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Subject:files disappeared after batch conversion Posted by: jaypea500 Date:9/3/2011 12:46:15 PM in SF, I use the batch converter to process handfuls of files all at once. I've never experienced what happened last night though. I dragged three wav files across the network from a win xp server into the batch converter and applied my usual batch processing preset. the save process was set to overwrite the original files with the new versions, as usual. running, everything looked as though the process was working fine. but trouble ensued (overwriting? trouble? who would have thunk?!) two of the three files disappeared, while one file remained unprocessed. luckily, because because the one file was still there, I could recover that audio. but the other two files disappeared, never to be found again. two questions: 1. anyone have any idea how or why this happened and if it's happened to you how did you resolve it. and 2. where does SF store temp files? specs: SF 10c, win 7 pro, 4g ram, 80g SSD, asus mobo w/AMD phenom proc. tnx... ...joe
Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion Reply by: musicvid10 Date:9/3/2011 9:14:59 PM Personally, I would never do a destructive save over any network. Ever. That goes double for wireless. I would write the new files, verify them by actually playing back, and if I was satisfied, delete the originals. Here's a little .bat file I wrote that you can use to check your relative network throughput, and also check for lost packets. You may be surprised at the results. You need to have fping installed to use it. @ECHO ON @ECHO * @ECHO Router Ping Utility (routerping.bat) @ECHO Useful for comparing throughput using various WiFi channels (1, 6, 11) @ECHO * @ECHO EDIT FILE WITH YOUR ROUTER'S IP AND LOCATION OF fping.exe (required) @ECHO Test takes 2-5 minutes to complete (2000 pings) @ECHO To stop - type Control-C. @ECHO * @pause @REM Add (-L filename.txt) to create a Logfile. @REM See fping documentation for more parameters. @REM EDIT YOUR ROUTER IP AND PATH TO fping.exe HERE @C:\Users\xxxx\fping.exe 192.168.x.x -n 2000 -s 32768 -t 1 @ECHO * @ECHO More than 7 dropped packets may indicate channel interference. @ECHO DIVIDE 500 BY AVERAGE TIME TO GET RELATIVE THROUGHPUT (Mbps) @ECHO 30-40 percent of your router max is good. @ECHO * @pause
Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion Reply by: brothership Date:9/7/2011 3:48:03 PM This has happened to me as well. I'll convert several files, only to discover that not all of them were converted.
Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion Reply by: roblesinge Date:9/7/2011 5:28:26 PM Overwriting files in a batch conversion is not a good idea, just in general. I usually will output files to a separate folder, JIC. If the conversion is successful, you can always delete the original files if they are extraneous. I realize there are situations where overwriting is necessary, but there are any number of things that can cause a batch to fail. Are you getting a success message in the status window? Rob.

Subject:files disappeared after batch conversion

Posted by: jaypea500

Date:9/3/2011 12:46:15 PM

in SF, I use the batch converter to process handfuls of files all at once. I've never experienced what happened last night though.

I dragged three wav files across the network from a win xp server into the batch converter and applied my usual batch processing preset. the save process was set to overwrite the original files with the new versions, as usual. running, everything looked as though the process was working fine. but trouble ensued (overwriting? trouble? who would have thunk?!)

two of the three files disappeared, while one file remained unprocessed. luckily, because because the one file was still there, I could recover that audio. but the other two files disappeared, never to be found again.

two questions: 1. anyone have any idea how or why this happened and if it's happened to you how did you resolve it. and 2. where does SF store temp files?

specs: SF 10c, win 7 pro, 4g ram, 80g SSD, asus mobo w/AMD phenom proc.

tnx...

...joe

Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:9/3/2011 9:14:59 PM

Personally, I would never do a destructive save over any network. Ever.
That goes double for wireless.
I would write the new files, verify them by actually playing back, and if I was satisfied, delete the originals.

Here's a little .bat file I wrote that you can use to check your relative network throughput, and also check for lost packets. You may be surprised at the results. You need to have fping installed to use it.

@ECHO ON

@ECHO *

@ECHO Router Ping Utility (routerping.bat)

@ECHO Useful for comparing throughput using various WiFi channels (1, 6, 11)

@ECHO *

@ECHO EDIT FILE WITH YOUR ROUTER'S IP AND LOCATION OF fping.exe (required)

@ECHO Test takes 2-5 minutes to complete (2000 pings)

@ECHO To stop - type Control-C.

@ECHO *

@pause



@REM Add (-L filename.txt) to create a Logfile.

@REM See fping documentation for more parameters.

@REM EDIT YOUR ROUTER IP AND PATH TO fping.exe HERE

@C:\Users\xxxx\fping.exe 192.168.x.x -n 2000 -s 32768 -t 1





@ECHO *

@ECHO More than 7 dropped packets may indicate channel interference.

@ECHO DIVIDE 500 BY AVERAGE TIME TO GET RELATIVE THROUGHPUT (Mbps)

@ECHO 30-40 percent of your router max is good.

@ECHO *

@pause

Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion

Reply by: brothership

Date:9/7/2011 3:48:03 PM

This has happened to me as well. I'll convert several files, only to discover that not all of them were converted.

Subject:RE: files disappeared after batch conversion

Reply by: roblesinge

Date:9/7/2011 5:28:26 PM

Overwriting files in a batch conversion is not a good idea, just in general. I usually will output files to a separate folder, JIC. If the conversion is successful, you can always delete the original files if they are extraneous. I realize there are situations where overwriting is necessary, but there are any number of things that can cause a batch to fail. Are you getting a success message in the status window?

Rob.