Microsoft KB Archive/290564

= Error Occurs When You Convert a Directory and the Local Drive and UNC Path Are Mixed =

Article ID: 290564

Article Last Modified on 3/17/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 8.0

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This article was previously published under Q290564



SYMPTOMS
When you specify a directory as the input or output for the Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility, the Windows Media Encoder may stop and the following error message may occur:

ERROR: Can't create the output Directory!. Directory Name (including path) is too long (>247 char)



CAUSE
This problem only seems to occur when you mix a UNC path and a local drive as your input or output directories, and the output directory is a subdirectory of the input directory. As the Encoder moves through the directories recursively, it keeps trying to create the output directories. When it reaches a 255 character limit, the Encoder stops with an error message.



RESOLUTION
Make sure that you use the same path type in your command line arguments for the input and output directories (either both UNC or both local drives). For example:

wm8eutil -input c:\InputDir -output c:\InputDir\OutputDir or wm8eutil -input \\machine_name\InputDir -output \\machine_name\InputDir\OutputDir



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 8 Encoder Utility.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft recommends that you do not have the output directory as a subdirectory of the input directory.

Additional query words: netshow WM8EUtil

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB290564

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