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Richard
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Posted: Feb. 17 2003,04:39

How do I limit file names to be less than 64 characters?

I typically use the format:
artist - title - year
I do not want to limit the tag info. I want to limit the Auto rename (from tags) to respect the less than 64 chacter Joliet rule.

Example:
Beale Street Sheiks, Frank Stokes - Chicken You Can Roast Behind the Moon - 1927.mp3
is 84 characters long 80 + 3.  Is there an easy way to batch flag filenames that will cause problems?
So maybe renaming it to:
Beale Street Sheiks, Frank Stokes - ChickenUCanRoast - 1927.mp3
or
Beale Street Sheiks, Frank Stokes - Chicken You Can Roast.mp3
or
?

This file is one of 258 files that will make it to the cd.  The vast majority of these files are less than 64 characters.  Can I easily flag the 15 or so that are over 64 characters?

Hope I am making sense. (:disagree:)
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Posted: Feb. 17 2003,13:18

* Go into the global settings (file menu).

* Go to the "General tagging and renaming" section.

* Check the option "Warn when created filenames exceed 64 characters". A warning entry will be made for each such file during processing.

* Optionally check the option "Truncated created filename to length", and choose 64 as length.

* Auto-rename the files to any format.

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