[Bug 416731] [NEW] Long filename unreadable by WIndows but can be read by Ubuntu

[Innocent Bystander]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: brasero

Using Ubuntu 9.04 x64. Brasero 2.26.1

I have seen that a similar bug report
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/349096 has been
flagged as invalid. I think this is a valid bug report.

A quick description of the bug is: Ubuntu can read long file name in a
data DVD written by a Windows software. The opposite is not always true.
Brasero writes something in the DVD so that Windows only see capitalized
8.3 folder / file name. But when read under Ubuntu, all the log file
name are intact.

It is not a long file name problem. Brasero can write long file name
which is Windows compatible (meaning can be read by Windows and the long
filename appears as the original name). Example (without quotes)
"Ubuntu_0-94 - 64 bits Version.txt".

However, when the folder / file name is long and has symbol Example
(without quotes) "Ubuntu_0-94 - 64 bits Version (April 2009).txt" Then
when the Burn button is clicked, Brasero UNCHECK the "Increase
compatibility with Windows System" box. If you continue to burn the
CD/DVD then the file / folder is transformed into captialized name and
truncaeted to 8.3 format. Example: UBUNT_01.TXT. However if the CD/DVD
is read using Ubuntu then the file name appears as its original name.

This is not not a technical support question, neither nitpicking about a
philosophical debate about who is better between Linux & Windows. This
is an objective report about a simple and provable discrepancy. A file
has a name, the file is written in a DVD. The DVD doesn't know which OS
is going to read it. When Windows writes that file name in the DVD,
Ubuntu can read it. When Brasero writes the same file name in the DVD,
Windows can no longer read it. There is no waring on Ubuntu system that
states "Ubuntu can only read DVD written specifically for Ubuntu".
Therefore I assume that the DVD format must be universal and compatible
between Windows & Ubuntu.

To reproduct this bug:

1. Create folder named: "Test Brasero Long File name (Aug.2009)"
2. Copy any binary file into this folder and rename it to: 01 - Brasero [2.26.1] and Ubuntu 9.04 x64.testBinary

Burn the CD/DVD and read it using Windows operating system. The folder
and file names above must remain intact.

** Affects: brasero (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Long filename unreadable by WIndows but can be read by Ubuntu
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