Audio files with long paths and lister

[Giovanni]

Viewing audio files with a complete path length of greater than 128 characters fails to activate the "Multimedia" mode and the file is shown as a binary file. Pressing '4' to try and force Image/Multimedia mode does not work.

This files works:

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c:\456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\tst.wav

This does not:

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c:\456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\123456789\test.wav

I have tried .wav and .mp3 files.
Tested with TC v7.04a on Windows XP SP3 English.

I couldn't find a similar bug report - apologies if another one exists.

[Giovanni]

Same result with the stand-alone lister

[ghisler(Author)]

This is a limitation of the used Windows Media Player control. TC tries to shorten the path to less than 128 characters by using alternate DOS (8.3) names wherever possible, but if you have so many name parts this will not work either.