[Libav-user] avformat_open_input() fails with unicode filenames of image files

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Tim Hauke <mail at ...> writes:

> So generally it works quite well. I´m using it with mp4,
> avi, jpg, bmp and tif files. But when I try to open an 
> image file (jpg, bmp, tif) whose filename contains other 
> characters than from the ASCII charset, 
> avformat_open_input() returns -2.

Found the relevant ticket, consider adding yourself to CC:
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/819

Carl Eugen