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Don't keep converted files for external devices
AlreadyFree:
I'm using MC to send music files to an external device (phone, usb drive, etc.). The files on computer are flac but they need to be converted to mp3 to be compatible with the device. I set that up in the options and it works fine but copy of the converted mp3s are not only being sent to my device but also stored in my original source folder with the flac files. I don't want to retain these mp3's on my computer, just send the converted files to the device. Is there a way to change this?
Also if I use MC to send files that aren't in my library yet (by adding them to player and then using 'sendto device') then MC automatically adds the original files on my computer to my library after sending copies to the device. I do not want this behavior. I only want files added to my library that are in my auto-import folders. Is there a way to change this also?
HPBEME:
I personally have never sync'd to other devices, but...
Did you check the options noted in the pic below? If you currently have conversion cache set as "Next to File", perhaps if that is changed to "None" it will solve your problem? "Cache" to me implies temporary, so this is not likely the solution, but it was the only setting I could find (via the search box at the bottom of options dialog) that related to your issue.
AlreadyFree:
Thanks for the suggestion but that is indeed for the true temporary files created when converting. I don't know why it's saving copies of the mp3s on the computer instead of converting straight onto the device. I thought maybe it was a setting I was overlooking but I guess it's a bug.
JimH:
Are you using Handheld Sync from the Action Window?
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Sync_Handheld
Or ... ?
HPBEME:
--- Quote from: AlreadyFree on December 24, 2022, 08:23:52 am ---Thanks for the suggestion but that is indeed for the true temporary files created when converting.
--- End quote ---
Well as I said previously, I don't sync with handheld devices. I do backup my entire library to a separate drive, but use a dedicated backup program for that.
In any event, I decided to play with the sync function just for my own edification. There are two different places you can set the conversion encoding format:
* Options/Encoding/Audio: File Conversion/Encoder this encoder is used with the right-click menu: Library Tools/Convert Format…
* Options/Handheld/Audio/Conversion/Encoder this encoder is used with the right-click menu: Send To/Drives & Device (also when using the Action Window/Sync Handheld)
* I right clicked on a single album, chose "send to" a portable hard drive
* New MP3 files were generated (original = FLAC) in both the source and destination folders (just like you encountered)
* I then deleted these files in both the source and destination folders for clean start
* I changed the conversion cache setting (under Options/File Locations) to "none" just as I had recommended in my initial reply to you
* I then right clicked on the same single album, chose "send to" a portable hard drive
* this time it generated the MP3 files in the destination directory only.I tried both settings ("next to file" and "none") on two additional albums with the exact same results ("none" worked, and "next to file" generated duplicate converted files in the source folder). So for me at least, this setting absolutely controls whether files are generated in the source location (in addition to the destination directory). So I think if you set Options/File Locations/Conversion Cache/Audio to "none", that should solve your problem.
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