[Bug] WebDAV: Files/folders with accented Latin characters (É, ö, etc.) fail to scan and play

Environment:

  • Audirvāna Origin (latest version)

  • macOS Tahoe

  • Music library hosted on NAS, mounted via WebDAV

Issue:
When the music library is accessed through a WebDAV-mounted network drive, any files or folders whose names contain accented Latin characters (e.g., É, ö, ü, ñ) are not recognized during library scanning and cannot be played.

Example:
Album: CHOPIN ORBIT by Hayato Sumino (Sony Classical, 2026, 24/96kHz)

  • Track 2: Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 “Aeolian Harp” → fails to scan/play

  • Track 6: Étude in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 “Black Keys” → fails to scan/play

  • Other tracks without accented characters → work fine

Folders with accented characters in their names are also skipped entirely during scanning.

Expected behavior:
All files should be scanned and playable regardless of Unicode characters in file/folder names.

Workaround:
Renaming files/folders to remove accented characters resolves the issue, but this is not practical for classical music libraries where accented characters (Étude, Prélude, etc.) are extremely common.

Note:
The same files play correctly when accessed via SMB mount or stored locally, confirming this is specific to WebDAV path handling.

This appears to be a URL percent-encoding issue in the WebDAV file enumeration logic — accented characters require proper UTF-8 encoding/decoding in WebDAV URIs.

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@Antoine pls check this out

Hi @hackleberry , my colleague took a look at it, I think we will have a fix for it in the next update of Audirvāna Studio, which we will be here sometime next week.

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