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< 			my $pathEnc = Slim::Utils::Misc::escape($path);
---
>       # take care that MusicIP API will understand paths on Windows too
>       # TODO: someone please check if this breaks Linux or MacOS
> 			my $pathEnc = Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8on($path);
> 			if ($isWin) {
> 				$pathEnc = URI::Escape::uri_escape($pathEnc);
> 			} else {
> 				$pathEnc = Slim::Utils::Misc::escape($pathEnc);
> 			}
> 			$pathEnc = Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8encode_locale($pathEnc);
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>   # MIP returns playlist names as UTF-8 even on windows, so we need to convert
> 	for my $playlist (@playlists) {
> 
> 		if ($isWin) {
> 
> 			$playlist = Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8decode_guess(
> 				$playlist, Slim::Utils::Unicode::encodingFromString($playlist),
> 			);
> 		}
> 
>     # need conversion to the current charset.
>     $playlist = Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8encode_locale($playlist);
> 	}
>