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Rockbox and long file names?

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saratoga:

--- Quote from: jvhc on May 08, 2007, 01:58:37 PM ---Ahhhh I think i've sorted it now.

I ripped them using Windows media player.

I think it was because I had 'cache disk' on. As soon as I turned it off they worked. I also shortened the file names loads just in case.

Hmm, any idea why cache disk had that effect?!

Thanks!

--- End quote ---

Disk cache means you must unmount your drive before unplugging it otherwise files will not be copied over correctly.  Otherwise it has no effect.

jvhc:
sorry? unmount?  :-\

ColdSphinx:
Let me try to explain "unmount":
disconnect the drive :)
or for windows users "Safety remove".

jvhc:
Oh, yeah, I always safely remove it.

Although I didn't know it made that much difference..

Yotto:
If you just plug the device in to charge it and it happens to be in USB mode, then just unplugging it doesn't do a thing (Well, Windows might be accessing the drive without your knowledge or something I guess).  However, when you copy files to the device, they don't actually get written right away so if you unplug without unmounting (ejecting, safely removing, whatever) you will (at best) lose some data or (at worst) corrupt the file system entries for those files.

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