Special characters in TV guide data causes recording to fail #2293

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opened 2026-02-06 21:56:31 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 1 comment
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Originally created by @OhMyGoose on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020).

When recording a news show with a title that contains a special character like a colon (':'), Jellyfin will fail to create the directory for that show due to the special character. An example title would be "CBS News at 5:30PM."

My current workaround is to simply replace all special characters from the show titles in the XMLTV file, but it would be nice if Jellyfin can just automatically handle the special characters.

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  • OS: Raspbian 10
  • Jellyfin Version: 10.6.4
Originally created by @OhMyGoose on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020). When recording a news show with a title that contains a special character like a colon (':'), Jellyfin will fail to create the directory for that show due to the special character. An example title would be "CBS News at 5:30PM." My current workaround is to simply replace all special characters from the show titles in the XMLTV file, but it would be nice if Jellyfin can just automatically handle the special characters. System: - OS: Raspbian 10 - Jellyfin Version: 10.6.4
OVERLORD added the bugstale labels 2026-02-06 21:56:31 +03:00
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Reference: starred/jellyfin#2293