Destination Tab

To store all processed files in a specific folder, select Store all files in this folder and specify a folder in the box provided. You can click on the folder button to browse for a folder.

When adding an entire folder with subfolders by using the Add Folder button, select Preserve subfolder structure to ensure that the relative subfolders are maintained when storing processed files in a different destination folder. If this item is not checked, all files are stored in the destination folder and no subfolders are created. Folders listed in the file list will have double backslashes. The part before the double backslashes will be replaced by the destination folder. For example, if the destination folder is C:\Folder1\ and the added folder (with subfolders included) is C:\Source1\Source2\, then the file list may look something like this:

 C:\Source1\Source2\*.* C:\Source1\Source2\\Source3\*.* C:\Source1\Source2\\Source4\*.* C:\Source1\Source2\\Source4\Source5\*.* 

Note the double backslashes. The destination folders will be:

 C:\Folder1\*.* C:\Folder1\Source3\*.* C:\Folder1\Source4\*.* C:\Folder1\Source4\Source5\*.* 

Taking the last item, the folder is divided into three parts with the following colour coding: the original source root folders, the subfolders, and the pattern.
C:\Source1\Source2\\Source4\Source5\*.*
The destination folder is:
C:\Folder1\
The original source folders are replaced by the destination folder to give:
C:\Folder1\Source4\Source5\*.*

Using the Add Folder button more than once when preserving subfolders is not recommended unless you fully understand how the source folder, subfolders, and destination folder are manipulated.

To overwrite any files having the same name and folder as the processed file, check the Overwrite existing files checkbox. GoldWave fully processes original files before overwriting them. Check the Only if older than the original checkbox to process and overwrite files that have not been processed or modified recently. Files are processed only if the destination file does not exist already or if the destination file is older than the original file. Selecting the Delete original files checkbox removes the original files after processing. Note the warning below.

Overwriting or deleting original files is not recommended. Processing lossy formats such as MP3 and iTunes M4A reduces the quality. Always keep a copy of the high quality original files.

Use Create log file to save the processing details shown in the progress window to a text log file that can be viewed and searched later (in the Notepad accessory, for example).