fixes #529 - Exception list for Artist with separators

MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaBrowser.Providers.csproj

@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="MediaInfo\whitelist.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition=" '$(ConfigurationName)' != 'Release Mono' " />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 

MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/FFProbeAudioInfo.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
+using System.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
             audio.SetProviderId(MetadataProviders.MusicBrainzReleaseGroup, FFProbeHelpers.GetDictionaryValue(tags, "MusicBrainz Release Group Id"));
         }
 
-        private readonly char[] _nameDelimiters = new[] { '/', '|', ';', '\\' };
+        private readonly char[] _nameDelimiters = { '/', '|', ';', '\\' };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Splits the specified val.
@@ -210,13 +211,62 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
             val = val.Replace(" featuring ", ArtistReplaceValue, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 .Replace(" feat. ", ArtistReplaceValue, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
+            var artistsFound = new List<string>();
+
+            foreach (var whitelistArtist in GetSplitWhitelist())
+            {
+                if (val.IndexOf(whitelistArtist, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
+                {
+                    val = val.Replace(whitelistArtist, "|", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+                    // TODO: Preserve casing from original tag
+                    artistsFound.Add(whitelistArtist);
+                }
+            }
+
             // Only use the comma as a delimeter if there are no slashes or pipes. 
             // We want to be careful not to split names that have commas in them
             var delimeter = _nameDelimiters;
 
-            return val.Split(delimeter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
+            var artists = val.Split(delimeter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                 .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(i))
                 .Select(i => i.Trim());
+
+            artistsFound.AddRange(artists);
+            return artistsFound;
+        }
+
+
+        private List<string> _splitWhiteList = null;
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> GetSplitWhitelist()
+        {
+            if (_splitWhiteList == null)
+            {
+                var file = GetType().Namespace + ".whitelist.txt";
+
+                using (var stream = GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(file))
+                {
+                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
+                    {
+                        var list = new List<string>();
+
+                        while (!reader.EndOfStream)
+                        {
+                            var val = reader.ReadLine();
+
+                            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(val))
+                            {
+                                list.Add(val);
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        _splitWhiteList = list;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return _splitWhiteList;
         }
 
         /// <summary>