"The Above Name is Invalid"

[G.R. King]

The last few times I tried to burn .avi files (also mpegs) onto a DVD-R, I kept coming up with this error:

It would tell me the name of the file, and directly below it would say "The Above Name is Invalid" and not allow me to continue.

This happened to me BEFORE and AFTER I burnt the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie (For a little tike) and the Departed (not for a little tike). That disc worked brilliantly, but whenever I try and burn the Transformers for him, it comes up with that error. It also does that when I try the Simpsons episodes.


The transformer episodes are .AVI and the Simpsons are .MPEG. This error came up when I tried both Nero and DVDSanta. This DID NOT happen when I burnt the Power Rangers and The Departed Movies.

The only thing I can think of is something is corrupt in the files I downloaded, but I can play them fine with VLC media player.

Any help guys?

[redwudz]

Take a close look at the title of the video before you burned it. A name like 'The Departed&*%$' will often fail as it uses non-standard characters in the name. Or the name could be way too long, though that is rare with newer versions of Windows. Other than those two exceptions, I haven't seen that problem.

But someone else may have some better ideas.

And welcome to our forums.

[G.R. King]

Thanks for the welcome.


I'm really really new to burning videos, and yes, the names are both long and contain special characters. I overlooked that possibility, and I'll look into it. Thanks for the help!


I'll get back to you soon.

[G.R. King]

Ah... there's another problem. Whenever I right-click, all I get is five options. Yes, only five options.

When I try and click the name, so I can re-name it (since rename is not included in the five options) all I get is that annoying beep noise that happens when the computer won't execute your command.

Do you know why?

[Ai Haibara]

Where are you trying to rename the file(s)? In Explorer, or somewhere else?

Another rename shortcut you can try is to highlight the filename and press F2.

[G.R. King]

Stills comes up with that beep noise.


I am just trying to re-name the files in Desktop > Torrents > Transformers (G1) > The Files

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning.
/ Moderator redwudz

[redwudz]

After having re-read this thread, I realized it is in violation of our rules about disscussions of copyrighted material and will be locked.

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