filename length

[terryZ]

not sure where to post this ... but here goes ...

i recently ripped (using windows media player) most of my classical music collection to mp3s. i thought i'd bring them to work on discs or thumb drive. windows media player takes the title of each track and makes the filename from it. it some cases, the track name also includes the name of the work. an example:

"03 Das Lied von der Erde, symphony for alto (or baritone), tenor, & orchestra- No. 3, 'Von der Jugend' (Of Youth)- 'Mitten in dem kleine.mp3"

the problem i'm having is filename length.

transferring this file poses a problem because the burner software i have (and others i have downloaded) will truncate the right end of the name. transfer using a thumb drive does the same.

using the above example, the following would be a more desirable filename than a truncated one:

03 Das Lied von der Erde - No. 3, 'Von der Jugend' (Of Youth)- 'Mitten in dem kleine.mp3

i am looking for software that will take a folder and list those filenames, say, over 100 characters long or sort the files by filename length.

there are over 6000 mp3s in the folder in question. only a very small percentage of them are in this problem category so the actual filename shortening IS doable manually. i just need a way to identify which ones need shortening.

thanks in advance,

terry

[Train]

Let us use the other post at
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...ilename-length
so folks will not get confused.
Locking this one.