Filenames: Umlauts/ß replaced with digits (e.g. Weiß ? Wei.23535)

[Alpengreis]

Hi,
First, thank you very much for this GREAT software!
I noticed a strange behavior when downloading episodes with German characters in the title. Instead of keeping the correct filename, AntennaPod replaces characters like „ß“ or umlauts with numbers (with a dot).
Examples:
Title: 126 - Die Frau in Weiß.mp3
Expected filename: 126 - Die Frau in Weiß.mp3 (or maybe Weiss.mp3)
Actual filename: 126 - Die Frau in Wei.23535.mp3
Another case:
Title: 124 - Öffentliche Toiletten.mp3
Actual filename: 124 - Offentliche Toiletten.23257.mp3
This looks like some encoding problem when AntennaPod creates the filename. Android itself accepts umlauts in filenames, so it shouldn’t be a system limitation.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a known bug, or should I report it on GitHub as an issue?
Thanks and greetings,
Alpengreis

App version: 3.9.0

Android version: 15

Device model: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

[ByteHamster]

You are not supposed to look at AntennaPod’s internal files. Maybe we should just store them completely without names (just random numbers) to make that more clear. Umlauts are removed on purpose due to file system limitations on some devices.

[Alpengreis]

Ok.

Just for info: a normal download (with other apps) do not remove Umlauts due system limitations. Maybe clear anyway.

However: if you WOULD make just random number, you can imagine that then the share of a podcast file would be not really user friendly … because it takes those internal AntennaPod file names.

This was exactly the reason why I discovered this.

[Alpengreis]

But I understand of course that some devices remove the Umlauts.

So, maybe it’s the best to let it at current state …

[Alpengreis]

JFI (for other users): I saw that digits even with non umlaut files I believe. Not a real problem.