Player will not play long file names!

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, keith  wrote:

>>> 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

>> If you do
>> replace space with "%20" in tURL
>> then you should get the desired result. (i.e. don't urlEncode)

> So is this space-replacement trick a requirement in Rev 2.6 when
> dealing with long filenames?

It is a requirement for this method of using a file URL reference for the
player's filename.  Given that the alternative is to physically rename a
media file, this would seem to be a minor hassle.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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