Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; '(python': 0.07; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'subject:skip:s 10': 0.07; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'i.e': 0.16; 'message- id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'party)': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.4': 0.16; 'received:84.93': 0.16; 'received:84.93.230': 0.16; 'skip:u 60': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'exception': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'all,': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'exists': 0.24; 'unicode': 0.24; 'handling': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'character': 0.29; 'file': 0.32; 'third': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'received:84': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'thanks': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'mentioned': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'special': 0.74; 'replay': 0.84
X-CM-Score: 0.00
X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=LOXoQfm9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=u9EReRu7m0cA:10 a=tws551RkLzcA:10 a=uhsKNJJYFc0A:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=J5yXdGRqYKQLNUPBRr8A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=VDY_SbpVNkoA:10
X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:05:50 +0100
From: MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: python scikits.audiolab Sndfile special chars in file name
References: <CABy8q84h2Cs9o9byiPC6wsOu_=E49tRagxrVerrKCBBxFv73+g@mail.gmail.com> <CAPTjJmrcmBLeBY9Wo-twvT1KVq0MP5LnLPAE8kKrnaN8W8Bg7g@mail.gmail.com> <lsuvu9$gjh$1@ger.gmane.org> <CABy8q87bC0jH8F_HjzDy2c7P_J3RwLvh-Yt9WdyGOteYgT3HAg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABy8q87bC0jH8F_HjzDy2c7P_J3RwLvh-Yt9WdyGOteYgT3HAg@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.13142.1408446352.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 17
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1408446352 news.xs4all.nl 2857 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58203
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76557

On 2014-08-19 09:05, Furqan wasi wrote:
> *Hi Mark and all, *
>
>           Thanks for the replay i appreciate your help but the problem i
> have is not with the FileNotFoundError exception handling because the
> file exists but the problem is that the library libsndfile/Sndfile
> (python third party) which is child class/module of scikits.audiolab
> (python third party) is not reading file with special character in its
> path and name , i need some help to in how to make library
> libsndfile/Sndfile to read file with special character in it  i.e
> C:\Users\Furqan\Desktop\test\查找問題daw\查找問題d.wav, as i mentioned
> in my first email
>
I recommend that you use Unicode strings instead of bytestrings:

track1 = ur'C:\Users\Furqan\Desktop\test\查找問題daw\查找問題d.wav'