Index: Slim/Utils/Misc.pm
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--- Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(revision 24403)
+++ Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@
 
 	# only allow absolute file URLs and don't allow .. in files...
 	if ($path !~ /[\/\\]\.\.[\/\\]/) {
-
-		$file = fixPathCase($uri->file);
+		# Bug 10199 - need to ensure that the perl-internal UTF8 flag is set if necessary
+		# (this should really be done by URI::file)
+		$file = fixPathCase(Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8on($uri->file));
 	}
 
 	if (Slim::Utils::Log->isInitialized) {