vlc and ISO9660 CD

[Heinrich Rebehn]

KOnrad Bergmeier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just got notice of the Videolan project because I was searching for a
> small viewer to view mpeg2-files on my Win98 PC. I installed it and it
> worked well. I burned it on a ISO9660 CD and it didn't work when
> executed from the CD. Why? Because the vlc.exe needs the filenames of
> its associated files in lower cases. But ISO9660 converts all filenames
> into upper cases! So it would be a good idea to get vlc working with the
> filenames in upper cases. Then one could use this very smart program
> "vlc client" as a tiny viewer without installing anything on the PC and
> get it run directly from the CD. I thought this might be of interest for
> you.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Konrad Bergmeier (Munich, Germany)
> 
> 
> 

If you burn the CD with rockridge extensions (for Unix) and/or Joliet 
extensions (for Windows), you can also use filenames with lower characters.

Personally, i dislike filenames with all capital letters.

Regards,

Heinrich Rebehn


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