I have a similar problem, not only with files that contain ampersand in the path, but with all files. That is, if I add some files, audacious is able to play them. When I close audacious and reopen, it's unable to play any of the files in the list (which means that the "continue playback on startup" doesn't work at all)... Maybe it's yet another problem caused by gvfs.
...:~$ apt-cache policy audacious audacious: Installed: 1.5.0-2 Candidate: 1.5.0-2 Version table: *** 1.5.0-2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ...:~$ apt-cache policy audacious-plugins audacious-plugins: Installed: 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages ...:~$ apt-cache policy audacious-plugins-extra audacious-plugins-extra: Installed: 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.5.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ...:~$ apt-cache policy gvfs gvfs: Installed: 0.2.3-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.2.3-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.2.3-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- audacious cannot read from files with certain characters in the path or filename and has a high cpu load. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs