JohnB wrote: > I don't use a nested folder structure like the one arthurb suggests but > if it works for you - fine. The only caution I would make about such a > deeply nested folder structure is that Windows has a maximum path length > of 256 characters, including the drive (e.g. D:\) and all the "\" > characters, and with such a structure it is very easy to approach and > even exceed that limit, especially with some of the long track names in, > e.g., Operas, Bach Cantatas, etc, etc. > > To make things worse, EAC (+ FLAC) can actually rip to paths longer than > the maximum length causing significant problems, as I know to my cost. > (I don't know whether the same happens with dbPowerAmp.) > > Moral of the story - be cautious! > > PS I'm sure there are other methods but periodically I use a simple > batch file (shown in a previous post) to write the paths to a text file, > then load that into Excel and use the LEN(cell) formula to give me the > path lengths, which I can then sort in descending order.
I ran into the path length issue as well a lot of non-English characters giving scanner.exe conniptions, with my classical collection. I found a very straightforward way to identify all the problematic files and paths was to use a utility called DelinvFile (for windows) that has a very fast scanner for invalid items, in conjunction with a powerful renamer utility like Ken Renamer. The only thing left to do by hand was fix cue files that referenced files with changed names. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pomatomus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94014 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
