e x264b30 -E faac -w 640 -l 272 -S 350 -2 -m -B 160 -R 44.1

shows..
Opening \server\Videos\iso\MOVIE.ISO...

instead of
Opening \\server\Videos\iso\MOVIE.ISO...

If I alter the path to be

"C:\Program Files\Handbrake\hbcli.exe" -i "\\\\server\Videos\iso\MOVIE.ISO" -t 1 -c 1-50 -o "D:\Movie.m4v" -e x264b30 -E faac -w 640 -l 272 -S 350 -2 -m -B 160 -R 44.1

(four backslashes instead of two)

it works.
rhester
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Post by rhester »

HandBrake for Windows is compiled as a cygwin application, which does indeed handle pathing this way. Use of forward slashes "/" instead of backslashes "\" should allow for expected behavior as well.

Rodney
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