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Long/odd filenames that consistently don't play
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: Lear on February 14, 2008, 04:58:51 PM ---If the files on the source computer use a funny encoding (like storing UTF-8 chars in the FAT long name), the strange chars can get corrupted in Rockbox.
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FAT uses UCS-2 (a subset of unicode) as encoding for the long file names. I don't think linux allows you to create files with characters from outside of UCS-2 on FAT devices. Linux isn't too strict following the FAT specs, but from the file names you posted I can't see any characters that would be invalid in UCS-2. Maybe you can run chkdsk /f on a windows box and / or check the filenames on windows?
andrewski:
--- Quote from: MarcGuay on February 14, 2008, 03:45:32 PM ---If you play the 3rd track, does it play properly and is it labelled properly?
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Yes, so it doesn't quite sound like that issue. (Right?)
andrewski:
--- Quote from: bluebrother on February 15, 2008, 03:36:25 AM ---Linux isn't too strict following the FAT specs, but from the file names you posted I can't see any characters that would be invalid in UCS-2. Maybe you can run chkdsk /f on a windows box and / or check the filenames on windows?
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Yeah, these filenames were posted from Windows (I was at work). They seem OK.
I just added the AntonÃn Dvořák files back (probably the more unusual case) and they don't even show up right. Their album name is really long, so the tracks from both discs end up being combined into one (it cut off the "(disc #)" portion from the end).
But it seems like there's something else going on: These files weren't playing at all, so I renamed the album folder they were in (in hopes of fixing the combining problem). Now the files will play, but the albums are still combined (so it seems like that's a limit of the database itself).
I changed the filename from
MUSIC/AntonÃn Dvořák/Dvořák_ Symphonies Nos. 7-9, Carnival Overture _ Smetana_ _Bartered Bride_ Overture, _From My Life_ Quartet (Cleveland Orchestra feat. conductor_ George Szell) (disc 2)/01. Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 I. Allegro con brio.flac
to
MUSIC/AntonÃn Dvořák/(disc 2)/01. Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 I. Allegro con brio.flac.
Might that be too long to be played? ;)
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: andrewski on February 18, 2008, 12:59:51 PM ---But it seems like there's something else going on: These files weren't playing at all, so I renamed the album folder they were in (in hopes of fixing the combining problem). Now the files will play, but the albums are still combined (so it seems like that's a limit of the database itself).
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Ah, so you're using the database for playing the files? Do they work correctly if you play them from the file browser?
andrewski:
--- Quote from: bluebrother on February 18, 2008, 01:12:26 PM ---Ah, so you're using the database for playing the files? Do they work correctly if you play them from the file browser?
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Well, they play from either place, but it seems that the database truncates the album name when populating (so everything's combined). So to get the correct order I end up playing them from the file browser.
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