# Mount point can't handle special characters

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/mount-point-cant-handle-special-characters/917>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/mount-point-cant-handle-special-characters/917 "2021-05-21T08:33:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![itcrowdsource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/itcrowdsource/32/286_2.png) [@itcrowdsource](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/itcrowdsource)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/mount-point-cant-handle-special-characters/917/1 "2021-05-21T08:33:16Z")

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I’m planning to use an Icecast CDN which contains a mount point with special characters like this:

[https://someurl.com:8000/sz=radio=station](https://someurl.com:8000/sz=radio=station)

When I try to configure the mount point I enter sz=radio=station as the mount name. But after saving this config the only string that’s left is ‘sz’ so everything including and after the ‘=’ isn’t stored.  
Is there a way to work around this problem?

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**Author:** ![Matth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@Matth](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/Matth)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/mount-point-cant-handle-special-characters/917/2 "2021-05-27T04:34:26Z")

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Have you tried to URL encode the ‘=’?

Does it work when you enter: [https://someurl.com:8000/sz%3Dradio%3Dstation](https://someurl.com:8000/sz%3Dradio%3Dstation)

Encode it here: [https://www.urlencoder.org/](https://www.urlencoder.org/)

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**Author:** ![itcrowdsource](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/itcrowdsource/32/286_2.png) [@itcrowdsource](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/itcrowdsource)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/mount-point-cant-handle-special-characters/917/3 "2021-05-27T16:56:28Z")

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Hi Matth 🙂

The URL encoder did help a bit because now I can save the config in LibreTime. But now I see this error message (using the MP3 encoder profile):

```auto
2021/05/27 16:47:12 [lang:3] timeout --signal=KILL 45 pyponotify --error='401, Authentication Required (HTTP/1.0)' --stream-id=3 --time=1622133942.5321383 &
2021/05/27 16:47:12 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:3] Will try again in 5.00 sec.
2021/05/27 16:47:18 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:3] Connecting mount sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten for source@ice.in1.streamzilla.xlcdn.com...
2021/05/27 16:47:18 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:2] Connection failed: 401, Authentication Required (HTTP/1.0)
2021/05/27 16:47:18 [lang:3] timeout --signal=KILL 45 pyponotify --error='401, Authentication Required (HTTP/1.0)' --stream-id=3 --time=1622133942.5321383 &
2021/05/27 16:47:18 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:3] Will try again in 5.00 sec.
2021/05/27 16:47:24 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:3] Connecting mount sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten for source@ice.in1.streamzilla.xlcdn.com...
2021/05/27 16:47:24 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:2] Connection failed: 401, Authentication Required (HTTP/1.0)
2021/05/27 16:47:24 [lang:3] timeout --signal=KILL 45 pyponotify --error='401, Authentication Required (HTTP/1.0)' --stream-id=3 --time=1622133942.5321383 &
2021/05/27 16:47:24 [sz%3Dfnoobradio%3Dlisten:3] Will try again in 5.00 sec.

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I tested the newly created URL mount point as you suggested. With another Icecast client (Butt) I managed to mount with the same credentials I used in LibreTime. So something seems to be going wrong within the LibreTime environment while mounting this mount point.