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Hi Steven, I ended up doing this using FFAStrans and calling an external python executable that in turn calls FFMPEG to do the two-pass loudness normalization. I haven't tested it in at least a year as we moved on to a different process since then, but it definitely worked. The caveat is that ideall...

Hi,

I had check once turned on, and only tried check continuous after seeing the file move prematurely.

I moved it back to check once as it the premature move only happened once, while found check continuous wasn't reliable.

Hi, As an update, I ended up using ffmpeg-normalize (https://github.com/slhck/ffmpeg-normalize) and building it into the workflow. It made the workflow more complex as I needed to drop the output file of the normalization into a special folder, and then use compspec commands to complete some file mo...

Hi, I turned on "check growing files continuously" on my UNC watch folder after observing a file get moved prematurely that was being FTP'd into the watch folder that was still growing. However after I did this I noticed that the small 10KB .xml files sporadically were not getting picked u...

Thanks for the response! And the welcome. Building workflows is very satisfying. We’re auditioning minnetonka audio tools server expressly for this purpose of intelligent audio normalization given the complexities which you already know. But it’s amazing what can be done just with these free tools. ...

emcodem,

Thanks for all the tips. I've changed my representation and my workflow and have put the GUID labeling on the shelf for the moment. The important parts are of the workflow are working, and that's all that matters.

Take care,

-Jonathon

Please forgive my lack of sophistication around this : ) And thank you for time and assistance! However, when I tried this I get an error that the job timed out while waiting for files. Perhaps I'm approaching this the wrong way, but essentially, I need to take two input files with same name, differ...

I get what you're saying, and it confirms what I suspected. However even if I generate a GUID before branching out I end up with two different GUIDs as the .xml and .wav are treated as two different files, I guess as they are two different files.

Hi,

I simplified the workflow but still seeing the same issue.

Not sure how to pass a variable onto a different branch of the tree.

Workflow attached.

Hi, I'm trying to setup my first workflow in FFAStrans which will take in via watch folder: Filename_1.wav Filename_1.xml It needs to process just the WAV file, convert it to MP3 (plus loudness) and put in a drop folder with a GUID appended to filename as Filename_1_GUID.wav It also needs to process...