From 49d639448759d07e806b8e5344977ff825335874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas E Tuoti <tetuoti@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:38:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow special characters in video titles to buffer and
 timeseek without error

---
 core/modules/parsers/videoparser.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/videoparser.js b/core/modules/parsers/videoparser.js
index 27c4f7e73..e25a0ccb7 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/videoparser.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/videoparser.js
@@ -128,10 +128,11 @@ var VideoParser = function (type, text, options) {
 				xhr.send();
 				
 				video.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', async () => {
-					// Use requestAnimationFrame instead of direct style changes
 					requestAnimationFrame(async () => {
 						const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-						xhr.open('HEAD', video.currentSrc);
+						// Encode the URL to handle spaces and special characters
+						const encodedUrl = encodeURI(video.currentSrc);
+						xhr.open('HEAD', encodedUrl);
 								
 						xhr.onload = () => {
 							const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {