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<blockquote data-quote="Ttoillenoj" data-source="post: 284904"><p>Hello everyone! I'm hoping that someone here might have some knowledge of the program DVDxDVPro. I am in the process of archiving hundreds of home movies by transfering the clips from DVDs to hard drives as Quicktime files. DVDxDVPro is working fine, except for the fact that it adds random characters to the end of a filename if it is too long. </p><p>Example:</p><p>If I save as-</p><p>Halloween 92, Enzo & Romina.mov</p><p>What appears in Finder is</p><p>Halloween 92, Enzo & R#8&.mov</p><p></p><p>So, no big deal, I just change the name back in Finder. Well, it apparently was a big deal! Every filename that I changed will no longer open in any application. Quicktime says:</p><p><strong>Error opening the movie<strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>The movie could not be opened</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong> I've tried just shortening the name and keeping the .mov at the end, but no luck! Anyone have any thoughts on how to make these files open normally, or will I have to re-convert dozens of hours of material?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading!</p><p></p><p>Jonathan Elliott</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ttoillenoj, post: 284904"] Hello everyone! I'm hoping that someone here might have some knowledge of the program DVDxDVPro. I am in the process of archiving hundreds of home movies by transfering the clips from DVDs to hard drives as Quicktime files. DVDxDVPro is working fine, except for the fact that it adds random characters to the end of a filename if it is too long. Example: If I save as- Halloween 92, Enzo & Romina.mov What appears in Finder is Halloween 92, Enzo & R#8&.mov So, no big deal, I just change the name back in Finder. Well, it apparently was a big deal! Every filename that I changed will no longer open in any application. Quicktime says: [B]Error opening the movie[B] The movie could not be opened [/B][/B] I've tried just shortening the name and keeping the .mov at the end, but no luck! Anyone have any thoughts on how to make these files open normally, or will I have to re-convert dozens of hours of material? Thanks for reading! Jonathan Elliott [/QUOTE]
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