which burning app supports long file names?

[borosp1]

I use Nero, but it allways renames files that are too long... I wanna know if there is any burning app that doesnt automatically rename the file name allows u to burn it as a long file name?

 

[sean2002]

discjuggler will due what you want

 

[PrincessGuard]

The ISO9660 and Joliet standards have maximum filename lengths of 31 and 64, respectively. Going past that may cause some OSes to choke on the disc.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: PrincessGuard
The ISO9660 and Joliet standards have maximum filename lengths of 31 and 64, respectively. Going past that may cause some OSes to choke on the disc.

win 98/mac OS 8.5+ should be able to handle at least 9660... and i think NT+ and OS 9.2+ handle Joliet right?

 

[stevewm]

All versions of Windows (except 3.1) use the Joliet file descriptor when reading a CD. MacOS and Linux use it as well. They ignore the ISO 9660 filenames, unless of course a Joliet file descriptor does not exist.

Most PC DATA CDs are burnt as ISO Level 1. ISO Level 1 is limited to 8.3 filenames. Since all modern OSes use the Joliet file descriptor this is not a problem. ISO Level 1 is required if you want to disc to function at all in DOS or other older OSes/devices that do not understand Joliet or ISO Level 2.

Joliet is limited to 64 character filenames. You CAN burnt a disc with up to 128 letter names (DiscJuggler will allow you to do this), but this is violating the standard and Windows 9x will typically choke on such a disc and will many versions of MacOS' Joliet extension will as well.

Its best you just rename the files instead of violating the filesystem's standard.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Stevewm, you seem to know a lot about this, what about Rockridge?

 

[stevewm]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Stevewm, you seem to know a lot about this, what about Rockridge?

The RockRidge extension was designed for Unix. It supports Unix's Symbolic Links and File permissions. RockRidge allows up to 127 characters, however no spaces are allowed and only Unix/Linux supports it. Windows does not. On a RockRidge encoded CD, Windows will show the ISO filenames.

If you are really set on more then 64 letters then the UDF format allows up to 127 characters. However depending on which version of Windows is used a UDF driver may be required. DOS/Win3.1 cannot read UDF discs at all. Win95 and 98 will require q 3rd party driver to be installed. WinMe, 2k, and XP all have a UDF driver built in. Most Linux distro's can read UDF. MacOS X, and later versions of Classic MacOS can as well. (If using a UDF disc on Classic MacOS filenames cannot exceed 31 characters, otherwise the OS will be unable to read them)

 

[jepatbentley]

Newer versions of Nero should handle the long filenames.