RE: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Hi,

I now have a SanDisk 200GB micro-SD card to be used with the Sony Walkman, or which player I end up using. This is kind of functioning as a sort of back-up (for files) for now. Not sure how many GB my CD collection will amount to ripping to FLAC? I am up to just over 10GB at the moment.

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Hi - I will have this last try at uploading pics on the forum. The Team have said there are no pictures 'pending'.

Here is a follow thru of my now folder-structure (from 'dBpa' thru external-HD):











Apart from the 'FLAC' folder, all others were created automatically by Gary's 'string'.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Can't see pics yet. But Yes, simple: in the naming string replace the value 260 with 240.

If the problem still persists then I will have to look at uploading hem elsewhere - which is a bit inconvenient but there's no other way around it. Cheers.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

I can't see the screenshots. I get the Invalid Attachment specified error.

Oh dear. The Team are aware of the issue now. Paul.

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Mville - thanks for bearing with me! So - in 'dBpa' - I change the '260' value down to '240' as per screenshots, please?:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1485[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1486[/ATTACH]

Can't see pics yet. But Yes, simple: in the naming string replace the value 260 with 240.

[mville]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

So - in 'dBpa' - I change the '260' value down to '240' as per screenshots, please?

I can't see the screenshots. I get the Invalid Attachment specified error.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Now, just reduce the MAXLENGTH down a touch, to say 240 (so you can copy the odd file later, for say testing purposes. You won't get so many Windows warnings, which can be a real pain).

Mville - thanks for bearing with me! So - in 'dBpa' - I change the '260' value down to '240' as per screenshots, please?:

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Gary - I just made a rip using the new kindly given 'string'. Did you make a modification in that now it does not add the Artist Name to the start of the Album Name? I just noticed it says: "Miles Smiles" instead of (as before version): "Miles Davis-Miles Smiles". Cheers.

Yes. But I also fixed that problem for you several posts back, maybe in your other thread. But yes, the newest version does what you want now. But change the 260 to 240, as per mville's good suggestion.

[mville]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

OK, I have changed the name now of the folder on my external-HD so as to reduce the name-length (to just 'FLAC').

As per screenshots:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1481[/ATTACH]

Good.

Now, just reduce the MAXLENGTH down a touch, to say 240 (so you can copy the odd file later, for say testing purposes. You won't get so many Windows warnings, which can be a real pain).

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

[MAXLENGTH]260,[IFCOMP][genre]\Compilations\[album] [IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][genre]\[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][][]

Gary - I just made a rip using the new kindly given 'string'. Did you make a modification in that now it does not add the Artist Name to the start of the Album Name? I just noticed it says: "Miles Smiles" instead of (as before version): "Miles Davis-Miles Smiles". Cheers.

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Mville - OK, I have changed the name now of the folder on my external-HD so as to reduce the name-length (to just 'FLAC').

As per screenshots:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1481[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1482[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1483[/ATTACH]

looks good. By the way I see these screenshots just fine.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Probably not an issue, but something to be aware of is the 260 character pathname/filename length limit. Although, latest builds of Windows 10 try to address this limit, there is no satisfactory fix as firstly, users have to opt-in and even then, there are compatibility issues with older 3rd party software.

garym's Naming string does not use the MAXLENGTH function and I notice that your Path is already quite long e.g. C:\Users\xxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx\Music\monsterjazzlicks_ FLAC\

I would try to keep the hard-coded parts of the pathname to a minimum.

Mville - OK, I have changed the name now of the folder on my external-HD so as to reduce the name-length (to just 'FLAC').

As per screenshots:

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Probably not an issue, but something to be aware of is the 260 character pathname/filename length limit. Although, latest builds of Windows 10 try to address this limit, there is no satisfactory fix as firstly, users have to opt-in and even then, there are compatibility issues with older 3rd party software.

garym's Naming string does not use the MAXLENGTH function and I notice that your Path is already quite long e.g. C:\Users\xxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx\Music\monsterjazzlicks_ FLAC\

I would try to keep the hard-coded parts of the pathname to a minimum.

excellent point mville. This is most likely an issue with classical (very long names). Given that he's using music files on an external HD, there is really no reason for him to have the really long path such as "C:\Users\xxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx\Music\monsterjazzlicks _FLAC". He should really just have the path as "E:\music\genre\......" (assuming the external drive is E

edit: or just use maxlength. this should work (although I'd still shorten the fixed path part as noted above):

[MAXLENGTH]260,[IFCOMP][genre]\Compilations\[album] [IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][genre]\[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][][]

[mville]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Probably not an issue, but something to be aware of is the 260 character pathname/filename length limit. Although, latest builds of Windows 10 try to address this limit, there is no satisfactory fix as firstly, users have to opt-in and even then, there are compatibility issues with older 3rd party software.

garym's Naming string does not use the MAXLENGTH function and I notice that your Path is already quite long e.g. C:\Users\xxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx\Music\monsterjazzlicks_ FLAC\

I would try to keep the hard-coded parts of the pathname to a minimum.

[garym]

Re: 'SAVE' on PC vs. External-HD (help?)

Hi again,

OK, I pasted in the 'string' and then ripped a couple of CDs (making sure all 'genres' were set to 'Jazz'):

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1474[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1475[/ATTACH]

Now, it did create a 'Jazz' (genre) folder and placed my most recently ripped two Miles Davis FLACS within it; but it adds the Artist's NAME to (the start of) each Album-folder title. So you get the Artist's full name followed my the Album name (eg: 'The Beatles - Yellow Submarine'):

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1476[/ATTACH]

1) Do you leave it like this?

2) Can you set 'dBpa' so that it omits the name of the Artist?

3) Or can/do you simply DELETE this info. if preferred?

Thanks a lot.

sorry. typo. try this:

[IFCOMP][genre]\Compilations\[album] [IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][genre]\[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]