Character Limit for MP3 filenames?

[Tim McNellie]

I ordered an Alpine 9811 CD/MP3 player today. I'd like to start burning
MP3 dics before it arrives, becaus the process is going to take forever
to finish. My question is this: Is there a limit to the number of
characters I can use in an MP3 filename?

Will the player recognize something like this: "04 - NOFX - We Threw
Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No
Eyebrows.mp3"

Or will it have to be shchanged to a lesser character format like "01 -
NOFX - We Threw G.mp3"?

Thanks.

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[username]

Not sure on that model, but some other brands have limits of 19 Characters.
"Tim McNellie" > wrote in message ...
I ordered an Alpine 9811 CD/MP3 player today. I'd like to start burning
MP3 dics before it arrives, becaus the process is going to take forever
to finish. My question is this: Is there a limit to the number of
characters I can use in an MP3 filename?

Will the player recognize something like this: "04 - NOFX - We Threw
Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No
Eyebrows.mp3"

Or will it have to be shchanged to a lesser character format like "01 -
NOFX - We Threw G.mp3"?

Thanks.

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[Rilian]

Tim McNellie > wrote in
:

> I ordered an Alpine 9811 CD/MP3 player today. I'd like to start burning
> MP3 dics before it arrives, becaus the process is going to take forever
> to finish. My question is this: Is there a limit to the number of
> characters I can use in an MP3 filename?
>
> Will the player recognize something like this: "04 - NOFX - We Threw
> Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No
> Eyebrows.mp3"
>
> Or will it have to be shchanged to a lesser character format like "01 -
> NOFX - We Threw G.mp3"?
>
> Thanks.
>

You can make the filename as long as you like and it will play it, but it
will only sort the files in each directory based on the first 8
characters, so keep that in mind while naming. It will also only display
the first 8 characters if you have the display set to "filename", and the
last couple characters of those 8 will be munged (e.g. 04NOFXW~1). If
you have the display set to "Tag", it will display the Songname, Artist,
and Album fields from the id3 version 1 tags if they are present, up to
30 characters each. I don't know the 9811 - I'm assuming it has the
ability to display tags.

[Tim McNellie]

Rilian wrote:

> You can make the filename as long as you like and it will play it, but it
> will only sort the files in each directory based on the first 8
> characters, so keep that in mind while naming. It will also only display
> the first 8 characters if you have the display set to "filename", and the
> last couple characters of those 8 will be munged (e.g. 04NOFXW~1). If
> you have the display set to "Tag", it will display the Songname, Artist,
> and Album fields from the id3 version 1 tags if they are present, up to
> 30 characters each. I don't know the 9811 - I'm assuming it has the
> ability to display tags.

Thanks.

[Simon Burrows]

"Tim McNellie" > wrote in message
...
> I ordered an Alpine 9811 CD/MP3 player today. I'd like to start burning
> MP3 dics before it arrives, becaus the process is going to take forever
> to finish. My question is this: Is there a limit to the number of
> characters I can use in an MP3 filename?
>
> Will the player recognize something like this: "04 - NOFX - We Threw
> Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No
> Eyebrows.mp3"
>
> Or will it have to be shchanged to a lesser character format like "01 -
> NOFX - We Threw G.mp3"?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Depends on the filesystems that your player can read. The different systems
(ISO, Joliet, Romeo etc etc) have different abilities. Joliet/Romeo seem to
be the best, whereas i think ISO only allows 8.3 characters or something
daft.

[ChrisAG]

I have the 9811 and I'm not sure if there's a limit, but it will scroll
long file names across the display and then stop on the first 8 letters.
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