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File format conversion bug/issue?
mimizone:
I ran into 2 little problems when converting files today.
the source are APE files that are entire albums as one file, containing all tracks.
I am converting them to multiple FLAC files, one per track.
In the conversion option, I specify the destination should be the same folder and the source file not be kept.
But somehow, the APE file is actually not deleted at the end of the conversion.
Second problem was that one track title contained a "/" and instead of quoting/modifying that characters and the metadata, the conversion created a folder up to the / and then the rest of the title as the file name.
I am using the version 28.0.79 of MC.
mimizone:
The exact option in the conversion is "Replace original file on disk and in library".
marko:
This...
--- Quote from: mimizone on October 30, 2021, 06:48:05 pm ---the source are APE files that are entire albums as one file, containing all tracks.
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and this...
--- Quote from: mimizone on October 30, 2021, 06:53:00 pm ---The exact option in the conversion is "Replace original file on disk and in library".
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help to explain problem #1.
With all the tracks of the album in one, single file, MC uses the accompanying .cue file to know where each track begins and ends within that one, large file. These are then shown to you as separate tracks that you can play independently of each other, but there is no actual, separate "file" representing these separate tracks that you see. They are virtual references to ranges of duration within that one single ape file, defined in the matching .cue file. All of that is to say, there is no "original file" on disk to replace. This is to be expected and most likely will not be considered a bug. When the conversion is complete and you are happy, manually delete the single file, and the matching .cue file.
The issue with the forward slash could very well be a bug.
I can't be sure as I use Windows, and don't have any "single file + cue file" files to test with. I did try using a single track with a forward slash added to the name, and then again with a back slash instead, and in both cases, the conversion went as expected.
syndromeofadown:
--- Quote ---the source are APE files that are entire albums as one file, containing all tracks.
I am converting them to multiple FLAC files, one per track.
In the conversion option, I specify the destination should be the same folder and the source file not be kept.
--- End quote ---
I have been organizing some of music over the last few days using a Windows PC and have noticed the same thing. I was going to make a new post but may as well add it here.
My typical workflow for dealing will CD images is to drag the .cue file into playing now, the tracks show separately, I highlight them and choose convert with options to use same folder and delete original, the end. The original 300-500 MB CD image has always gotten deleted.
Using 28.0.79 and 28.0.80 the image is not being deleted. The ones I just did were from flac to flac. The last time I did similar conversions is probably in March with MC 27 and I am certain the CD images were being deleted then, just like they have always been.
One more thing I will add to this topic that isn't new, is when doing these conversions if the resulting filenames are too long the conversion fails. There is no warning, there just aren't any files made. At minimum a warning would be nice, or the option to truncate the filename could be useful. Currently I move all CD images to the root of the drive for conversions to minimize the length. A workaround could be to enable long filenames but i have not tried it. Sometimes the resulting filenames can be quite unruly like [Artist] - [Year] - [Album] - [some number] - [Country] - [Track #] - [Name].
mimizone:
Thanks for confirming the issue.
I don't remember having the issues in the past versions as well. But haven't done those conversions for a while, so not really sure when the problem appeared.
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