batch converter different number of files

[hoursemr]

hi there. i absolutely love dBpoweramp and purchased last week after only two days of the trial. could someone please tell me what i am missing as i have ran the batch converter twice to a new folder (once retaining file structure and once just to an empty folder) and both times have come up 9 and 1 mp3 less than the total number of flac files. i have also went back and reran it again and told it to skip existing files and no new files are created. i ran a file search *.flac shows 1,150 files and a *.mp3 search shows 1,149. am i missing anything?

[dbfan]

Re: batch converter different number of files

Perhaps your file Ning have 2 tracks overwriting each other, for example on some albums the same track FileMaker appears on other albums.

[hoursemr]

Re: batch converter different number of files

Perhaps your file Ning have 2 tracks overwriting each other, for example on some albums the same track FileMaker appears on other albums.

this seemed to be the case on the first batch of files. i just ran on a new batch today and also came up 9 files off. 2 were due to "intro" by the same band but no reason for the other 7. weird.

[garym]

Re: batch converter different number of files

this seemed to be the case on the first batch of files. i just ran on a new batch today and also came up 9 files off. 2 were due to "intro" by the same band but no reason for the other 7. weird.

Were the two "intro" tracks within the same album? Why not rip albums into separate subdirectories? Then when batch converting allow them to retain the same directory structure (e.g., ARTIST/ALBUM/Tracks....

[hoursemr]

Re: batch converter different number of files

Were the two "intro" tracks within the same album? Why not rip albums into separate subdirectories? Then when batch converting allow them to retain the same directory structure (e.g., ARTIST/ALBUM/Tracks....

no different albums same artist. i didnt worry about subdirectories for the mp3s because i moved them into itunes but yes it looks like that is what is causing the issue. i will try it in sub directories.

[garym]

Re: batch converter different number of files

no different albums same artist. i didnt worry about subdirectories for the mp3s because i moved them into itunes but yes it looks like that is what is causing the issue. i will try it in sub directories.

yep, much better to have separate album subdirectories under ARTIST. For my lossy files I use:

e:\music\lossyfiles\ARTIST\ALBUM\tracks....

[hoursemr]

Re: batch converter different number of files

yep, much better to have separate album subdirectories under ARTIST. For my lossy files I use:

e:\music\lossyfiles\ARTIST\ALBUM\tracks....

i have all the flac files in subdirectories just like yours just not when i convert to mp3 since i then move them into itunes and the flac files are archived.

[garym]

Re: batch converter different number of files

i have all the flac files in subdirectories just like yours just not when i convert to mp3 since i then move them into itunes and the flac files are archived.

but it's easy to tell the mp3 conversion to maintain the same directory/subdirectory structure when converting. For my lossy files, the structure stays the same, then I move them over to itunes....

[hoursemr]

Re: batch converter different number of files

but it's easy to tell the mp3 conversion to maintain the same directory/subdirectory structure when converting. For my lossy files, the structure stays the same, then I move them over to itunes....

i am going to do that in my next batch. thanks