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[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys - I just imported some music but a few tracks failed to import. Here is the failed to import information. Are the file names too long or do they contain certain characters that aren't allowed? Or something else entirely?

Thanks!

Failed to import:
    F:\music\flac\Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\Amadeus; Original Soundtrack Recording (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields feat\04-Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527; Act I. 24 Finale 'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporel.flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Anatol\07-Bolero in c Major, Op. 19; Interoduzione. Allegro Molto, Allegro V.flac
    F:\music\flac\Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\Amadeus; Original Soundtrack Recording (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields feat. conductor; Neville Marriner) (d\02-Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492; Act IV, Scenes XII-XIV. No. 23 Finale 'Ecco la marcia, Andiamo' (Barbarina, .flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Anatol Ugorski)\02-'Souvenir de Paganini' Variations in a Major, Op. Posth..flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashk\05-Variation No. 6 from the Cycle 'Hexameron' on a Theme fro. Bellini in E Major; .flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Anatol Ugorski)\01-Introduction and Variations on a German National Air ('De.flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Anatol Ugorski)\04-Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Theme of Moore fo.flac
    F:\music\flac\Frederic Chopin\Chopin Complete Edition CD14 - Variations, Bolero, Tarantella, Allegro de Concert (Tamas Vasary, Lilya Zilberstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, Anatol Ugorski)\03-Variations Brillantes on 'Je Vends des Scapulaires' from .flac
    F:\music\flac\David Willcocks\Bach; Cantata 147; 6 Motet; Chorales & chorale preludes for Advent & Christmas  (Disc 2)\05-Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, motet for double chorus, winds, strings & continuo, BWV 226 (BC C2); Der aber die Herzen forschet.flac
    F:\music\flac\Charles Ives\Three Places in New England (BSO, Michael Tilson Thomas); Symphony No. 4 (Tanglewood Festival Chorus, BSO, Seiji Ozawa); Central Park in the Dark\01-Three Places; 1. the 'St. Gaudens' in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and His Colored Regi.flac

[Matt]

Could you provide one of the files to me (matt at jriver dot com) and I'll test it here?

Thanks.

[The Computer Audiophile]

sent.

[Matt]

Thanks for the file.  The issue is the filename length. 

We reject local files (non URLs) when their paths are longer than 260 characters.  This is the normal shell limit.

We have been doing this a long time (since at least 2007, probably longer).

We rarely (maybe never) use fixed buffer sizes, so it would likely be safe to remove the restriction or make it much larger.

However, I'd like to understand how filenames like this get created.  How did you make files with these names?

[The Computer Audiophile]

How did you make files with these names?

CD was ripped with a Sooloos music server then exported for import into JRiver.

[Matt]

Windows itself gets pretty unhappy about names like this.

For example, open Explorer and do a rename (F2) on one of them.  Notice how it removes the end of the name?

I would report this as a bug to Sooloos ( or rip with Media Center ).

We're brainstorming how we might better handle files like this.

[The Computer Audiophile]

OK thanks Matt.

[Matt]

We're still not sure what to do here.

It's easy enough to remove any up-front checking for paths over 260 characters.  It's likely that import and playback would work fine.

But our fear is that this will lead to new problems like "why isn't my sidecar cover art working" or "why isn't the rename tool doing what I expect" or "why does't drag-n-drop work with these files."

Any advice?

[The Computer Audiophile]

I wouldn't worry about it. This is likely a very rare issue. Plus, as long as MC identifies the tracks with issues, as it did in my case, it's easy to fix the tracks.

[Matt]

In a coming build:
Changed: When import skips files because the filenames are too long or because files have the system attribute set, the import summary will show this (and 'Show in-depth summary' will list the files).