On 13/12/2018 13:59, Lahra Svare KT9X wrote:
I do not save any audio files. Yet when I go to the save directory it’s always
full of new wave files I have to delete. I have SAVE set to none, but still
these files are being saved to the save directory and I have to delete them.
I read the manual and found no further information to help me. Does anyone know
how to stop these files or if they just build up on perpetuity?
73 de KT9X
Flip (Lahra)
Hi Flip,
there will always be a few, they should not take too much space. It is
important for diagnosing issues that .WAV files are always saved to
disk, for example when they cause a decoder crash. Also it is possible
to force the retention of the last saved .WAV file using ALT+V even when
"Menu->Save->None" is selected. For all these reasons the way WSJT-X
works is that it always writes a .WAV file but deletes it roughly 3/4 of
the time through the next T/R period if save "None" is selected, if
"Save decoded" is selected and there were decodes, or if ALT+V is hit
before deletion is due.
Closing down WSJT-X in the first 3/4 of a T/R period will likely cause
the last .WAV file not to be saved, and we will not be changing that as
the reason for the close down may not be user action and may be due to a
software issue that can be diagnosed using the .WAV file.
I recommend that you add an item to your monthly housekeeping to do
list (LoTW uploads, QSL cards, dust the shack, click "Menu->File->Delete
all *.wav & *.c2 files in SaveDir", ...). You could even use the o/s
scheduler application to run a script or batch file to do this
automatically.
If you are concerned about SSD wear (personally I wouldn't be) then you
should have a spinning disk on your system as well and you can direct
WSJT-X for save .WAV files in a directory on that.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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