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I am well aware that this thread was about brackets, I still think that it fits well within this context since mostly it is talked about in this thread about VLC's readability of %-encoded and not encoded m3u files :-) I hope it's ok for you to keep this context without opening a new thread? Out of ...

I just realised that there still is a certain character that doesn't work in m3u8 files _without_ %-encoded local paths. Here is an example. This file basically opens correctly but the two file names containing the # character throw an error in VLC that they can't be played when double clicked on th...

I can confirm that opening an m3u8 file _without_ %-encoded local paths does work in the currently latest VLC (3.0.17.3) on macOS 10.15.7 Catalina. Here is a portion of the m3u8 file: #EXTM3U Amon Tobin - One Offs... Remixes & B Sides - Four Ton Mantis (Bonobo mix) [TRUCD031] (2002).mp3 Amon Tob...