WinUAEX with Long Tosec Filenames

Mr_Modem · 17 June 2006, 14:31

I've just bought an xbox chipped with a SmartXX modchip that I'm going to use for some retro gaming. I've installed WinUAEX and everything seems to work fine. But when I try to copy over my disc files using the built-in ftp server I get some kind of transfer error. I figured out that it was the long tosec names that caused it. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? I really don't want to rename all my disks.

And yes I know that the title is misleading but I couldn't come up with anything better.

z00mba · 17 June 2006, 17:18

You can use a file renamer to do the task for you when you need to transfert new game. A programm like MFR (Magic File Renamer) will do it quickly when needed.

That's the only idea that comes to mind and it's how I'd do it.

Mr_Modem · 17 June 2006, 17:23

Thanks for your reply. I've already thought about using some renamer to do the job but it feels stupid that you would have to do that in order to be able to transfer the games. There must be something that causes the problem. Does Xbox use an old filesystem like fat16 or something?

z00mba · 17 June 2006, 17:35

That I have no idea, maybe you could find the info on some XBox modding sites. I must admit I'm not using my XBox too much lately. :/

EDIT: Just found this info:

Quote:

Q: Why does transfer fail when try send a file to my Xbox using XBMC's build-in FTP server?

A: Xbox hard drive file-system (FATX) has many limitations that other file-systems do not have: Check the filename, the Xbox's file-system (FAT-X) only supports file/folder-names up to 42 characters, and FAT-X does not either support all ACSII characters in file/folder names, here's some unsupported characters (Note! there are probably many more than these, let us know):
< > = ? : ; " * + , / \ | ¤ &
Tip: There is a software application called "XboxIfy" that will rename files/folders to above limits.
Also a maximum of 255 in character-deept is supported down the file-structure architecture. Plus maximum number of 4096 files/folders in a single subfolder is supported, and in the root of each partition the maximum number of files/folders is 256).

That's a lot of limitations. Why didn't they used FAT32 or NTFS is upon me...

Mr_Modem · 17 June 2006, 19:28

Thanks for the info z00mba! Lucky, there are so many people on this forum that knows about stuff like this. I guess I should've searched a little bit more myself before asking though. Then I wouldn't have to bother you.

It's a pity that there are so many restrictions in the Xbox filesystem. Damn you Microsoft. I really like to have my disks ordered and named using tosec. Aww well, you can't have everything. Anyway, thanks for the replies guys!

whiteb · 17 June 2006, 22:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_Modem

I've just bought an xbox chipped with a SmartXX modchip that I'm going to use for some retro gaming. I've installed WinUAEX and everything seems to work fine. But when I try to copy over my disc files using the built-in ftp server I get some kind of transfer error. I figured out that it was the long tosec names that caused it. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? I really don't want to rename all my disks.

XBFS (Xbox file system) only handles 42 characters in a file name (this is on my Xbox V1)

Nothing you can do except rename.

NoX1911 · 23 June 2006, 01:11

You can burn UDF DVDs if u like or try to find some renamer tools that especially take care about fatx and rename tosec compilations properly. Look out at the usual places.

killergorilla · 23 June 2006, 11:06

I personally use an ftp client on the PC side and the XBMC ftp server on the xbox, this has an auto renamer that renames files to fit with the xbox's filesystem while transferring.

It works when copying files across but folders have a bit of trouble if they contain files. Just create the folder manually then copy all the necessary files across. Works a treat!

17 June 2006, 14:31	#1
Mr_Modem Emulator Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 134	WinUAEX with Long Tosec Filenames I've just bought an xbox chipped with a SmartXX modchip that I'm going to use for some retro gaming. I've installed WinUAEX and everything seems to work fine. But when I try to copy over my disc files using the built-in ftp server I get some kind of transfer error. I figured out that it was the long tosec names that caused it. Does anyone know how to solve the problem? I really don't want to rename all my disks. And yes I know that the title is misleading but I couldn't come up with anything better.

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17 June 2006, 17:18	#2
z00mba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fr Age: 47 Posts: 185	You can use a file renamer to do the task for you when you need to transfert new game. A programm like MFR (Magic File Renamer) will do it quickly when needed. That's the only idea that comes to mind and it's how I'd do it.

17 June 2006, 17:23	#3
Mr_Modem Emulator Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 134	Thanks for your reply. I've already thought about using some renamer to do the job but it feels stupid that you would have to do that in order to be able to transfer the games. There must be something that causes the problem. Does Xbox use an old filesystem like fat16 or something?

17 June 2006, 19:28	#5
Mr_Modem Emulator Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 134	Thanks for the info z00mba! Lucky, there are so many people on this forum that knows about stuff like this. I guess I should've searched a little bit more myself before asking though. Then I wouldn't have to bother you. It's a pity that there are so many restrictions in the Xbox filesystem. Damn you Microsoft. I really like to have my disks ordered and named using tosec. Aww well, you can't have everything. Anyway, thanks for the replies guys!

23 June 2006, 01:11	#7
NoX1911 2064 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: de Posts: 231	You can burn UDF DVDs if u like or try to find some renamer tools that especially take care about fatx and rename tosec compilations properly. Look out at the usual places.

23 June 2006, 11:06	#8
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	I personally use an ftp client on the PC side and the XBMC ftp server on the xbox, this has an auto renamer that renames files to fit with the xbox's filesystem while transferring. It works when copying files across but folders have a bit of trouble if they contain files. Just create the folder manually then copy all the necessary files across. Works a treat!

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