OneNote Audio Caching growing out of control?

[SRP]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not but does anyone know how to get around
it? I noticed that after i installed one note and playing aroudn with it,
one note had eaten up almost 10 gb worth of data even though my notebooks are
only about 1.5 gb. When i went poking around my local settings folder and
found the one note section, i saw that one note had created multiple copies
of each audio file? Sometimes an absurd amount. Why does it do this and is
it a bug?

I.e. I recorded a lecture in class (about 2.5 hours) and it was 30 mb.
After i close one note it says one note is caching/syncing or something along
those lines and when i check the cache folder it made 25 copies of the same
file!! Why on earth is it doing this? I figured it was a bug and i deleted
the cache files (since the normal files are saved to the local directories)
and now i lost my audio synchronization.

I guess too summarize Question 1: Why is it doing this and is it a bug?
Question 2: If its intentional is there anyway to fix this? If people are
using quite a few audio/video files the cache size will grow out of control
for almost any hard drive to handle
Question 3: Since i deleted the files (but have the originals) is there any
way to resynchronize my onenote pages to the audio? (i can see the original
audio attachment, problem is double clicking it doesnt play anything)

 

[Patrick Schmid]

When you embed a file into OneNote (in your case audio), it gets stored
as a local copy in the Local Settings folder where you found it. You
should be able to copy your originals back to the folder where you
deleted the embedded files from and that should make it playable again
from ON. If that doesn't work, delete the embedded file on the ON page
and re-embed it.
Can you tell us how you inserted the audio in the first place? That
would help in determining whether this is a bug or not (my initial
thinking is that it probably is).

Patrick Schmid

 

[SRP]

I originally embedded the file by hitting record audio only button then
proceeding to type my notes. I tried reputting the file back in the cache
directory and i see all the little play buttons by the text, but it still
fails to play the audio.

My question is why is it making 25 copies of each file? How is that a
valid function of the program? I"m not even syncing the notebook anywhere
else.

 

[krypticide]

If you delete and reimport the embedded audio file, you will lose all audio
sync. I highly recommend that you don't do that until you have no options
left.

As for the multiple copies, try doing a manual optimize from the Tools >
Options > Other > Optimize All. Duplicate embedded files are still a bug in
this version.

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Have you bugged this one already?

If you delete and reimport the embedded audio file, you will lose all audio
sync. I highly recommend that you don't do that until you have no options
left.

As for the multiple copies, try doing a manual optimize from the Tools >
Options > Other > Optimize All. Duplicate embedded files are still a bug in
this version.

 

[David Rasmussen [MS]]

Definitely bug. Sincere apologies. We've seen several instances of this now
and I'm sorry it made it out with Beta2. We've fixed it but you won't see
that fix until Beta 2 technical refresh comes out.

As to how you can clean it up, in the local setting cache folder you could
try deleting all the duplicates EXCEPT the one that has the highest number
after it. These files should be in a path like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\OneNote\12.0\OneNoteOfflineCache_Files