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can't copy if filename includes ":" or "?"

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Llorean:
Just make sure the files are properly tagged and then use Database if you *really* must see the question marks in the tree, instead of just the WPS.

nachtigall:

--- Quote from: Llorean on December 12, 2006, 06:01:34 PM ---Just make sure the files are properly tagged and then use Database if you *really* must see the question marks in the tree, instead of just the WPS.

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That's not the problem. I do not need to see the question marks or colons, but they are in the filename, meaning after ripping or also very often in podcasts, e.g. "joe user explains: love (episode 1)" (to stick with this kind of example ;-). So I guess the ipod can handle such filenames

So what does that mean, I need to manually rename the files and then copy them over by hand to the rockbox, which is a bit against the idea of subscribing to a podcast, isn't it.

ok, but if it cannot be done, then that's the way it is. Thanks for your quick answers.

Llorean:
Please, the bold is unnecessary. Itunes renames files when copying them over to the iPod, not even human recognizeable names. I think compared to complete jumbling of the filenames, suggesting that you simply remove the questionmark, or get a syncing program that'll do so for you, is a rather minor request, especially considering it IS a physical limitation of the filesystem. Your logic that suggests the ipod can handle such filenames is flawed because of your assumption that iTunes itself doesn't rename them.

Yotto:
I've never seen a podcast that used ? or : in the filenames, but I suppose they exist.  I'd consider telling the few who DO use them that it is causing you no end of trouble, and suggest they stop.  Any reasonable podcaster would, considering the potential lost audience of not just you, but others who might not be so nice as to tell them it's a problem.

Music, of course, is a bit different, but after you manually fix it the first time, it's never a problem again, so that's far less a big deal than podcasts (which need fixing every time you listen, essentially)

Febs:

--- Quote from: nachtigall on December 13, 2006, 01:06:32 AM ---So I guess the ipod can handle such filenames

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If by "handle," you mean rename to names like "YMDFE," then yes, the ipod can handle such file names.

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