Can't play files with "?" in the path after scanning them to library

[Lahvuun]

I can play them just fine without scanning if I go to Settings->Media->Library->Videos and select the file manually. But if I scan the file or the directory and try to play them I either get "This file is no longer available" (if I try to do it from the main menu's tv show listing) or if I again go to Settings->Media-Library-Videos and select it manually I get "One or more items failed to play".

I have the following error in my log:

2020-11-18 00:44:41.553 T:10256   ERROR <general>: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [sftp://debian:22/home/kodi/kodi/anime/tv/Sakamoto Desu ga? (2016)/Sakamoto Desu ga? (2016) S01E01.mkv]

Which corresponds to this line in Kodi's source:

CLog::Log(LOGERROR, "CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [%s]", CURL::GetRedacted(m_item.GetPath()).c_str());

So I tried doing it with curl:

lahvuun@lahvuun ~ curl -u kodi -k 'sftp://debian/home/kodi/kodi/anime/tv/Sakamoto Desu ga? (2016)/Sakamoto Desu ga? (2016) S01E01.mkv'
Enter host password for user 'kodi':
curl: (78) Could not open remote file for reading: No such file or directory

And then encoding the question mark:

lahvuun@lahvuun ~ curl -u kodi -k 'sftp://debian/home/kodi/kodi/anime/tv/Sakamoto Desu ga%3F (2016)/Sakamoto Desu ga%3F (2016) S01E01.mkv'
Enter host password for user 'kodi':
Warning: Binary output can mess up your terminal. Use "--output -" to tell
Warning: curl to output it to your terminal anyway, or consider "--output
Warning: <FILE>" to save to a file.

Which makes the URL work (I piped it to mpv and it worked fine)

[Mynacol]

I believe I encountered the same issue, in my case the file name contains !?!. More details on the referenced issue.

[kostyafarber]

Hey I would like to contribute here any ideas on where to look/get started for this issue. (where does escaping happen if it does in the lib)?