Confirm Long File Name Bug in Player Object

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Sivakatirswami  wrote:

> Can someone quickly confirm this ( bugzilled already) ... a bit of a
> serious problem for me at the moment:
> 
> a) get an .mp3 file... any will do. Make sure the number of chars in
> the file name (inclusive of extension) is < 33
> 
> e.g. someFoo.mp3
> 
> b) set some player "test" to this file and confirm it plays as
> expected on a
> 
> start player "test"
> 
> c) now go to the finder (OSX, Tiger) and change the file name to
> 
> somefoo0123435678901234567890123456789.mp3
> 
> d) now go back, set the player  object to this same file which now
> has a file name with >33 chars...
> 
> e) start player "test"
> 
> here, the player object is now simply "dead".... go back... truncate
> the file name to <33 chars... try again... now it works..

Confirmed, as of November last year.

Also, try adding special characters to the file name, such as "-" or "(".
These broke playback for me at the time.

I would set this at Blocker status because it prevents playback of otherwise
playable media.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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