# Very long Title -\> Filename

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-long-title-filename/15574
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 11, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-long-title-filename/15574 "2014-03-11T08:15:52Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-long-title-filename/15574/4 "2014-03-11T12:12:10Z")

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> [@CC-GoE](#):
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> ... If I know correctly, that's because there is a limit for a filename characters on Windows. ...

258 characters ... maximal length for the entire filepathname in the root folder of a disk.  
259 characters ... maximal length for the entire filepathname in a subfolder of a disk.

Read also ...  
[what is maximum number of characters allowed in filename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/10690/4)

> [@CC-GoE](#):
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> ... Tell Mp3tag, to put into the filename, as much characters as possible from the title. Is this possible? ...

Yes, you can do it, using simple math functions from the Mp3tag scripting language.  
You have to measure the entire length of the folderpath, then calculate the longest possible filename\_ext.

DD.20140311.1412.CET

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