Cortex crashing when opening folders with illegal characters

[dave (David McClure)]

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Issue transcoding from ARRIRAW when files are in folder with # character

@Anders_Y just discovered an odd issue that I’d never seen before: If you store ARRIRAW files in a path that includes a # character, Cortex doesn’t like it. The clip appears to import OK into the bin, but the player doesn’t actually load the image. If you have other material in your bin, you may not notice, because the last clip loaded stays visible in the displayer. If you add the clip to a reel, you don’t get an error, but the render just hangs at 0% forever. In general, we recommend using…