python scikits.audiolab Sndfile special chars in file name

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On 2014-08-19 09:05, Furqan wasi wrote:
> *Hi Mark and all, *
>
>           Thanks for the replay i appreciate your help but the problem i
> have is not with the FileNotFoundError exception handling because the
> file exists but the problem is that the library libsndfile/Sndfile
> (python third party) which is child class/module of scikits.audiolab
> (python third party) is not reading file with special character in its
> path and name , i need some help to in how to make library
> libsndfile/Sndfile to read file with special character in it  i.e
> C:\Users\Furqan\Desktop\test\查找問題daw\查找問題d.wav, as i mentioned
> in my first email
>
I recommend that you use Unicode strings instead of bytestrings:

track1 = ur'C:\Users\Furqan\Desktop\test\查找問題daw\查找問題d.wav'