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Posted: Sep. 22 2004,03:54
I have isolated a problem with some tags containing "..." when attempting to use this character sequence in the filename, I get an error...
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Posted: Sep. 22 2004,04:15
Ok, so exactly what happens? What template are you using, and what would the resulting filename have been for this file? Are there any error messages, or what happens?

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Posted: Sep. 22 2004,05:50
I should have been more precise...

I have an mp3 with an elipsis (...) in the title. Actually I have many.

For example:

Artist: Jeff Foxworthy
Album: You Might Be a Redneck if...

I use the auto rename from tag option with the following format string:

f:\music<\><Artist><\><Album><\><TrackNr> - <Title>.mp3

Where f: is an external firewire drive.

I get the following error (I could not figure out how to copy from the status window):

Failed to Rename 01 - Introduction.mp3 to f:\music\Jeff Foxworthy\You might be a Redneck if...\01 - Introduction.mp3

I should add that I just renamed around 25,000 files and the only errors I got had to do with elipsis in the Artist or Album tag.

Thanks for your help,

 Benoit
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Posted: Sep. 22 2004,13:50
I have seen problems related to creating directories ending in three dots before too, it seems to be a limitation in the filesystem (try creating a folder named e.g. "abcdef..." in Windows Explorer, and you'll see that the three dots are removed). When I had this problem in Mp3/Tag Studio, it just silently removed the dots though, like Explorer does, not giving any errors, but it might depend on the operation.

I will make a note about filtering out such instances myself, to prevent any possible problems, thanks.

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