Choose recording folder.

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Reported by: mutil
Date: 2012-02-02T19:23:29Z
Status: Fix Released
Importance: Wishlist
Launchpad Issue: lp925663
Attachments: [Patch to implement setting custom mixxx recordings path.](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/925663/+attachment/3096927/+files/Patch to implement setting custom mixxx recordings path.)

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Mixxx automatically creates an empty folder (Mixxx/Recordings) inside the music Library.
I think the location should be configurable, and only create it the first time a user wishes to record (preferably after user interaction).

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Commented by: hile
Date: 2012-04-21T09:12:38Z
Attachments: [Patch to implement setting custom mixxx recordings path.](https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/925663/+attachment/3096927/+files/Patch to implement setting custom mixxx recordings path.)

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Attached is a patch which adds a library preference to set recordings folder to config key "Recording","Directory". The setting is modified from the 'Recordings' configuration page.

Initially when user has not selected a setting for this folder, we construct the current path (Mixxx/Recordings under music library) and set it as default value in configuration.

The patch checks and changes recording folder whenever user clicks on the 'Recordings' sidebar after changing the folder in preferences.

Patch is against trunk as of today (2012-04-21).

It might be good idea to set a default value in new install configurations to something like $HOME/Music/Mixxx/Recordings instead of writing by default to user's music library: this however is not relevant for this patch.

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Commented by: rryan
Date: 2012-04-30T04:59:39Z

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Thanks hile! Please sign the contributor agreement here to give us permission to distribute your patch w/ mixxx: https://docs.google.com/a/mixxx.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpYN2NkVEFnWWQzbkFfM0ZYYUZ5X2c6MQ#gid=0

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Commented by: mutil
Date: 2012-05-19T21:15:28Z

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This doesn't seem to work for me on a linux box.
It always writes to the directory from where mixxx was launched.
The directory in UI and in .cfg file is irrelevant.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2012-05-20T10:33:16Z

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I can confirm that. I think there were some lines lost during commit.
Fixed in lp:mixxx #⁠3172

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Commented by: esbrandt
Date: 2012-06-08T09:02:44Z

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The fix from #⁠4 work only if you choose a custom Recording Directory. Per default Mixxx still writes to the program directory. See lp:1000067

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2012-06-09T21:07:09Z

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Since this bug is "Fix committed" the latest issue #⁠5 is tracked in bug #⁠1000067.

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Issue closed with status Fix Released.