Windows 10 long path support - staxrip/staxrip GitHub Wiki

StaxRip and all the important apps used by StaxRip support long path.

Long path support is disabled by default in Windows 10, how to enable it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=enable+long+paths+in+windows+10

Apps used by StaxRip that support long path in Windows 10

AviSynth supports it since v3.6.2. https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus/issues/187

VapourSynth supports it since r53. https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth/issues/629

mkvtoolnix supports it since v50. https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/-/issues/2916

NVEnc supports long paths since v5.27. https://github.com/rigaya/NVEnc/issues/309

x264 supports long paths since r3027. https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/issues/22

x265 modded Patman, DJATOM, and Asuna builds support long path. But original builds don't support long path. https://github.com/DJATOM/x265-aMod

ffmpeg modded and built by Patman. Original builds don't support it, but it was requested. Patman Builds: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vkt2ckzjvt0qf/StaxRip_Tools Vanilla Request: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8885#ticket

avs2pipemod StaxRip Mod supports long path.

fdkaac supports long paths since v1.0.1. https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac/issues/42

qaac supports long paths since v2.71. https://github.com/nu774/qaac/issues/71

MP4Box supports long paths since v1.1.0 rev447. https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1589

Apps that don't support long path yet but received a feature request from us

Below is a list of issue tracker requests we've made:

x265
Prefix workaround not working. Only Patman, DJATOM, and Asuna builds support long path.

ffmpeg Vanilla
Prefix workaround not working.

avsmeter
Prefix workaround not working.

ffmsindex
Prefix workaround does work.

eac3to
Prefix workaround does work. But staxrip implements it only for the most important eac3to features. More can be added on request.

Code and Manifest

fdkaac https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac/blob/master/fdkaac.manifest

x264 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/blob/master/x264res.manifest

x265 https://github.com/DJATOM/x265-aMod/blob/aMod-3.4-new/source/x265res.manifest.in

StaxRip https://raw.githubusercontent.com/staxrip/staxrip/master/My%20Project/app.manifest

mkvtoolnix https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/-/raw/main/src/extract/manifest.xml.erb

mpv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mpv-player/mpv/master/osdep/mpv.exe.manifest

mpv.net https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stax76/mpv.net/master/mpv.net/app.manifest

mingw https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/af9bc874c710d3fa1e36c66ce006574d1cd0ac5f https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/39a078f7ff8e27b3dfec86b78f139258251c519b

Visual Studio C++ -> Project -> Properties -> Linker -> Manifest File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
    <assemblyIdentity name="none" version="0.0.0.0"/>
    <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
        <windowsSettings>
            <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
        </windowsSettings>
    </application>
</assembly>

x264 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/merge_requests/37

mkvtoolnix https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/-/commit/9cdae214ae5055aa2b0c218fccff96b862d3746f

fdkaac https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac/commit/ef17c9436ed5340f2e4370038cfcccba52ebc319