1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tangara/audio/playlist.cpp b/src/tangara/audio/playlist.cpp
index 6ed5f162..89d7e378 100644
--- a/src/tangara/audio/playlist.cpp
+++ b/src/tangara/audio/playlist.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,33 @@ auto Playlist::nextItem(std::span<TCHAR> buf)
     if (line.ends_with('\r')) {
       line = line.substr(0, line.size() - 1);
     }
+
+    const char *kMacFilePrefix = "file:///Volumes/";
+    // Handle absolute URIs that came from VLC on Mac by stripping the leading file:///Volumes/Foo/.
+    if (line.find(kMacFilePrefix) == 0) {
+      size_t second_slash = line.find("/", strlen(kMacFilePrefix));
+      if (second_slash != std::string::npos) {
+        line = line.substr(second_slash + 1);
+      }
+    }
+
+    mutated_ = "";
+    // Does this look like a URL-encoded path? Decode it to a filename.
+    // Tangara handles filenames, not URIs.
+    if (line.find('%') != std::string::npos) {
+      mutated_.reserve(line.size());
+      for (size_t n = 0; n < line.size(); ++n) {
+        if (n < (line.size() - 2) && line[n] == '%' &&
+            std::isxdigit(line[n+1]) && std::isxdigit(line[n+2])) {
+          char value = std::stoi(std::string(line.substr(n+1, 2)), 0, 16);
+          mutated_ += value;
+          n += 2;
+        } else {
+          mutated_ += line[n];
+        }
+      }
+      line = mutated_;
+    }
     return line;
   }