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Error when copying *.jpg

2012-11-25
2012-11-29
  • Abram Bailey

    Abram Bailey - 2012-11-25

    I was recently using KDiff to merge some folders containing mp3 albums.
    Really works well, with one exception... I get the following errors when an
    image file is processed by KDiff:

    Some inputfiles don't seem to be pure textfiles.

    Note that the KDiff3-merge was not meant for binary data.

    Continue at your own risk.

    Some input characters could not be converted to valid unicode.

    You might be using the wrong codec. (e.g. UTF-8 for non UTF-8 files).

    Don't save the result if unsure. Continue at your own risk.

    Affected input files are in A, B.

    In the meantime I've added *.jpg to my file anti pattern to avoid the
    issue.. however, now all my albums are missing cover art!

    Is there any way to solve this? Currently I have auto-detect unicode and
    same encoding for everything setup in my config file.

    Thanks,

    Abram

     
    • Joachim Eibl

      Joachim Eibl - 2012-11-28

      Hi Abram,

      The problem occurs because you load the Jpeg files as text files and then try
      to save them.

      This probably is not what you want anyway.

      Since you are comparing folders you should select the file you want in the
      folder tree and then menu "Directory"->"Run operation for current item" (F6).

      Joachim

      Am Sonntag, 25. November 2012, 05:25:20 schrieben Sie:

      I was recently using KDiff to merge some folders containing mp3 albums.
      Really works well, with one exception... I get the following errors when an
      image file is processed by KDiff:
      Some inputfiles don't seem to be pure textfiles.
      Note that the KDiff3-merge was not meant for binary data.
      Continue at your own risk.
      Some input characters could not be converted to valid unicode.
      You might be using the wrong codec. (e.g. UTF-8 for non UTF-8 files).
      Don't save the result if unsure. Continue at your own risk.
      Affected input files are in A, B.
      In the meantime I've added *.jpg to my file anti pattern to avoid the
      issue.. however, now all my albums are missing cover art!
      Is there any way to solve this? Currently I have auto-detect unicode and
      same encoding for everything setup in my config file.
      Thanks,
      Abram

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