Index: action.py
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--- action.py
+++ action.py
@@ -257,19 +257,25 @@
         # "pls" as default requires no conversion for most channels, and seems broadly supported by players
 
     # Playlist type placeholders (%pls, %m3u, %xspf, etc.)
     for dest, rx in placeholder_map.items():
         rx = "(?<!%%)%s\\b" % rx
+#        rx = '(?!"\a"|"\n")%s\\b' % rx
         if re.search(rx, cmd, re.X):
             # no conversion
             if conf.playlist_asis:
                 url = row["url"]
             # e.g. from .m3u to .pls
             else:
                 url = convert_playlist(row["url"], listfmt(source), listfmt(dest), local_file=True, row=row)
             # insert quoted URL/filepath
-            return re.sub(rx, quote(url), cmd.replace("%%", "%"), 2, re.X)
+            #return re.sub(rx, quote(url), cmd.replace("%%", "%"), 2, re.X)
+            if conf.windows:
+                return re.sub(rx, quote(url), cmd.replace("%%", "%"), 2, re.X)
+            else:
+                return re.sub(rx, quote(url).replace("\\", "/"), cmd.replace("%%", "%"), 2, re.X)
+                
 
     if not add_default:
         return cmd
     else:
          return "/bin/false"