It was 20/9/03 11:09 pm, when Michael Wilkinson wrote:
> Phillip, is this not just a case of writing the CD to ISO 9660 standard ?
> Ive stopped doing that as It causes the very problem you have encountered.
> Writing to Joliet ensures that the full file names are retained and anyone
> than can not read them needs to haul themselves into 2003.
Michael
Is Joliet a standard? I thought it was just a file naming convention
recorded on another level of the CD.
"A Joliet format CD contains two file systems: An ISO 9660 compliant file
system using MS-DOS names, and the Joliet file system using long Unicode
names. Both file systems point to the same data files. Remember that only
Windows 95, 98, 2000 ME, and Windows NT 4.0 systems will have access to the
long names. ISO 9660-compliant systems such as MS-DOS, UNIX, or Mac OS will
only see the ISO 9660 file system. A cross-platform ISO 9660 CD created with
Joliet names actually contains three different file systems: Mac OS
(Standard or Extended), ISO 9660, and Joliet." Toast.
BTW, there is a free extension that allows long file names to be read in pre
Mac OS X operating systems (allowing you to haul yourself into 2003).
> The fact is that Macs are in a minority and it is Mac users...
Not quite true, it depends on how you define minority. Although Mac users
are in a minority, Macs users make up the *majority* of the graphic and
image making community: stills shooters, retouchers, videographers,
cinematographers, editors, prepress, etc
> ...who should adjust to the outside world where the majority of computer users
> really don't give a s**t what platform is used as long as their own platform
> can read it and whilst ISO 9660 is universally usable it really does cock up
> the file names in a big way.
BMW drivers are also in the minority but when they take their car on the
road, the onus on the Skoda drivers is just as high to conform to the
highway code as it is on the BMW drivers! <g> If you exchange CDs between
Windows and Macs, the onus is on you to understand the differences. And if
you, meaning one, don�t give a s**t, you have no right to call yourself a
pro!
Burning hybrid CDs bypasses all the file name problems. On the Mac, it's
quite easy to burn a hybrid CD that can have Mac file names and Windows long
as well as DOS file names. On the PC, it's a bit harder to burn a hybrid
without additional software, such as CDEverywhere or MacOpener but it can be
done.
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