.scf file type is already in use by Windows

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Export configuration
2.
3.

What should have happened?
Could we possibly use a different file extension? The only issue is, Windows 
recognises the file as executable and allows the file to be run. Even though 
nothing happens, it is expecting to be able to execute this type of file.

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/scf

SCF is used directly by Windows.

What happened instead?
The .scf file format is already in use.

Can you give us any additional information that could be useful in fixing
this bug?


What release of Stoffi are you using (Xia or Shang)?
Zhou

If you are using alpha or beta, please state which:
Beta Three

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 22 Apr 2012 at 7:15

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What should we have instead?

Original comment by [email protected] on 22 Apr 2012 at 9:40

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Milestone-Zhou

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Most I can think of already have other purposes. The least common would be SXF: 
Stoffi Export File, but let's think about this more.

Original comment by [email protected] on 22 Apr 2012 at 9:53

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I feel that we need to make the transition from other players as easy as 
possible. One way to do this is provide different files for different purposes. 
This would be in alignment with fb2k, for instance. 

We are already covered with respect to playlists, as we support m3u. Fb2k 
allows the equaliser settings to be exported. I suggest we do the same. This 
will be elaborated on in a feature request.

I would also love to be able to export my bookmarks as a separate file. As a 
tester, I am always deleting my user.config file, so if I could import my 
bookmarks afterwards, that would be fantastic! At the moment I am not really 
able to use this feature because I know I will lose all my bookmarks when I 
test the next bug.

So, Stoffi could have a few file formats:

scx - Stoffi Config (XML)
sbx - Stoffi Bookmarks (XML)
seq - Stoffi Equaliser
m3u - Bookmarks

All the above are already in use, but at least they are not recognised natively 
by Windows 7. No matter what file extension I think of, it has already been 
created by someone else :/

Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Apr 2012 at 3:05

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I assume that you mean "Playlists" and not "Bookmarks" for m3u since AFAIK m3u 
does not support bookmarks in tracks.

Should we use the same format as foobar for equalizer settings? Is there a 
standard on this that we could use? If we use a standard it will help users 
move data between Stoffi and other players which is always nice. If not, I 
suggest using XML there as well since it makes it easier for me.

This ticket is turning into a feature request so I'm bundling everything 
together and putting it into the Qin queue. This gives us time to further 
explore extensions and possible already existing formats which we can leverage 
for maximum portability.

Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Apr 2012 at 3:00

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Milestone-Qin
• Removed labels: Type-Defect, Milestone-Zhou

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scx - Stoffi Config (XML)
sbx - Stoffi Bookmarks (XML)
seq - Stoffi Equaliser
m3u - Playlists :)

Foobar use a .feq file. It is simply a text file with the values of each 
equaliser band on a different line. So the file looks like one column of 
numbers. I am not aware of a standard for this feature.

If you are happy with these file formats, could you rename .scf to .scx for 
Zhou and leave the rest for Qin?

Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Apr 2012 at 8:02

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Changed by revision r1065

Changed conf export dialog filter to new scx extension.
Changed config import dialog filter to both new scx and old scf extensions.

Original comment by [email protected] on 1 May 2012 at 10:52

• Changed state: Started

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The scx filetype will be in Qin.

I will create additional "exports" such as equalizer profiles and bookmarks in 
Han.

Original comment by [email protected] on 21 Jun 2012 at 12:13

• Added labels: Milestone-Han
• Removed labels: Milestone-Qin