on 11/22/02 5:26 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Liliana wrote: > >> Arthur Ellen wrote: >> >>> I burned a CD under Windows 2000 and have brought it over >>> to OS 9.1. The file names are all down to the old DOS 5.3 style. Is there >>> any way I can restore the long file names? >>> >>> >> Doesn't surprise me, the long filenames in Windows is nothing but a lot of >> makeup on a rinkled face. Nothing you can do about it that I know of, since >> the long filenames can't be saved into the file itself. I've had that with >> game roms but then when you play them the name comes up then I can change >> the name in the Mac. Who knows maybe you might be able to recover those >> names on the PC but not on the Mac. Anyone can confirm this? >> >> > > http://www.tempel.org/joliet/#intro Do you have a .mp3 collection for > example? Doesn't having to make do get a bit frustrating? Its not a > Windows problem showing its age at all. >
Windows uses a file naming system known as "Joliet" for long file names (256 chars?). In some ways its better than Macs which are still limited to 31 as far as I know, although in Windows you can't use certain characters like "&" and others. You can download a shareware utility called "Joliet Volume Access". The current version 2.0.3 supports OS7 to OS9. Go to versiontracker.com and search for "joliet". The utility enables MacOS to read the Joliet file system written onto a Windows CD-ROM. I deal with CD's all the time from clients who use Windows, and it works great. I can read their long file names, and when I burn a CD for them I specify "Allow Joliet (MS-DOS+Windows) Names". One thing to remember is that on the Windows side (Just as on Toast for Macintosh) it's still possible to burn CD's in plain ISO9660 format which only restricts file names to "8.3" characters. So your Windows user must be sure to burn the CD with Joliet/long file names enabled. Charles -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
