Topic: File naming, etree standards ect... question...

[Swampy]

Hey. So I have a show I taped about four years ago that I would like to upload to the archive. Problem is, at the time, I didn't name the files correctly... Can I just change the names of the FLACs? Upload it as it is? What are my options? Thanks!

[Gordon]

you can simply change the file names and make a new ffp.

[Swampy]

you can simply change the file names and make a new ffp.

Ok, cool. I don't know why I seem to think that re-naming screws up the files... Maybe I'm just crazy. Thanks for the help.

[Gordon]

you can simply change the file names and make a new ffp.

Ok, cool. I don't know why I seem to think that re-naming screws up the files... Maybe I'm just crazy. Thanks for the help.

if for some reason there is a .flac at the end of the name leave that.  ie dbt 1-12-05.flac  just change the dbt2005-01-12

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

Are you sure that doesn't screw with the flac?  I seem to remember a long time ago renaming a shn and trying to decode to wav and it would produce an error.  SO I decoded to wave, then renamed and reshn'd.  Maybe i'm wrong.  Flac might be different.

[Swampy]

Are you sure that doesn't screw with the flac?  I seem to remember a long time ago renaming a shn and trying to decode to wav and it would produce an error.  SO I decoded to wave, then renamed and reshn'd.  Maybe i'm wrong.  Flac might be different.

Maybe thats what I'm thinking of, the days of SHN...

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

Well I'll find out.  I have a show I transfered and it's naming has a "+" in the file name which is banned on Archive.  If it's that simple that'll be great!  I wasn't gonna redo all the work just to put it up there.

[Gordon]

it won't mess with the flac at all.  shn maybe but not flac.  I do it a lot.  when you download stuff named


track01

 


if the show is worth it I change the file names.  also do it with shows I've taped with a space in the track name etc.

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

Sweet!  That's good to know!  +t for the info.  Now I can throw the shows on Archive.   

[terrapinj]

you definitely need to do new md5/ffp files

also when you checkout to access the files make sure you delete all the lossy derivatives (mp3 ogg and zip)

check back in when you are done and you should be all set

[Gordon]

the actual ffp numbers will match just not the name

ie it will say

vinyl2004-10-02d1t01.flac:f03d319fb1743993f02535710fb74b37


instead of

track01f03d319fb1743993f02535710fb74b37

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

Cool.  Just tried it on a shn and a flac.  The flac is fine.  The shn gets an error but still passes.  I think that's what I was thinking about.  So cool to know that!   

[rowjimmytour]

Cool.  Just tried it on a shn and a flac.  The flac is fine.  The shn gets an error but still passes.  I think that's what I was thinking about.  So cool to know that!   

If I remember right if you change the md5 after you changed the name it should work w/o error but you still might have to go shn>wav>md5>shn to get rid of error.