Re: [mb-users] Picard file naming issue

2013/8/14 Calvin Walton <[email protected]>

> On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 16:17 +0200, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:
> > 2013/8/14 Calvin Walton <[email protected]>
> >
> > > On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 11:58 +0200, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have just tagged this
> > > > http://musicbrainz.org/release/541d57c6-79f8-4cfd-b76b-0ae019d99036with
> > > > Picard. I found that the file names were strange: all the Requiem
> tracks
> > > > were named ## Gabriel Faure - Requiem, op..mp3 and all the Messe
> tracks
> > > > were named ## Gabriel Faure & Andre Message.mp3. I first thought this
> > > was a
>
> > > >
> > >
> "$if2(%albumartistsort%,%artistsort%)/$left(%originaldate%,4)-%album%/$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),%discnumber%-,)$num(%tracknumber%,2)$if(%compilation%,
> > > > %artist% -,) %title%"
>
> > > Windows has an issue where the maximum total length of a filesystem
> path
> > > is limited to a fixed value. As a result, Picard has to truncate file
> or
> > > directory names if you're approaching this limit.
>
> > Yes, sorry, I should have mentioned this before. I am running Windows
> Seven
> > 64 bits. My current Picard base path is d:\Sons\_MusicBrainz Picard\
> There
> > is a space in there but I don't think this is the issue or I wouldn't
> have
> > any output at all, would I? I have been using the same path for years now
> > (Seven for 1 year, Vista 32 bits before) without any issue of this type.
>
> Hmm, so the full file path should look like
> D:\\Sons\_MusicBrainz Picard\Fauré, Gabriel\1988-Requiem _ Messe des
> pêcheurs de Villerville (Ensemble Musique Oblique, feat. choir_ Chœur de
> la Chapelle Royale, choir_ Petits Chanteurs de Saint Louis, conductor_
> Philippe Herreweghe)/01 Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, Op. 48_ I. Introit &
> Kyrie.mp3
>
> By my count that is... 293 characters total. The maximum path length
> that Picard uses on Windows is 240 characters, so it has to remove 53
> characters from the filenames somewhere. Unfortunate, but there's not
> much we can do about it...
>
> You can try putting a function into your file naming pattern to shorten
> the album name, e.g. by replacing %album% with $truncate(%album%,100) to
> leave more space for track names.
>

Ah, yes, I forgot that the album name counts since it goes in the folder
name. Yes, truncating the album name should help. Thanks.

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