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diff --git a/manual/xml/cleaning_up_a_session.xml b/manual/xml/cleaning_up_a_session.xml index 8b0077137f..9a5e3d9bc9 100644 --- a/manual/xml/cleaning_up_a_session.xml +++ b/manual/xml/cleaning_up_a_session.xml @@ -1,45 +1,43 @@ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> + <!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ ]> <section id="sn-cleaning-up-a-session"> + <title>Cleaning up a Session</title> + <para> + placeholder text: needs editing and references to menu items + </para> + + <para> + Cleanup looks for audio files that were recorded by ardour for this + session, but are no longer in use. "In use" means "present in any + playlist in any snapshot of the session". If you have unused playlists + (e.g. alternate takes) cleanup will volunteer to delete them for you. + then it will search all snapshots (including the one you are working + with), and move all unused captured audio files into the "dead_sounds" + directory within the session. At this point, you could still potentially + get material that was "cleaned up" back, though its quite tricky to do. + </para> - <title>Cleaning up a Session</title> - - <para> - placeholder text: needs editing and references to menu items - </para> - - <para> Cleanup looks for audio files that were recorded by ardour for this - session, but are no longer in use. "In use" means "present in any - playlist in any snapshot of the session". If you have unused playlists - (e.g. alternate takes) cleanup will volunteer to delete them for you. - then it will search all snapshots (including the one you are working - with), and move all unused captured audio files into the "dead_sounds" - directory within the session. At this point, you could still - potentially get material that was "cleaned up" back, though its quite - tricky to do. - </para> - - <para> - It is advisable, even <emphasis>firmly recommended</emphasis> that after this cleanup - step, you save the session, exit ardour and restart. This will enable - you to confirm that the session still works as expected. If all goes - well (and it should), you can then do the 2nd phase cleanup, which will - remove the files from the <filename>dead_sounds</filename> directory (at which point, - the material is not recoverable without backups on your part). - </para> - - <para> - Note that the presence of snapshots can cause user confusion, as in - "why didn’t cleanup do anything?" The answer is frequently that there - are all capture audio files are in use in this snapshot or in others. - </para> + <para> + It is advisable, even <emphasis>firmly recommended</emphasis> that after + this cleanup step, you save the session, exit ardour and restart. This + will enable you to confirm that the session still works as expected. If + all goes well (and it should), you can then do the 2nd phase cleanup, + which will remove the files from the <filename>dead_sounds</filename> + directory (at which point, the material is not recoverable without + backups on your part). + </para> - <!-- + <para> + Note that the presence of snapshots can cause user confusion, as in "why + didn’t cleanup do anything?" The answer is frequently that there are + all capture audio files are in use in this snapshot or in others. + </para> +<!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="Some_Subsection.xml" /> --> - </section> |