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Renamed Audio Files and the Renamed
Audio Files Folder
Renamed audio files are located in the auto-cre-
ated Renamed Audio Files folder in the
Pro Tools session folder. Files can be renamed
when you open a session that references audio
file names with incompatible characters. Files
can also be renamed in certain situations when
saving a copy of a session to a Pro Tools version
that does not support long file names
Opening a Session that Contains Audio File
Names with Illegal Characters
Pro Tools 7.x does not support audio file names
that contain the following ASCII characters:
/ (Forward Slash)
\ (Backslash)
: (Colon)
* (Asterisk)
? (Question mark)
“ (Quotation marks)
< (Less-than symbol)
> (Greater-than symbol)
| (vertical line or pipe)
Any “high order” ASCII character (created
with a key combination)
When opening sessions that contain audio file
names with illegal characters, Pro Tools auto-
matically creates a renamed copy of each file
that contains illegal characters (replacing these
characters with an underscore “_”). Renamed
files are copied to the Renamed Audio Files
folder. The original files are left intact in the Au-
dio Files folder.
Before the session opens, you are prompted to
save a detailed report of the renamed files and
their original file names to a Notes text file. By
default, the Notes text file is saved to the Session
folder.
Saving a Copy of a Session that Contains Long
Audio File Names
When saving files to Pro Tools 6.9.x and lower
(using Save Copy In), audio files with file names
that exceed the limits of the destination format
are truncated and located in the Session folder,
as follows:
• If the new session is saved to the same direc-
tory as the original, a Renamed Audio Files
folder is created in the session’s original
folder, and the renamed audio files are placed
in it.
• If the new session is saved to a different direc-
tory than the original and the All Audio Files
option is not checked, a new Session folder is
created, which includes an Audio Files folder
and a Renamed Audio Files folder. Renamed
audio files are included in the Audio Files
folder.
• If the new session is saved to a different direc-
tory than the original and the All Audio Files
option is checked, a new Session folder is cre-
ated, which includes an Audio Files folder. Re-
named audio files are included in the Audio
Files folder.
It is possible to have a Pro Tools 7.x session
that contains audio file names with illegal
characters. If you Save Copy In the session
to Pro Tools 6.9.x or lower with Mac/PC
Compatibility on, the tracks are renamed
with legal characters. If Mac/PC Compati-
bility is off, the characters are not changed.
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