Convert auto function unclear

[adrian]

Hi! The option does the conversion and puts the newly-converted files in your library. Your original files are untouched.

This thread is about doing what you want instead:

Convert and delete source file(s)

I like that, but I should expand a bit more. I’m running the import over my /music directory on a schedule to tag any new music. Sometimes flac files end up next to the converted mp3 files. I’ve got beets running in a container with the cron job scheduled at the host so I figure tying it to the import process is ‘safer’ convert: command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -aq 2 $dest && $dest extension: mp3

In particular, check out this feature request, which would let you change the import config to delete the originals:

convert: In `auto` mode, respect `import.move` by deleting old files