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convert: symlink/hardlink instead of copying files that don't need transcoding #2324
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[feature request] convert: symlink/hardlink rather than copying
convert: symlink/hardlink instead of copying files that don't need transcoding
Dec 16, 2016
Sounds like a good idea; thanks! |
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As proposed in beetbox#2324. Updated commit from beetbox#2326. Co-authored-by: Vexatos <stuarzt@gmx.de>
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As proposed in beetbox#2324. Updated commit from beetbox#2326. Co-authored-by: Vexatos <stuarzt@gmx.de>
It might be a neat idea to allow specifying a custom copy command, like convert:
copy_command: ln $source $dest This would allow any sort of links, including hardlinks and reflinks, if the user knows what they are doing. |
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Overrides the --link option. As proposed in beetbox#2324.
Resolved by #3348 |
For the record, there's also https://github.com/geigerzaehler/beets-alternatives |
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My music workflow involves creating a copy of my library in MP3 format, so that it can be uploaded to Google Play Music. The convert plugin does this brilliantly; however, since most (but not all) of my library is in MP3 format to begin with, this results in copying a lot of files. It looks like it should be fairly straightforward to allow convert to symlink or (when supported) hardlink files that don't need to be transcoded, instead of copying them. This would make the conversion process faster and the final result would generally occupy less disk space.
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