Can rename file before converting?

[ptr866]

Hi Everyone!
I have a show with 15ep.i try to convert to dvd.One of ep.#2 i just can not rename (it says if i change the file name will unusable) the rest i can rename without any problem.Any help would be great THANKS SO MUCH in advance

[NormaJ]

Not sure if I understand. I assume you have 15 different files, one per episode. And I assume that one of the 15 files can not be renamed. How are they named now? Why renaming?

Regards

[ptr866]

The name all in square box looking(i hve to rename so DVD santa can read it)

[AlanHK]

I have a show with 15ep.i try to convert to dvd.One of ep.#2 i just can not rename (it says if i change the file name will unusable) the rest i can rename without any problem.Any help would be great THANKS SO MUCH in advance

"Will be unusable" usually means changing the suffix (the ending) of the file, and thus the filetype. But you usually can ignore that and do it anyway. Make sure the file is a valid type though, eg "ep15.avi" if it's an avi file.

In Windows, under "My computer"/ View/ UNselect the box "hide file extensions for known file types". That should make things clearer.

[ptr866]

Hi AlanHK!
Under/my computer/view i can not find any box or anything near as you mention as above(i am using windows xp)THANKS
ps:i tried to change the file and it is unusable

[vico1]

ptr866,

You can get to it from all your folders: (look on top)
Tools>Folder Options>View.
It's a check box in "Advanced Settings"

Good luck on the vid.

[ptr866]

THANKS Vico1

[ptr866]

Still can not rename that file.Any more ideas?

[AlanHK]

Right-click on the file icon. Select "properties". Is "read only" ticked? If so, untick, now try renaming.

Otherwise, post a screenshot of this properties page and more may suggest itself.

[guns1inger]

When you look at the file name, do you see ep2.avi or just ep2 ? If you don't see the .avi extension then you haven't set your view up correctly as instructed by earlier posts. If you can see the .avi extension, make sure you have that extension on your new file name as well.