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A new VFAT patent avoidance patchA new VFAT patent avoidance patchPosted Jun 27, 2009 18:14 UTC (Sat) by tao (subscriber, #17563)In reply to: A new VFAT patent avoidance patch by jeff@uclinux.org Parent article: A new VFAT patent avoidance patch
It's fairly uncommon that you create files (with long filenames) under linux and then use them for something on a camera though...
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A new VFAT patent avoidance patch Posted Jun 27, 2009 18:51 UTC (Sat) by hawk (subscriber, #3195) [Link]
Agreed, files are mostly copied off a camera, not onto it.
For a media player, however, it can definitely be an issue...
A new VFAT patent avoidance patch Posted Jun 27, 2009 20:36 UTC (Sat) by tao (subscriber, #17563) [Link]
Yes, but then again, most (all?) media players support long file names, since there'd only be space for a 5 letter title otherwise (first 3 used for 01- or similar).
A new VFAT patent avoidance patch Posted Jun 29, 2009 1:38 UTC (Mon) by jamesh (guest, #1159) [Link]
If the media player does not support long file names, then use short filenames when writing to it. The description of the patch indicates that you get valid FAT 8.3 file names if you use a valid 8.3 file name to start with.
A new VFAT patent avoidance patch Posted Jun 29, 2009 14:29 UTC (Mon) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] I think this is a dangerous assumption. My digital camera connects to a TV set via a special »AV cable« with an RCA plug at the TV end. If I want to show a bunch of digital pictures to my parents, who don't happen to own one of those newfangled TV sets that take USB sticks, I put the selection on an SD card and use the digital camera to display the pictures on the TV via the AV connection. It's maybe not the greatest quality, but it works — and it is much nicer to sit in the living room than to crowd around the computer in the den. Of course this involves assembling the collection of pictures to be shown on the computer (Digikam is useful for that). I don't know whether my camera will insist on/tolerate 8+3/long file names/both but I would certainly hate that functionality to go away, in particular because AFAIK the VFAT patents aren't actually valid here in Germany. (Also, think »digital picture frames«.)
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