Hi. (Sorry if this is a repeat posting but my previous post may have been rejected due to the large image I embedded in that post. This post supersedes that posting).
I've been trying to batch convert Windows 10 Symbolic Linked music files.
The reason I need to use Symbolic Links is because of the convenience gained by dealing with a much smaller subset of my very large music collection.
These files will be volume normalized and converted to m4a files. The SymLinked files do not take up any space whatsoever.
When processing original files (not SymLinked ones), I can successfully batch convert all the file types I require, such as m4a, mp3, ogg, flac, wav and even most mp4 music videos. This allows me to conveniently use these converted files with my SONOS sound system, without any other file playback issues.
However, if I try to batch convert the same SymLinked files, the Batch Converter seems to just bypass the m4a and mp4 files, with no error messages given. It appears that the metadata is not getting through to the Batch Converter for these file-types only, whereas all the other file-types appear, (with their corresponding metadata) and convert normally. What is so special about m4a files and mp4 files (that also usually contain aac encoded audio)?
Note: I can successfully process these files with the standard dBpoweramp Music Converter (R17 reference). Unfortunately it is only the Batch Converter that just doesn't process the m4a or mp4 SymLinked files.
If you look at my attached image, you'll see that the files listed for conversion (at top of image) don't have any metadata associated with them (even though that metadata is in those files). This metadata info only appears when I batch convert the original files rather than the identical Symbolic-Linked ones.
Any ideas?
I'm hoping that it may just be a simple Windows 10 registry edit, or perhaps there is some way to force the Batch Converter to always try to obtain the metadata and hence process the m4a and mp4 SymLinked files just like it does with the other SymLinked file-types.
The fact that the Batch Converter has no problem processing the other SymLinked file-types like mp3, flac, wav, etc makes me believe that this should also be possible with SymLinked m4a audio files, as well as (aac encoded audio) SymLinked mp4 music video files.
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I've been trying to batch convert Windows 10 Symbolic Linked music files.
The reason I need to use Symbolic Links is because of the convenience gained by dealing with a much smaller subset of my very large music collection.
These files will be volume normalized and converted to m4a files. The SymLinked files do not take up any space whatsoever.
When processing original files (not SymLinked ones), I can successfully batch convert all the file types I require, such as m4a, mp3, ogg, flac, wav and even most mp4 music videos. This allows me to conveniently use these converted files with my SONOS sound system, without any other file playback issues.
However, if I try to batch convert the same SymLinked files, the Batch Converter seems to just bypass the m4a and mp4 files, with no error messages given. It appears that the metadata is not getting through to the Batch Converter for these file-types only, whereas all the other file-types appear, (with their corresponding metadata) and convert normally. What is so special about m4a files and mp4 files (that also usually contain aac encoded audio)?
Note: I can successfully process these files with the standard dBpoweramp Music Converter (R17 reference). Unfortunately it is only the Batch Converter that just doesn't process the m4a or mp4 SymLinked files.
If you look at my attached image, you'll see that the files listed for conversion (at top of image) don't have any metadata associated with them (even though that metadata is in those files). This metadata info only appears when I batch convert the original files rather than the identical Symbolic-Linked ones.
Any ideas?
I'm hoping that it may just be a simple Windows 10 registry edit, or perhaps there is some way to force the Batch Converter to always try to obtain the metadata and hence process the m4a and mp4 SymLinked files just like it does with the other SymLinked file-types.
The fact that the Batch Converter has no problem processing the other SymLinked file-types like mp3, flac, wav, etc makes me believe that this should also be possible with SymLinked m4a audio files, as well as (aac encoded audio) SymLinked mp4 music video files.
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