From: "Yvan Gagnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: cross-platform issues with lengths of filenames ?? As the lead RealAudio developer here at Yupi Internet Services, it's my responsibility to develop the proper procedures for the creation and organizing of all content, and I have a particular concern regarding the lengths of filenames, and how these files might be handled on the MAC. Typically, whenever I create a clip, be it audio or video, I name my files using the following format: artist_name_song_name.rm This seems to work best, and makes it easy for folks to locate specific clips on our network as needed. However, in many instances, these filenames end up being incredibly long, and I'm a bit worried that the MAC version of the realaudio player might choke on them. I know that there's a limitation on the MAC platform in regards to the lengths of filenames, whre filenames that exceed a certain length become totally invisible, -- though I'm not certain as to whether or not this applies to files that are handled by realplayer or not. Does anyone here know ? If this limitaiton applies to realaudio/video files as well, can this problem be overcome by simply shortening the names of the RAM or SMI metafiles? On a similar note, .. are there any other characters that I should avoid from using when naming my realaudio/video files and metafiles, to ensure that all SMIL markup is interpreted and executed properly accross platforms? [ So far, I've been refraining from using spaces, apostrophes and hyphens, .. just to be on the safe side. ] Thank you, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************* The RealForum is an email discussion group focused on using RealNetworks products. The RealForum is a place to post messages about the best methods for creating content using RealNetworks technologies and the planning and implementation of streaming-media web sites. Archives of RealForum can be found at http://realforum.real.com If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe realforum or from another account, besides the address you subscribed with: unsubscribe realforum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
