From: OzGav <gavnosp@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:15:09 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: Handle non-UTF8 .lrc files gracefully to prevent playback blocking (#2640)
X-Git-Url: https://git.kitaultman.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c4cc4f75353e416373565170d3aed778c2180f0f;p=music-assistant-server.git

Handle non-UTF8 .lrc files gracefully to prevent playback blocking (#2640)
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diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/filesystem_local/__init__.py b/music_assistant/providers/filesystem_local/__init__.py
index 500cf579..cb786c29 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/filesystem_local/__init__.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/filesystem_local/__init__.py
@@ -995,8 +995,15 @@ class LocalFileSystemProvider(MusicProvider):
         assert file_item.ext is not None  # for type checking
         lrc_path = f"{file_item.absolute_path.removesuffix(file_item.ext)}lrc"
         if await self.exists(lrc_path):
-            async with aiofiles.open(lrc_path) as lrc_file:
-                track.metadata.lrc_lyrics = await lrc_file.read()
+            try:
+                async with aiofiles.open(lrc_path, encoding="utf-8") as lrc_file:
+                    track.metadata.lrc_lyrics = await lrc_file.read()
+            except Exception as err:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to read lyrics file %s: %s",
+                    lrc_path,
+                    str(err),
+                )
 
         return track