Clean up junk .sfk files

Dave-Reynolds wrote on 6/7/2023, 10:16 PM

After all these versions, there's still no way to not have all those junk .sfk files created? Or at least give us an option to have the program clean up after itself. It's really annoying for those of us who don't do a lot of audio work...

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RogerS wrote on 6/7/2023, 10:18 PM

They aren't junk and no way to automatically remove them at this time. Feel free to submit a feature request.

john_dennis wrote on 6/8/2023, 9:11 AM

@Dave-Reynolds

I never give those files any thought while I'm working on active projects on my two NVMe disks. Before I move the projects to my archive (8TB spinning disks), I use a program called Agent Ransack to do a search and destroy to avoid wasting time writing small files all over the platters.

My life is good.

jetdv wrote on 6/8/2023, 9:35 AM

@Dave-Reynolds, if you do delete them, they'll just be re-created then next time you use them in VEGAS. They're so small, I don't worry about them. When I get rid of the source clip, I get rid of these files at the same time as they're side-by-side anyway.

Former user wrote on 6/8/2023, 10:14 AM

@Dave-Reynolds I just 'Group by Type' my files, collapse that SFK section, then at the end just delete them, it's no problem.

I have folders of UHD clips, the SFK files are collapsed & I don't think about them, whenever I load a clip into Vegas it's almost instant because the file creation & loading has already been done,

Here there's 127 SFKs, 8.57mb

In comparison just this 1 picture is 8.872mb

rraud wrote on 6/8/2023, 10:22 AM

Sound Forge has an option to remove the waveform files after closing.. but Vegas never did . In any case, I would leave them, otherwise if they are deleted, it will take longer to reopen the project.. If they really bother you, you can always hide files with the <.sfk> extension in Windows.

rraud, Magix forums moderator

Dave-Reynolds wrote on 6/8/2023, 2:05 PM

Follow up: I know the .sfk files aren't junk, per se. Just that I (and many others) don't use the Vegas audio function(s); I use another program for that. My projects use many small clips that I strip the audio from. Vegas creates .sfk files for all of those that are neither required nor desired.

It seems like such a simple thing after years and years of many users asking: give us an option to not create waveform files in preferences.

DMT3 wrote on 6/8/2023, 2:13 PM

I would use @rraud 's suggestion. Hide them in windows.

Robert Johnston wrote on 6/9/2023, 1:38 AM

@Dave-Reynolds, @DMT3, @RogerS, @rraud, @jetdv, @Former user, @john_dennis

You can turn off waveforms in Vegas with CTRL-SHIFT-W (View > Show Event Audio Waveforms.

Then manually delete the .sfk files in the subject folder. They won't come back untill you turn on waveforms.

DMT3 wrote on 6/9/2023, 10:11 AM

@Robert Johnston I thought there was a way, but for some reason I couldn't find the command. thanks

Dave-Reynolds wrote on 6/9/2023, 3:32 PM

Turning off waveforms view worked - thank you so much!

rraud wrote on 6/10/2023, 11:07 AM

Turning off waveforms

Thanks @Robert Johnston, I never knew that, and I have been a user since the audio-only Vegas 1.. though I am an audio person and would not normally want to hide the waveforms anyway. Good info just the same.