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oggdropXPd Question?

It seems that when I drop a file (APE or WAV) onto oggdropXPd (recently installed), that even though I have UNCHECKED "Delete Input File" - that the WAV file gets deleted anyway?  (Even when I drop the APE version onto it.) 

Eventually I will have all APE files to store music on hard-drive and no WAV files.  However, while still new and trying things out, I have both.  And I want to understand and have things set up correctly. 

Thanks (in advance.)

oggdropXPd Question?

Reply #1 –
Some APE dropped onto oggdropXPd will first get decoded into a temporary WAV, which will be deleted after encoding. The actual source should be left untouched.
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oggdropXPd Question?

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It seems that when I drop a file (APE or WAV) onto oggdropXPd (recently installed), that even though I have UNCHECKED "Delete Input File" - that the WAV file gets deleted anyway?  (Even when I drop the APE version onto it.) 

Eventually I will have all APE files to store music on hard-drive and no WAV files.  However, while still new and trying things out, I have both.  And I want to understand and have things set up correctly. 

Thanks (in advance.)
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When you drop APE files, as already indicated, the file is decoded to a .wav file of the same name, in the same folder; so if you already have a .wav file of the same name in that folder, it will indeed be deleted once encoding is completed as it is presumed to be a temporary wave file.
 

oggdropXPd Question?

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When you drop APE files, as already indicated, the file is decoded to a .wav file of the same name, in the same folder; so if you already have a .wav file of the same name in that folder, it will indeed be deleted once encoding is completed as it is presumed to be a temporary wave file.
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That explains it.  Thanks!  So if I happen to still have the original WAV file, use that instead, then it won't be deleted, until I am ready to.  Thanks!