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I'm getting this strange issue when trying to play MP3s containing Unicode characters (accents) over an NFS on Mac OSX, it's all good over AFP, but I'm setup with NFS because it's a linux server on the other end.

This is my disk utility setup:

*nfs://192.168.1.112/Music*

Advanced mount parameters:

*-P , nolocks nosuid*

The strange thing is that I can see those files in the finder ( with the accents .. ) but I can't play them! So I'm wondering if it's an unicode issue, since I can see the files properly or a permission issue since I can't play them, but them it wouldn't make sense that I can't play ONLY the files containing accents ..

Thanks

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Have you tried a different MP3 player? Maybe it's just a bug in that one MP3 player, choking on those file names. – Spiff Feb 27 '11 at 8:05
Try VLC! – muntoo Feb 27 '11 at 9:38
How do you play them? QuickLook in Finder? iTunes? Get Info dialog's preview (also Finder)? Does one of the other ways mentioned work? Does it work when you copy the files to your local disk (still with accents in the file names)? – Daniel Beck Feb 27 '11 at 11:02
@muntoo Great suggestion. VLC doesn't even get spaces in file and folder names right on OS X. (Playing works fine, but the proxy icon is beyond broken). – Daniel Beck Feb 27 '11 at 11:03
That was using VLC !! :) Quicktime player ( or preview ) won`t work either, it says that the file doesn`t exist even though the finder sees it fine and it definitely exists . I'm thinking about permission issues, but why would it just be for files with accents in it. Makes no sense to me ... – Julz Feb 27 '11 at 11:16
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