iTunes for Windows - Filename trucation?

[Mr. Adventure]

I am trying to use iTunes(windows) to download as an example the Resident Evil Afterlife trailer at medium resolution. It creates a folder named "Resident Evil_ Afterlife - Trailer (Medi" and a file inside named "Resident Evil_ Afterlife - Trailer (.mov" instead of presumably "Resident Evil_Afterlife - Trailer (Medium)".

What I would like to know from anyone who has used the app and is familiar does it create names like that for you (i.e. this is normal)?

I'm trying to determine if this is something I can maybe rectify or not.

 

[The Doctor]

You could be running up against the maximum path depth for Windows, depending on where your iTunes library resides on your hard disk. The maximum length for path + filename is 255 characters.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I'm using e:\itunes as my media folder so there shouldn't be much issue with that. I suspect it's just an iTunes thing, it only likes to show so much of the artist and song tags when playing as well.

 

[STR]

iTunes sucks. If it wasn't mandatory for iPod/pad/Phone syncing and its online store, no one would ever use it. The version for Windows is especially bad, Mac version is merely tolerable, but only if you're all-Apple. My recommendation is to get another app to handle your media.

 

[GMac]

It's nothing to do with Windows - its a damned annoying "feature" of iTunes. You can rename the files manually and it'll leave them that way, but be sure to have the "Keep iTunes Media Folder Organised" check box un-ticked, otherwise it'll just truncate the file & folder names at 32 characters again.....

GM