Re: quicktime write problem

Posted by Knecht, David on May 06, 2009; 8:53pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/quicktime-write-problem-tp3692609p3692619.html

It does appear to be the name of hte file itself being longer than 32  
characters.  I thought the maximum filename length was 255  
characters.  What are the rules for file names?  Dave

On May 6, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:

> Wayne-
>
> Is it possible for the QuickTime writer plugin to catch that
> exception and throw up a message to the user suggesting that name
> length of a directory might be a problem?  Or are there just to many
> ways for that exception to arise to focus the user on that likely
> possibility.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>> On May 6, 2009, at 12:34 PM, David Knecht wrote:
>>
>>> Several computers in my teaching lab have stopped exporting
>>> quicktime movies from stacks.  It worked all semester and also
>>> worked today with some stacks but not others.  The error message is:
>>>
>>> quicktime.std.StdQTException[QTJava:7.6.0g],-47=fBsyErr,QT.vers:
>>> 7608000
>>> at quicktime.std.StdQTException.checkError(StdQTException.java:38)
>>> at quicktime.std.movies.Movie.createMovieFile(Movie.java:115)
>>> at QuickTime_Writer.writeMovie(QuickTime_Writer.java:109)
>>> at QuickTime_Writer.run(QuickTime_Writer.java:86)
>>> at ij.IJ.runUserPlugIn(IJ.java:173)
>>> at ij.IJ.runPlugIn(IJ.java:139)
>>> at ij.Executer.runCommand(Executer.java:104)
>>> at ij.Executer.run(Executer.java:58)
>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
>>>
>>> Can someone interpert this for me?  Thanks- Dave
>>
>> You can get this error when you attempt to export a QuickTime move
>> to a folder that has a name longer than 31 characters.
>>
>> -wayne

Dr. David Knecht
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