From 9e5c45d6ddda999fb425328b3db5974b61a9f285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Mayer Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:47:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Convert plugin skips previously-converted files Clarifies documentation so it's clear that one can run `beet convert` without fearing that previously-converted files will be needlessly re-converted. --- docs/plugins/convert.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/plugins/convert.rst b/docs/plugins/convert.rst index 59670c269..f80d10233 100644 --- a/docs/plugins/convert.rst +++ b/docs/plugins/convert.rst @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ To convert a part of your collection, run ``beet convert QUERY``. The command will transcode all the files matching the query to the destination directory given by the ``-d`` (``--dest``) option or the ``dest`` configuration. The path layout mirrors that of your library, -but it may be customized through the ``paths`` configuration. +but it may be customized through the ``paths`` configuration. Files +that have been previously converted — and thus already exist in the +destination directory — will be skipped. The plugin uses a command-line program to transcode the audio. With the ``-f`` (``--format``) option you can choose the transcoding command