[Ardour-Users] Ardour 5 Saving project file for version 4 by creating a new project

[JoergSorge]

Hi Paul,
> I just started Ardour 5.0.5. Created a new session. This is the contents of
> the session folder after that:

do you using a template for the new project?
Or is this fixed in v. 5.0.5.? I'm using the official download 5.0.0.

The filelist on my machine is:
~/Projekte_Audio/test$ ls -l
insgesamt 92
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 analysis
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 dead
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 export
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 externals
-rw-rw-r-- 1 workshop-22 workshop-22  2439 Aug 15 14:06 instant.xml
drwxr-xr-x 3 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 interchange
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 peaks
drwxr-xr-x 2 workshop-22 workshop-22  4096 Aug 15 14:04 plugins
-rw-rw-r-- 1 workshop-22 workshop-22 27165 Aug 15 14:05 test-3001.ardour
-rw-rw-r-- 1 workshop-22 workshop-22 27165 Aug 15 14:04 test.ardour

See also attached screenshots.

Thanks,
Jörg



> paul at mobile[2411]>ls -l ~/joerg
> total 68
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 analysis
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 dead
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 export
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 externals
> -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul  1829 Aug 15 07:14 instant.xml
> drwxr-xr-x 3 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 interchange
> -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 16725 Aug 15 07:14 joerg.ardour
> -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 12888 Aug 15 07:14 joerg.ardour.bak
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 peaks
> drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul  4096 Aug 15 07:14 plugins
> 
> 
> I don't see the file you're talking about.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 7:11 AM, JoergSorge <technik at srb.fm> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> I mean NOT sessions, that are previously created by a4.
>> I mean, when I create a new Project with ardour 5 (never touched before
>> with a4), it creates also "fall back session file".
>>
>> Is this really necessary?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jörg
>>
>>
>>> No, Ardour always does this. When the session file format has changed, we
>>> save an older session file under a new name so that it is always
>> available
>>> to go back to.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, after Ardour 5 has saved the session, Ardour 4 (which created
>>> it) would not (or might not) be able to open it again.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:37 AM, JoergSorge <technik at srb.fm> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Ardour 5 is saving the project file for version 4 by creating a new
>>>> project. Is this indeed really?
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the saving is performed while I have agree a5 to use a4 settings?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regrads,
>>>> Jörg
>>>>
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