[Enhancement]: Notification if filename/path is too long #1100

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opened 2026-04-24 23:32:16 +02:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @AeonPrime on GitHub (Apr 25, 2023).

Describe the feature/enhancement

I started adding my audiobooks to ABS and had a mismatch between folder content and the library. After some manual searching I found out that it didn't add a book that has a very long path due to the naming convention of https://github.com/audiamus/AaxAudioConverter from @audiamus.
Would it be possible to at least get an error message or notification that content couldn't be added to the library? I understand that longer path support might be difficult to implement but this would give users a clue where to look for missing content.

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Originally created by @AeonPrime on GitHub (Apr 25, 2023). ### Describe the feature/enhancement I started adding my audiobooks to ABS and had a mismatch between folder content and the library. After some manual searching I found out that it didn't add a book that has a very long path due to the naming convention of [https://github.com/audiamus/AaxAudioConverter](url) from @audiamus. Would it be possible to at least get an error message or notification that content couldn't be added to the library? I understand that longer path support might be difficult to implement but this would give users a clue where to look for missing content. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/57683359/234226447-81c3082c-b61d-4d4e-81e5-d3f58b52bcb0.png)
adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:32:16 +02:00
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 23:32:16 +02:00
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@audiamus commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023):

Let me as the author of AaxAudioConverter comment on this: You can shorten the resulting directory and file names in AaxAudioConverter via the context menu and the Preview/Customize dialog.

@audiamus commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023): Let me as the author of AaxAudioConverter comment on this: You can shorten the resulting directory and file names in AaxAudioConverter via the context menu and the Preview/Customize dialog.
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2023):

What did this show up as in the logs? We aren't filtering out folders with long characters so maybe this was your filesystem.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2023): What did this show up as in the logs? We aren't filtering out folders with long characters so maybe this was your filesystem.
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#1100