Page 1 of Short vs Long filenames on Aiwa 370 and other MP3-capable DVD players.

I`ve been thinking about buying a Aiwa for some time now - I believe I can survive without SVCD and macrovision disable, and I was scared off buying a Scan by all the horror stories on this forum. At least the Aiwa and LG3350 appear to be able to play most DVD`s properly, which after all is the main aim of a DVD player!

But if I get an Aiwa, will it play the same CD-R`s I burn for my in-car MP3 player? For these I always use ISO format with long filenames. Will the Aiwa just truncate the filenames, or would I have to re-burn the disks? And are there any DVD players (apart from the Scan) that handle long filenames?

Thanks,

F.

I believe ISO only supports the 8:3 filename format and doesn`t store long filenames.

To use long filenames you need most proberly have to burn the discs as Joliet format as that supports lomg file names

You can have long (31 char) filenames in ISO format (or in fact an extension of ISO, but very standardised). Kenwood car MP3 player and others work with it fine. It is not the same thing as Joliet.

I know the Aiwa does not support this, but some other players do. What I was wondering was what happens when you put such a disk in the Aiwa - does it truncate and play or does it reject the disk?

F.

... by going into Richer Sounds, trying it out (it does) and then buying it!

So far 100% satisfied. Yes the remote is a bad layout, yes it is a cheap machine lacking in some features, but it does what I bought it to do, so I am happy.

F.