Defragmenting when transferring new / backed up tape to op1

General
#1

Hey yo,


Every time I change the tape by transferring, I get a defrag… It takes a while… Haven’t timed it yet, but I’m estimating 3-5 minutes…

Just wondering if everyone gets this? Any way to skip it or something?

#ihavenopatience #adhd #firstworldproblems
#2

Further to this, I just did it for the 2nd time in an hour, and it didn’t defrag…


Took like 10 seconds or less.

So I was completely wrong, and shall be walking main street on Wednesday to be pelted with feces and shame.

I wonder what the conditions are for when the disk does and does not defrag…
#3

Two of my #hashtags above actually worked…

#4

So, you can hashtag on our forum now.


Kinda dig that…

Looks like there’s a character limit…

15 characters? #1234567890123456

Or 16 characters? #12345678901234567
#5

Maybe it’s only 2 tags per thread…


#weird
#6

OK, I’m out, back to OP1

#7

Just incase you were wondering.

#8

there’s no way to skip it, i’m afraid. there are chunks at the end of those wave (aif) files that may not even be present (or current firmware version). I expect it does some alignment so that they’re always at specific places, and are large enough, etc.


#9

Ok, It defragged this time… Not sure what the conditions are, but if there is a way I can do it that means it won’t defrag that would be rad… Maybe if you don’t replace the folder, but just the tape files.

#10
there's no way to skip it, i'm afraid. there are chunks at the end of those wave (aif) files that may not even be present (or current firmware version). I expect it does some alignment so that they're always at specific places, and are large enough, etc.

Thanks man.


But at least one time today, it didn’t defrag…
#11

hey @ludicrouSpeed I just transferred some old saved tapes for a remix and got the defrag too! This is the first time I’ve actually transferred tapes from backup - is it the default operation? Doesn’t bother me too much

#12
hey @ludicrouSpeed I just transferred some old saved tapes for a remix and got the defrag too! This is the first time I've actually transferred tapes from backup - is it the default operation? Doesn't bother me too much

I noticed at least one time it didn’t defrag… It was not long after the previous defrag tho…


I’m not 100% about it yet. Probably either a) There is a timer after the defrag providing a grace period so you don’t defrag every 5 minutes if you’re doing a lot of backing up… Orrrrr b) maybe if you drag the files and not the folder, or eject the drive in a specific way… ie. press op1 mode on op-1 vs eject on the mac…

I don’t mind, it’s just a pretty long process… I’m working on my first full OP-1 track completely recorded on the OP-1 so I’ve come to far to not have a backup… It’ll be out probably on the 4th of Feb… Maybe sooner… It’s “finished” already.