Unicode file names

[Gerb]

Mplayer doesn't support Unicode file names / paths on Windows. Would it be possible to change smplayer so that is passes the short (8.3) version of the path to mplayer, so that it can open any file?

[rvm]

There's an option for that in preferences -> advanced.

[Gerb]

Oh ... Why isn't it enabled by default? Does it have any drawbacks / does it cause problems? I'm asking to avoid any nasty surprises after enabling it.

[rvm]

Yes it has problems autoloading the subtitles, because with short names, the filename of the video and the filenames of subtitles may not match.