'scuse the top post... but this thread is loooooong :)
NO PROBLEM my friend... not at all... but it was driving me absolutely bonkers!
Funny.. I've always been accused of being overly anal re: weekly full system
backups (Acronis) but when installing new, untested software it saves my arse
more times than I can count. Also, I'm old enough to know that newer is not
always better. Anyway.. for me, should I encounter some crap software... it's a
button push and in 6-9 minutes my entire system is back were it was... no worse
for the wear.
So... HAPPY to hear you got it all figured out. I can now grab what's left of
my sanity. :(
btw and fyi: I'm sure you've figured out that two of my favorite gripes is/are
crappy/lazy file naming and that damned FreeFormat crap (which so far no one has
shown that they have a clue as to what it is and/or how it's meant to be used...
which is crap anyway)..
No doubt I'll piss off Chapel (and Chapel 'ol buddy, if yer readin' this... no
personal offense intended... you just happened to post a good example)... but
the attached screen cap is an excellent example of what I was ranting about in
regards to incomplete and/or overly simplified file names. We have a "Jazzy"
poster running amuck that posts a plethora of "VA" albums in that "2tag" file
name format... and you have no clue as to who is performing, etc, etc,
Maybe I AM anal... but I "try" (I ain't perfect) to make sure that when I post
such a VA album (as many of my recent and upcoming posts are) that the "Artist"
is part of the file name (back to my "4tag" format) AND that the proper artist
is in the "album artist" interior tag (which many never do)... Okay.. so I'm
anal.
anyway... in the attached sample... if those files were "stand alone" you'd have
no idea who sang and the PARs could easily belong to another post by the same
artist (since album name is not included). Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh !!
Outta here.
-jack-
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:42:45 +0100, mick <nospam@junk.mail> wrote:
>On 21/06/2017 16:54:55, The Mad Doctor wrote:
>> Unlike some poster who seem to be satisfied with file names containing ONLY
>> track# and Title... I take a lot of time (1) making sure that all files are
>> defined by "4 tag" file names (and very, very rarely "3 tag: names).. so
>> files are well defined and do not get overwritten and/or mixed. Also (2) my
>> PARity files are manually created (unlike those "auto" created by posting
>> software which can be, especially (in the case of those "2 tag" file names)
>> very jumbled.
>>
>> I take care to manually arrange "most" of my posts to follow the same
>> "order".... at least the order in which they are uploaded. (I have no
>> control over which order any given news server handles the propagation).
>> Therefore the PARity files from a post from (for example) 3 weeks ago can
>> NOT be confused with (again for example) a recent one. The same care is
>> given to any accompanying "scans". I RAR the scan folder (rather than just
>> upload "loose" images because then, as I'm sure you know, you can end up with
>> a dozen files named (for example) Cover.jpg.
>>
>> If your news reader has a "date" column AND allows for headers to be sorted
>> in date (posted) order I'm sure you'll see exactly what is shown in those
>> attached screen captures. (actually if you DL them they should appear just
>> fine on your HD). There are no dupes (and I refrain from doing "re-posts"
>> for just that reason.
>>
>> Sorry old Pal, but in this case (after checking (a) the files on local HD and
>> (b) double checking on two news servers... it comes down to how your display
>> is sorted (unless by some chance your news provider is changing the post time
>> to propagation time... and I haven't seen that happen in years.
>>
>> -jack- (aka TMD, aka The Mad Doctor)
>
>I don't know why this has suddenly happened to me on my system starting
>yesterday 20th June. I updated Newsbin Pro to the latest version in
>April.
>Your previous posts have been impecable in their presentation. I see
>no reason why you would had done any thing different when posting. I
>am not apportioning any blame on you, it's just an odd scenario than I
>thought you may be able to shed some light on.
>
>It was only by chance that I saw some jpg's of covers and thought,
>'where are the tracks'
>It was then under closer scrutiny of the file sizes column that I found
>the albums hidden under the name of a track.
>Expanding the file name the albums are revealed.
>It is very odd as it is only applying to files you have posted and no
>one else's, it happens in other groups as well to which you posted.
>
>I can only assume it is a Newsbin Pro clitch.
>
>SOLVED:
>It is a clitch in Newsbin Pro ver 6.73.
>I have fired up an old computer that has ver 6.72 and posts are
>presented as they should be. Why the latest version should suddenly
>start misbehaving now is a mystery, and why should it happen to your
>posts only. I'll be off to their support and file a bug.
>
>Thanks for listening :-)
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