Batch problem

[paul]

I need to change the sample rate of about 120 wav files from 48.0KHz to 44.1KHz. When I use the batch filter, the process works OK, but I receive an error message after each of the files has been operated upon. The message says

ERROR: Could not rename the file
C:\Users\root\Documents\DC7\dctmp26.pkf to the file
E:\Working\abc.pkf

Then I have to click on OK before the next file in the queue can be processed. It is tedious having to nurse a batch process in this way. What is my problem - is it something to do with file permissions, and how can I overcome it?

The other batch filters that I have tried do not give this error message.

I am using DC v 7.15 on Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

Thank you
Paul

[Craig Maier]

Paul,

Can you download the demo version of the Forensics / Audio Laboratory v. 7.5 and try using that and report back. It is located at www.diamondcut.com. That will be a fully functional program for 10 days after the install.

Thanks,

Craig

[Dan McDonald]

I had this error in beta, and I don't think it ever got fixed, but I may be wrong.

Dan

[Geebster]

I had this error in beta, and I don't think it ever got fixed, but I may be wrong.

Dan

I remember getting that as well in beta, but I don't run this batch function enough to know if it still continues or not....

[paul]

Paul,

Can you download the demo version of the Forensics / Audio Laboratory v. 7.5 and try using that and report back. It is located at www.diamondcut.com. That will be a fully functional program for 10 days after the install.

Thank you for answering so quickly, Craig.
Unfortunately Forensics / Audio Laboratory v. 7.5 gives me the same error.

Paul

[Dan McDonald]

I'd check to see if mine still gives that error, but that computer is being replaced by a new one and I haven't moved the software to this new computer yet. I can probably check it on thursday.

[Craig Maier]

Paul,

Do you know if this is only happening when doing a sample rate change or is it a global problem?

Craig

[paul]

Paul,

Do you know if this is only happening when doing a sample rate change or is it a global problem?

I tested all of the filters available in the batch mode menu. This error only happens when doing a sample rate or resolution change.

Also I have just noticed that I get the same error when I do a sample / resolution change in the normal (i.e. non-batch) mode.

Paul

[mikeebb]

It's not a Batch issue - it's file rate conversion

I get the same message whenever I do a file rate conversion, whether or not I check the box to "open file after conversion". It's not a batch issue, though of course if you're doing a bunch of rate conversions in batch mode you have to sit there and hit enter after each one finishes. Doesn't seem to affect the results. Another interesting glitch: the finished conversion is opened in DC7 whether or not the "open after conversion" box is checked.

This may be related to running as a limited user, which is how I'm set up in XP and how most users run in Vista and 7. I haven't tried it, but suspect that if you run as administrator the message won't appear because you then have full user access to wherever DC7 is placing the temporary files.

[Dan McDonald]

This may be totally wrong, but I wonder if it's something to do with Windows. It seems like there's a permissions issue where it's not letting DC7 do certain things with the file.

Are there more than one accounts on that machine?

Dan

[paul]

Thank you for the suggestions, mikeebb and Dan McDonald. As an experiment I turned off user account control in Windows. I still get exactly the same error message, so it's probably not a permissions issue.