Incomplete file names after export to USB device

Thank you for your comment. It wasn't very helpfull..

In my case, everything seems to be usually. I run Rekordbox version 5.4.2 on Windows 10 (latest build update). Still, some file names are no longer than 60 characters after exporting using Rekorbox.

A funny thing is that when I just updated it to it's latest version there were issues regarding exporting files to an external USB device using Rekordbox. The problem than was that files were moved twice to the same folder on the USB device and the second file had the same file name but was set double. In this case the filenames waren't incomplete. For example: Ariana Grande - Thank U NextAriana Grande - Thank U Next.aiff. This was the name of the file after exporting the original file using Rekordbox.

Can you please check this issue?

Sorry, you asked: "Is there a maximum number of characters that can be used?" and that's what I answered.

Can I ask why you're concerned about the filenames if the songs load properly on a player? Typically the export drive is not "browsed" in the same manner as navigating the songs / playlists, so this wouldn't be an issue.

Okay, if 255 characters is the maximum of a file name than why are my file names no longer than 60 characters (the number of characters may vary, I even saw them with only 40 characters) after exporting a file to an external USB device using Rekordbox?

I am concerned because I don't want my software messing up my files. Sometimes I just want to copy the files from a certain playlist from Rekordbox to an external USB drive. Since I put loads of effort in creating my music files it's important for me that everything remains the same, including the length of the file name. If I have different versions of one track, than the name of the file is important because it says what version it is (Radio Edit, Original Mix or whatever..)

I know Rekordbox load a song properly because it reads the tags of the music files and in that case it isn't an issue but I don't see the point of decreasing the file names after exporting them to another drive. Why does Rekordbox do that and can it be fixed?

Just for reference, the maximum of the entire PATH is 255 characters, not just the filename itself. For example:

/Volumes/PulseMusic/Beatport Downloads/2018/December/Dark and Delicious Techno/

...that's already 79 characters used before I even get to the name of the file itself.

I understand and appreciate your desire to maintain a certain order for the files when stored locally, but when the songs are exported, the metadata and tagging you've done to the songs within the collection are the meat of how the songs are found and loaded once on your export device. rekordbox doesn't export the folder structure, so expecting to navigate songs in the same manner you may have organized them on your drive won't help. And for what it's worth, the files could effectively be renamed to a series of numbers and letters (like a unique ID) and it wouldn't matter to your experience when navigating trough the various browsing / search methods on the player, as the filename is only ever used if you're browsing by the filename itself, which most people don't do because the names are longer than the display length, and wading through several remixes of the same long-named file, waiting for the text to scroll so you can see the remix version at the end of the name is a huge pain in the rear.

Remember, the export is just a duplicate of what you have on your source drive anyhow, and if you're making the most of the rekordbox experience by properly tagging your music, the physical filename will become irrelevant.