[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] fftools: enable long path support on Windows

Ridley Combs rcombs at rcombs.me
Wed Mar 8 23:43:52 EET 2023



> On Mar 8, 2023, at 15:35, Martin Storsjö <martin at martin.st> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2023, rcombs wrote:
> 
>> This allows use of filesystem paths longer than MAX_PATH (260 characters)
>> on Windows 10 version 1607 and later.
>> 
>> This _may_ be a no-op if a "LongPathsEnabled" isn't set in the registry.
>> ---
>> fftools/fftools.manifest | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> Are you aware of the changes in c5aba39a041fdaac267fc8c6a2ef745a94a2b0da last year? That was supposed to make this change redundant, and make long paths usable even on versions of Windows older than that.
> 
> // Martin

I hadn't seen that change, but I do think it's still worth signaling our support for long paths explicitly.

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