diff -up phonon-4.3.1/xine/mediaobject.cpp.kde#172242-2 phonon-4.3.1/xine/mediaobject.cpp
--- phonon-4.3.1/xine/mediaobject.cpp.kde#172242-2	2009-06-18 12:37:45.641000922 -0500
+++ phonon-4.3.1/xine/mediaobject.cpp	2009-06-18 12:39:15.917231311 -0500
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static QByteArray mrlEncode(QByteArray m
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < mrl.size(); ++i) {
         const unsigned char c = static_cast<unsigned char>(mrl.at(i));
-        if (c & 0x80 || c == '\\' || c < 32 || c == '%') {
+        if (c & 0x80 || c == '\\' || c < 32 || c == '%' || c == '#') {
             char enc[4];
             qsnprintf(enc, 4, "%%%02X", c);
             mrl = mrl.left(i) + QByteArray(enc, 3) + mrl.mid(i + 1);