Sonic RecordNow Deluxe - 212 character filenames on DVD working for anybody?

[Simon Stroud]

Just purchased Sonic RecordNow Deluxe 7.3 from the Sonic website after
reading all about its "legendary" 212-character long filename handling.
Having got well fed up with Nero and its eagerness to rename files to suit
its lenght limitations I thought I'd give something else a try.

It has an "ISO Level 2" option which promises the "212 character maximum"
filenames, and this seems to work OK writing to CDs, BUT no luck so far
writing to DVD-R or DVD+RW with my trusty NEC 1300 drive.

When "Burn" is selected it pauses for a moment then lists the offending
files, saying that they cannot be written and the maximum length is 106
characters. Well that's a bit of a surprise because I've already selected
the "212 character max" option in the Data (Advanced) options. This was the
whole point of buying this software - hopefully I haven't purchased a
"lemon"!

Has anyone got Really Long Filenames working on DVDs?

I've fired off a question to Sonic support - we'll see!

Regards,
Simon.

[Simon Stroud]

Post by Simon Stroud
Just purchased Sonic RecordNow Deluxe 7.3 from the Sonic website after
reading all about its "legendary" 212-character long filename handling.
Having got well fed up with Nero and its eagerness to rename files to suit
its lenght limitations I thought I'd give something else a try.
It has an "ISO Level 2" option which promises the "212 character maximum"
filenames, and this seems to work OK writing to CDs, BUT no luck so far
writing to DVD-R or DVD+RW with my trusty NEC 1300 drive.
When "Burn" is selected it pauses for a moment then lists the offending
files, saying that they cannot be written and the maximum length is 106
characters. Well that's a bit of a surprise because I've already selected
the "212 character max" option in the Data (Advanced) options. This was the
whole point of buying this software - hopefully I haven't purchased a
"lemon"!
Has anyone got Really Long Filenames working on DVDs?
I've fired off a question to Sonic support - we'll see!
Regards,
Simon.

Bad form to reply to own poast and all that ...

Just received an update from Sonic. Apparently the non working "ISO Level 2"
is a "DVD limitation" and that's just how it is. So I have to request a
refund. A shame because the product looks good for CDs, but I really needed
it for creating data DVDs with very long filenames and although you can
select these settings they just don't work (for DVDs).

Still, very good response time/service from Sonic support, so credit to
them!

Ho hum.

Regards,
Simon.

[Brian O]

Post by Simon Stroud
Bad form to reply to own poast and all that ...
Just received an update from Sonic. Apparently the non working "ISO Level 2"
is a "DVD limitation" and that's just how it is. So I have to request a
refund. A shame because the product looks good for CDs, but I really needed
it for creating data DVDs with very long filenames and although you can
select these settings they just don't work (for DVDs).
Still, very good response time/service from Sonic support, so credit to
them!
Ho hum.
Regards,
Simon.

Sonic support isn't alway so prompt. I left a message with them (apparently
there was no way to talk with a live person) two months ago; I'm still
waiting for a reply (but not holding my breath).