Bad file names, no metadata

[SBurke]

I've experienced this phenomenon a few times: some tracks of an album will be created appropriately, with the correct name, metadata in file properties, etc., but others will not, ending up with file names like "04MART~1.FLA," instead of "04 Martha Argerich - Sonate . . ." These seemingly corrupted files will play in MediaMonkey, and MediaMonkey is also able to see the metadata (album, artist, etc.), but there is no information when I right-click>properties in Windows Explorer. Explorer also reports them as a "FLA Audio File" and not "FLAC Audio File." "FLA"? Huh? Any idea what causes this? I'd like to avoid it, as I enjoy being able to see the metadata and to confirm the rip was accurate, etc.

EDIT: You know, I realized the title is inaccurate. There is metadata in the track which MediaMonkey recognizes and displays. But there are no visible properties to the file in Windows Explorer.

[Spoon]

Re: Bad file names, no metadata

It is a file system error, in Windows when a long filename is saved (longer than 8 characters) it is saved as:

04MART~1.FLA

and

04 Martha Argerich - Sonate.FLAC

but you should never see the first one. It suggests a corruption of your HDD.

[SBurke]

Re: Bad file names, no metadata

Thank you for the reply.

It is definitely not an issue with the program, as I have now found the original files created by the program and they are fine. An issue must have occurred when I transferred the files from one drive to another; in any event, it's something I have to track down on my own. Thanks again for the support.