LCn English Manual

Interface and feature reference
LCn Manual 25
Watch Folder mode Start/
Stop button
Activating Watch folder Mode will display a Start/
Stop button on the plug-in’s main page.
Fig. 18.: Watch Folder mode enabled,
but not started
Click the “Start Watching” button to activate
Watch Folder mode.
The button will now read “Stop Watching”, and
the “Watching…” message is displayed on top
of the page.
Fig. 19.: Watch Folder mode enabled
and running
Being able to start and stop Watch Folder allows
you to activate or pause file processing from the
main page without having to switch to settings
first.
How files are processed in
Watch Folder mode
If you activate Watch Folder mode on the LCn
Settings page and move or copy audio files to
the specified Source folder, the stand-alone ver-
sion of LCn will monitor this folder while it is run-
ning. When new files are detected, the plug-in
will proceed as follows:
If a file can be analyzed, LCn will…
– analyze and process it,
– store the processed (loudness-normalized)
file in the Destination folder and then
– move the unchanged source file to the “Pro-
cessed” subfolder (within the Watched folder)
if “Delete source file when processed” has
been disabled or
– delete the source file if “Delete source file
when processed” has been enabled.
If a file cannot be analyzed and processed, LCn
will move it to the “Rejected” subfolder in the
Watched Folder.
This approach ensures that there are no ambi-
guities in Watch Folder mode:
– Files that are still in the selected Source folder
have not yet been processed, but are queued
for processing.
– Files that are moved to the “Rejected” sub-
folder cannot be processed – usually be-
cause they are not in a supported file format.
– Files that are moved to the “Processed” sub-
folder have been successfully processed.
Please note that the “Processed” subfolder
contains the original, untouched file, while the
processed and renamed version will be saved
to the selected Destination folder.