I have a collection of files from the late ´90s and early ´00s. Many of them are .JPG, .MP3, .WAV, instead of .jpg, .mp3, and .wav. Why was that the norm at the time? I usually just change the extension myself.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    3 days ago

    isn’t that because they are using FAT file systems on their local storage?

    I haven’t used a newer digital camera, but I recall most of them require a FAT32 format for their memory cards.

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      3 days ago

      I think you’re right; the point is that those files will then probably be copied on other file systems that could handle long (and lowercase) file names too, so that may be one way to end up with them without the files coming from the 1990s.