Use of colon in file name

[simoncn]

(11-09-2014 11:29)DavidHB Wrote:  I can't cast any light on the problem, but it is interesting that MP3Tag, for example, always removes colons (and some other path-related characters as well) when converting tags to file names. I think that this is a sensible precaution.

David

Windows (unlike Linux) doesn't allow the colon in filenames. Mp3tag is a Windows program, so it has no choice but to remove the colon. On Linux, there should be no problem if the filename contains a colon (unless you are using a Windows network share to access the file).