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Title: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: jgourd on October 15, 2002, 10:16:01 am
When I convert WAVs to MP3 I get a lot of zero byte files who's name is the MP3s name with six "X"s appended to it.

Example Dir command:
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+06-+Tatters.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+07-+Future Farmers of America.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+07-+Future Farmers of America.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+08-+Turning Time Around.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+09-+White Prism.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+09-+White Prism.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+10-+Rock Minuet.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+10-+Rock Minuet.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+11-+Baton Rouge.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+11-+Baton Rouge.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+12-+Like A Possum.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+12-+Like A Possum.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+13-+Rouge.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+13-+Rouge.mp3.XXXXXX
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+14-+Big Sky.mp3
2000-+Rock-+Lou Reed-+Ecstasy-+14-+Big Sky.mp3.XXXXXX

What is up with these?

Also, sometimes when I go to tag these MP3s, the files that have one of these associated zero byte "X" files, do not retain the tagged information. I have to tagg these files twice. That is why I include the date and genre in the file name of the WAV. I also use "-+" as the field seperarator since that combination of chars doesn't appear in any of my CDs.
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: KingSparta on October 15, 2002, 11:29:03 am
They Look like They Are part of the X-Files
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: Scronch on October 15, 2002, 03:05:56 pm
"...the pictures show the end of the world - not in a sudden firestorm of dammnation as the Bible teaches us, but in a slow covering blanket of snow. First the moon and the stars will be lost in a dense white fog, then the rivers and the lakes and the sea will freeze over. And finally a wolf named Skoll will open his jaws and eat the sun, sending the world into an everlasting night.

I think I hear the wolf at the door."
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: zevele10 on October 15, 2002, 04:24:45 pm
X=10
You have six X=60.
Means that all the MP3 with XXXXXX will fit on a 60 minutes cassette
.A better than nothing answer[...?...] for now.

But,as you ,would like to know
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: Scronch on October 15, 2002, 04:31:24 pm
I'VE GOT IT!!

XXXXXX is the Super Bowl the Vikings will win!

(wanna bet?)

Scronch
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: jgourd on October 16, 2002, 01:04:44 am
I was sort of hoping for a serious answer here.
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: Scronch on October 16, 2002, 01:07:28 am
And you'll notice that the posts that get serious answers are the ones that stay near the top.

Scronch
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: phelt on October 16, 2002, 02:15:28 am
jgourd: Might be helpful if you posted your system info here. In MJ, Help>System Info>Copy To Clipboard.

Also, do you get the same type of results when you do not use + as a separator?
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: KingSparta on October 16, 2002, 03:43:04 am
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I was sort of hoping for a serious answer here.


I think thats a bug, it may have something to do with the new mp3 ID3v2 taging write to temp file, make sure it is written, then delete the orginal and then rename the files with xxxxxx to the orginal file.

I have not looked yet on my drive for this, but i guess i will later when i get home.

Or like i said it could be part of the X-Files
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: jgourd on October 16, 2002, 05:08:52 am
King (Mark), the XXXXXX files are zero bytes so I have been throwing them away.

What I have noticed is that the MP3s that get a 6X zero byte file are also the ones that when loaded into the "Currently Playing" playlist, have no tags.

When I go to create new tags and save them, I can see that one of these 6X files gets created and deleted every time an MP3 is saved with a tag.

I am going to guess that these are some form of temp file that gets deleted after a sucessful tagging operation. Since the "Convert Format" function failed to save the tags in almost all the files, those that failed did not get their temp file deleted.
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: jgourd on October 16, 2002, 05:11:11 am
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<SNIP>
Also, do you get the same type of results when you do not use + as a separator?


I have thought of this and will restest later today.


Does anyone know how to edit the "Fill Properties From Filename" templates list?
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: KingSparta on October 16, 2002, 06:54:41 am
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Does anyone know how to edit the "Fill Properties From Filename" templates list?


you can type in almost any field in there.

By the way i just searched and i have no .xxxxxx files but i also have not tried to convert formats.
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: xen-uno on October 16, 2002, 07:39:21 am
King,

>>it may have something to do with the new mp3 ID3v2 taging write to temp file, make sure it is written, then delete the orginal and then rename the files with xxxxxx to the orginal file

That's exactly what it is. X'ing occurs if source file is read only or possibly has corrupt tags (in which case the copy will not be zero bytes, but identical to source in all aspects except name).

Xenno
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: Scronch on October 16, 2002, 04:26:04 pm
>I was sort of hoping for a serious answer here.

Forgot to mention, I think a wolf eating the sun is very, very serious.  Or so thought the early Norsemen.  (The real Norsemen, not the ones who pretend to play football now.)

Scronch
Title: Re: What is with the "XXXXXX" Files?
Post by: zevele10 on October 20, 2002, 06:11:55 am
bump