I'm trying to understand what happens when you select "multiple" from the outputs menu.
When I select "KryoFlux stream files, preservation" and "MFM sector image" and "Apple DOS 400K/800" I get only two things as a result:
1. the FryoFlux files/folder
2. the MFM sector image
I would like to understand why I don't also get an Apple DOS image file.
Is it because the FryoFlux software identified the disk as an MFM disk so doesn't bother creating the Apple DOS image also? Or is something going wrong? Is it because they both have the same extension so it just picks one?
My use-case/rationale for wanting to do this can be shared if needed.
Creating multiple images
Re: Creating multiple images
You should find a 0 byte sized image at least for each format selected - unless you happen to use the exact same name/extension for them.
A disk images becomes 0 byte if none of the data found on the disk could be decoded by a specific format.
This is by design, so:
1, the user can see that the conversion did happen
2, it can be seen that the conversion did not have any legible result
If you don't get the 0 byte (or more) long file as a result for one or more of the formats selected, something is wrong.
I'd guess your use case is only knowing that something is an Apple disk without knowing the exact format used.
A disk images becomes 0 byte if none of the data found on the disk could be decoded by a specific format.
This is by design, so:
1, the user can see that the conversion did happen
2, it can be seen that the conversion did not have any legible result
If you don't get the 0 byte (or more) long file as a result for one or more of the formats selected, something is wrong.
I'd guess your use case is only knowing that something is an Apple disk without knowing the exact format used.
Re: Creating multiple images
I will confirm whether we are getting the 0-byte image. I don't think we are though.
I just wrote up the use-case here
I just wrote up the use-case here
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Feltzkrone
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Re: Creating multiple images
Please make sure to use different file extensions for MFM sector image and Apple DOS 400K/800K. When multiple image profiles (File->Settings->Image Profile) use the same extension, e.g. img, DTC obviously can't create multiple files with the same name.
Re: Creating multiple images
Thanks, I think that was likely the issue.