Player will not play long file names!

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Sat Jul 2 10:44:53 EDT 2005


Hi Mark,

> Hi all,
>
> As a work-around for this at the moment, try setting the filename  
> of a player to a *real* file URL:
>   e.g. file:///Volumes/Primary/Users/mark/Desktop/ 
> mask_with_a_really_really_really_long_filename.tiff
>
> This uses a QT function direct, by-passing the engine's present  
> limitation of 32 characters on OS X.

this is WONDERFUL! How did you know? ;-)

Thank you for this great workaround, very appreciated.

> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark Waddingham
> Chief Technical Officer.

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de




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