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For historical and compatibility reasons, the current Windows versions still have a path length limit that's low enough that one actually encounters it every once in a while: 256 characters, plus or minus a few. It's not a hard limit, but it's there by default and raising it isn't straightforward. When it gets exceeded, the effects are mild but noticeable - Explorer will not rename the file, apps may or may not open it, et cetera.
There are artists who like long titles, and unless the release group themselves decide to abbreviate, this sort of thing results:
Close to 200 characters already, leaving a marginal 60-ish for any higher-level organization - not even enough for a basic "\Music\[artist]\[album]\" scheme in this case.
Does this happen to you? What do you do when it does?
To be clear, this is just me being curious. My scheme is at least twice as deep as said basic one... but I also have a general preference for abbreviating lengthy titles, so the "Did you know that there's a" portion would have gotten chopped even if there hadn't been an issue otherwise.
There are artists who like long titles, and unless the release group themselves decide to abbreviate, this sort of thing results:
Code:
Lana_Del_Rey-Did_you_know_that_theres_a_tunnel_under_Ocean_Blvd-WEB-2023-ENRiCH\11-lana_del_rey_riopy-grandfather_please_stand_on_the_shoulders_of_my_father_while_hes_deep-sea_fishing-eb155321.mp3Close to 200 characters already, leaving a marginal 60-ish for any higher-level organization - not even enough for a basic "\Music\[artist]\[album]\" scheme in this case.
Does this happen to you? What do you do when it does?
To be clear, this is just me being curious. My scheme is at least twice as deep as said basic one... but I also have a general preference for abbreviating lengthy titles, so the "Did you know that there's a" portion would have gotten chopped even if there hadn't been an issue otherwise.
