Square brackets make tracks disappear from playlist

[webdb22]

When trying to reuse playlists created on Linux in VLC for Android I've encountered the following issue: All files containing square brackets "[]" seem to disappear from the playlist when used in VLC for Android.

To reproduce:

Create a simple playlist (.m3u) containing a filename with square brackets, e.g.:

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#EXTM3U #EXTINF Song1 (Blues).opus #EXTINF Song2 [Blues].opus

This plays fine on VLC on Linux, but if you open that playlist in VLC for Android, only one track (with the rounded brackets) is listed and played (although the other file is there and can be played directly).

Other special characters like underline, dash, curled brackets, etc. seem to have no impact.

Is this a bug? Any idea for a workaround?

My configuration
- VLC 2.2.2 on Ubuntu 16.04
- VLC 3.2.6 on Android 8.0

[Lotesdelere]

Looks like a bug, and not only on Android:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=151929

[webdb22]

Lotesdelere, you're right, this looks very similar!

Only difference seems to be that for me it works on Linux, only VLC on Android has this issue.

URL encoding for a file-based playlist doesn't look like a feasible workaround. How to proceed?

[webdb22]

Any update? Anything I can provide to help to resolve this? Thanks!