Podcast Cannot create file " [4185]

[Guest]

Hello,
I have subscribed to this podcast...

http://kroq-data.com/kevinandbean/Kevin ... ndbean.xml

I'm using version 3.0.1.1120. When I try to manually download a podcast, or have it auto download I get...

Error
Cannot create file "

I checked that it is trying to save them in, "My Music\Podcasts". Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Wes

[ufoDziner]

This was my post. I didn't realize I wasn't logged in.

[rusty]

Thx. Looking into this.

-Rusty

[ufoDziner]

Rusty,
Did you find any more info on this? MM appears to download the podcast, but it doesn't save them.

Thanks, Wes

[jiri]

Do you have the latest version? It should work fine there.

Jiri

[ufoDziner]

Jiri,
I have the 3.0.1.1127. I believe that is the latest stable? I just tried it again this morning, and I get the same error. I'm using the default settings for downloading podcasts.

Thanks, Wes

[jiri]

I just tried and it works fine. Maybe you could try to reinstall MM3, just in case you have some older settings from pre-release versions present.

Jiri

[Reinis Berzins]

Jiri,
I have the 3.0.1.1127. I believe that is the latest stable? I just tried it again this morning, and I get the same error. I'm using the default settings for downloading podcasts.

Thanks, Wes

I get the same error with the same podcast. The podcast downloads every time to the end and then tells me ' cannot create file " '.

Reinstalled several times, podcast redownloaded, same problem.

Reinis

[ufoDziner]

I get the same error with the same podcast. The podcast downloads every time to the end and then tells me ' cannot create file " '.

Reinstalled several times, podcast redownloaded, same problem.

Reinis

Yah, I wiped my laptop clean, and tried again with no luck either. Kind of a bummer.

Wes

[REIKA]

It is perhaps because the title is too long.

[Reinis Berzins]

It is perhaps because the title is too long.

Thanks Reika. That worked. I edited the title under "Edit Subscription" to be just "Kevin and Bean" (note that i took out the ampersand symbol as well so that might have been a problem) and it downloads fine now. Thanks a million.

[ufoDziner]

I just tried the same fix, and it didn't work. However, I did notice that it will download the Jan 14 show. I get the same error with the others. I think it has to do with the punctuation that they use in the names. The show on the 14th has no punctuation.

[REIKA]

MM uses the title tag for the file name in default. When the title tag is very long, the file pass may exceeds limitation of OS(<=260 characters?) .
The simplest method is to save it by original file name.

e.g.
...\Podcasts\<Album>\<Filename>

[ufoDziner]

MM uses the title tag for the file name in default. When the title tag is very long, the file pass may exceeds limitation of OS(<=260 characters?) .
The simplest method is to save it by original file name.

e.g.
...\Podcasts\<Album>\<Filename>

REIKA,
This solved my problem right away. It was saving them as ...\Podcasts\<Album>-<Title>
So, I guess the title is way to long. Thank you for clearing this up.

Wes

[Killjoy12]

Is there any chance that MM itself can look for these types of limitations when renaming podcast file downloads - invalid characters, max file size, etc., and handle them appropriately?