Really, nobody has ever had an issue with this? Damn, I must be unlucky!! :�(
... Alex ... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Alexandre Cop > Sent: 08 October 2003 13:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <lingo-l> [X-Post] QuickTime and path length on Windows rant! > > > Hi all, > > This one has been driving us crazy for a long time, and I > can't seem to find any reference to it on the web... Here it goes!! > > Machine: Win 2000 & XP, QT 6.3, Dir 8.5.1 & MX > Problem: If a QuickTime movie (regardless of the codec) has > an overall path length greater than 128 characters then it > won't play from Director. It will play with QuickTime Player though. > > By overall path length I mean e.g. ("C:\Program > Files\<Company>\<Product>\<Course>\Content\QuickTimeMovie.mov" > ).chars.count > > 128 > > Whilst experimenting, I exported the movie with the MPEG4 > codec - no avail. Then I change the file extension from *.mov > to *.mp4, and D8.5.1 wouldn't import it. DMX however WOULD, > and played it with QuickTime!!! > > I also tried feeding Director with the shortfilename (which > is less than 128 chars), but that didn't work either :( > > This is really a pain for us, sometimes you'll get a client > calling saying that they created a course and it wouldn't > work, and eventually you figure out that it's the issue > mentioned above... Grrr! > > If anybody has got a suggestion, it would be greatly appreciated!! > > Regards, > > Alexandre Cop. > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest > mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post > messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and > helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
