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Don't keep converted files for external devices
HPBEME:
One last thing occurs to me. All my FLAC files are individual files. Maybe MC behaves differently if you convert a single audio file + cue sheet (i.e., all tracks are in 1 file). So... are your source files individual tracks? or a single audio & cue file?
AlreadyFree:
--- Quote from: HPBEME on December 28, 2022, 08:37:34 pm ---I simply do not get this behavior - as I noted in a previous post, the source files I converted are NOT added to my library.
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I'm only getting the flac source files automatically imported into my internal MC library when sending to an external device while having "Audio Conversion Cache" set to "Next To File". Changing it to "None" fixes it. Are you not getting that behavior? All my tests have been done with individual flac files, no whole album .cue files.
HPBEME:
Correct: Whether "Audio Conversion Cache" is set to "Next To File" or "None", the files are NOT added to the MC database (a.k.a., "the library"). This assumes neither the source or destination folders are designated for auto-import.
Since the files to be converted are located in the Playing Now list, they may show up as "Recently Imported" - in reality though, they are not actually imported. To confirm that, perform a search on your entire library, and the new files (source or converted) will not be found.
AlreadyFree:
--- Quote from: HPBEME on December 30, 2022, 11:16:45 am ---To confirm that, perform a search on your entire library, and the new files (source or converted) will not be found.
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That's exactly what I'm doing and they are found (source, not converted). Setting "Audio Conversion Cache" to "None" removes the behavior of importing the files into the library. But I'm unsure why that is or why you can't reproduce it. Neither the source or destination folders are designated for auto-import.
HPBEME:
I agree that MC should not add files to your library just because you are converting them regardless of which option you choose. That said, I'm out of gas on this one - nothing new to add at this point. Regardless though, you can still accomplish exactly what you want by always choosing the "None" option as you discovered - it is just the "Next to File" option that is at issue.
As for making the behavior more consistent and/or intuitive, and changing nomenclature to better reflect explicitly the action that MC will take - both would be improvements IMO. I assume Matt has followed this thread at least the little, so I guess it is up to him if he wants to expend the effort to make those changes.
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