Lots of failed files...

scrupul0us · 09-18-2004, 12:47 AM

I was using 2.1 to move my mp3 collection from my PC to my xbox and for some reason i get about 425 failed files due to "file opening failed"... so i saved the queue and upgraded... and i get the same thing... thought maybe the mp3's were corrupt... nope they play just fine in winamp... anyone know what the deal is?

bigstar · 09-18-2004, 01:12 AM

I believe the xbox file system has some limitations on filenames. I think the max filename length is 8.3 and i don't think spaces are allowed.

scrupul0us · 09-18-2004, 10:46 AM

Well I'm going through my queue and seeing that the filenames are either really long or contain some special chars... I'm willing to bet theres a 64 char limit and no special chars. But renaming the files to be shorter (not as short as 8.3) is working... now to just do this 425 times

not to self for the future... thank you