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Title: [Mac] apple script error FIXED
Post by: saxophoner on January 22, 2007, 09:45:09 PM

click the encode button and this pops up.  i am using xACT encoder found http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,62294.0.html   this is my first time trying doing this so if you could make you explanation easy to understand i'd appreciate it.

md5sum: los2006-12-30.WAV.shn' ...
shntool [conv]: warning: tried to write 262144 bytes, but only wrote 3410 - make sure that:
shntool [conv]:          + there is enough disk space plent of disk space
shntool [conv]:          + the specified output directory exists exists
shntool [conv]:          + you have permission to create files in the output directory permission
shntool [conv]:          + the output format's encoder program is installed correctly ?
shntool [conv]: warning: error while transferring 1308254976-byte data chunk - skipping.
shntool [conv]: warning: child encoder process 5604 had non-zero exit status 1: File name too long (1) same error with a one character file name

Title: Re: [Mac] apple script error using xACT encoder
Post by: scb on January 22, 2007, 11:05:02 PM

what's the full path to the file?

also, what's the full path to xACT?

Title: Re: [Mac] apple script error using xACT encoder
Post by: saxophoner on January 22, 2007, 11:52:55 PM

file
Where: /users/ctd/desktop/archive/los.wav
xACT
Where: /applications

is that what you are talking about when you mean path?  the file is supposed to be saved to /users/ctd/desktop/archive/los2006-12-30 folder

Title: Re: [Mac] apple script error FIXED
Post by: scb on January 23, 2007, 07:08:43 AM

so what was the problem?

Title: Re: [Mac] apple script error FIXED
Post by: saxophoner on January 23, 2007, 12:10:12 PM

not sure, the script error kept popping up so i restarted the computer, reopened the program, clicked encode and it went at it finishing encoding in a few minutes.  guess i lucked out

Title: Re: [Mac] apple script error FIXED
Post by: scb on January 23, 2007, 12:23:08 PM

applescript can sometimes get into a weird state that a reboot or repair of system permissions can fix...