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OE001 No date in filename

No date in filename

Problem ID Manufacturer Affected Firmware Affected Hardware Status
OE001 N/A N/A N/A Major problem

Almost all Ecoacoustics software depends on having date stamps in the filenames of audio recordings.

Without them we don't really know when a recording occurred and it is difficult to use that data for science and impossible to accurately archive it.

Status

This is problem that can occur for many reasons.

Status with vendor

N/A

Effects of the problem on common tools

Acoustic Workbench (Ecosounds, A2O)

Will not accept files.

Analysis Programs

Will process files, but some analyses/fields will not be available.

ffmpeg/ffprobe

No effect.

EMU

Has an open feature request for inserting header dates into filenames: QutEcoacoustics/emu#208