Index: Misc.pm
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--- Misc.pm	(revision 25883)
+++ Misc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -271,9 +271,12 @@
 
 	# only allow absolute file URLs and don't allow .. in files...
 	if ($path !~ /[\/\\]\.\.[\/\\]/) {
+		$file = fixPathCase($uri->file);
+		
+		# Bug 11459 - only do the utf8 conversion if the file can't be found after the above
 		# 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));
+		$file = fixPathCase(Slim::Utils::Unicode::utf8on($uri->file)) unless -e $file;
 	}
 
 	if (Slim::Utils::Log->isInitialized) {