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halfelite

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« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2004, 10:02:00 PM »
Guess not many poeple need this after all. wish someone would have given an answer on why it cant be done for sure
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« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2004, 11:07:00 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2004, 12:17:00 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2004, 12:55:00 PM »
I want to work on this to not sure how much help i can be as i havent messed much with the xbox bios but i will test anything poeple want to try i got a spare box to kill.

Heinrich what is some of your ideas? if you dont mind

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heinrich

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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2004, 05:28:00 PM »
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STOR testing-max-char-length-for-the-xbox-bios-lets-see-how-long-it-can-be-why-hasnt-xecuter-changed-this-yet-lol.mpg
150 Opening BINARY data connection for X:\testing-max-char-length-for-the-xbox-bios-lets-see-how-long-it-can-be-why-hasnt-xecuter-changed-this-yet-lol.mpg
226 Transfer finished successfully. Data connection closed.


I don't know how well this will hold up with writing many files - at all.  Anyone want to do some crazy testing with the very good chance of corrupting data? smile.gif

Also, I did not have to format to do the above, but switching back to a bios with the 42 char limit prevented the xbox from doing a directory listing.  So it seems that switching to bios which support longer filenames would work w/o problem, but going back would require that you at least remove all offending files.
Most of this is all speculation of course.
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heinrich

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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2004, 06:01:00 PM »
QUOTE (heinrich @ Apr 20 2004, 10:28 PM)
Also, I did not have to format to do the above

dont get your hopes up there, I think that was some bad stuff I was smoking.
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« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2004, 08:37:00 PM »
so it was succseful lol got the bios i will throw it on a machine and test it will
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2004, 05:23:00 AM »
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halfelite

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« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2004, 08:42:00 AM »
I thought more of the community would want this but i guess people either worried about compatbility with running games or just dont need it. i personally just want it for media files.

Good work heinrich keep it up
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« Reply #24 on: April 21, 2004, 02:38:00 PM »
hmmm sounds like a good idea but i don't see too much concern for it...... not many ppl need 42+ characters in filenames....
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« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2004, 07:18:00 AM »
If the drive structure does not change i think almost all apps would work with it. xbmp/xbmc can play files over 42 characters from smb and so can most emu's with smb support
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2004, 09:56:00 PM »
just seeing if anymore progress on it.
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