# Song titles with ":\\" in them not rendered correctly

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** needs-triage\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301 "2026-10-07T18:51:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jamesm113](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@jamesm113](http://support.symfonium.app/u/jamesm113)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301/1 "2026-10-07T18:51:48Z")

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### App version

Production

### Issue description

Song titles with “:” in them not rendered correctly

### Device type

Android

### Media provider

Plex

### Steps to reproduce

1. Have a song named something like “C:\Projects\CJOST\BEATDEATH”
2. Observe song title is correctly rendered in album view
3. Observe song title is not correctly rendered when playing

### Screenshots

 ![Screenshot_20261007_114345.jpg](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f99dd50f9c95e7dc9b7f3a16c8d7529bc9e5434f.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20261007_114949.jpg](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/5/56866225fcee4b67e31bfa952f145d8a4706d825.jpeg)

### I searched existing issues first

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### I understand that logs are mandatory

on

### Log upload name / description

jamesm113

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301/2 "2026-10-07T21:37:31Z")

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Thank you for reporting this. I traced a problem in Now Playing’s text formatting: it treats backslashes in song titles as escape characters. That would turn `C:\Projects\CJOST\BEATDEATH` into `C:ProjectsCJOSTBEATDEATH`, even though Plex supplies the correct title.

I found your 15.1.0 logs. Could you confirm that this is the text you see, and whether the affected device is your Samsung phone or Android TV? The upload identifies an SM-S906U1, while the report selects Android TV.

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**Author:** ![jamesm113](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@jamesm113](http://support.symfonium.app/u/jamesm113)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301/3 "2026-10-07T22:09:05Z")

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`C:ProjectsCJOSTBEATDEATH` is the text I see (screenshots should show this as well in case you need a visual).

Affected device is my Samsung phone, I must have plugged in the incorrect device on the report. I edited my original post.

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**Author:** ![Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/celorien/32/9277_2.png) [@Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Celorien)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/song-titles-with-in-them-not-rendered-correctly/15301/4 "2026-10-07T22:18:34Z")

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Please note that this happens not just in the NPS, but anywhere that custom strings can be used.

Here is an example of the Artist page. Raw text can be seen on the main header while the custom string below it has the slashes removed.

 ![Screenshots_2026-10-07-15-14-34](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1b0d9692ba8d0dc5ae466ab9bc8f17d990d9e92.png)

String used is simply `%title%`