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QuickTime - Error 37: a bad filename or volume name was encountered
Been trying to watch some of Scoble's shows, which is (at its beginnings) only QuickTime *.mov files.
Unfortunately, I've been getting the above error "Error 37: a bad filename or volume name was encountered" and initially couldn't find any information about it and tried all sorts of things which just didn't work.
My disappointment with QuickTime and Scoble lasted until... Amit Agarwal solved the problem for me with his "Limitations With Long File Names on Windows [Must Read for Podcasters]"
Point B: This is relevant to podcasters who produce content in MOV, MP4 or MP3 formats that will be played inside the Apple Quicktime player.
The Windows version of Quicktime player cannot play podcasts with filenames longer than 63 characters and that length limit includes the mandatory period and the file name extension.
If you try to play a file in Quicktime with a lengthy name, it will refuse to play and return an "Error-37: a bad filename or volume name was encountered" [see screenshot] There are currently no workarounds to bypass this limit on Quicktime.
I found this Quicktime limitation just by chance while trying to watch Scoble's shoot with Flock co-founder Geoffrey Arone on The Scoble Show.
Quickly, find those Scoble Show files and rename them to something less in length. Wow!!! it works, and hey this stuff is pretty high quality video (might as well be for all the massive downloads.)
Ok, that's enough, 'cause I've got to get back to paying more attention to Printing for Less - Scoble Show (now renamed to something a lot less than what it was.) And resubscribing to the ScobleShow, now that I can actually view the things. The side note is that there must be a lot of Mac users on the subscription list since the Labnol post is the first mention I've found of fixing my Error 37 problem.
Thanks Amit Agarwal
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