# Manual conversions and monitoring errors
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/manual-conversions-and-monitoring-errors/4243
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Tags:** tweaking
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/manual-conversions-and-monitoring-errors/4243 "2021-04-07T19:03:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@KaraokeAmerica](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/KaraokeAmerica)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/manual-conversions-and-monitoring-errors/4243/1 "2021-04-07T19:03:37Z")
I have some files that THINK they have been converted, but obviously haven’t as they are still a TS file. I have several folders of files like this even though other subfolders in my monitored directory are working as expected. This is the log entry I get for one file in a monitored folder:
> 2021-04-07T10:01:33 MCEBuddy.Engine.QueueManager → Monitor task Windows Default : File I:\Media\Recorded TV\Modern Marvels (1993)\Season 15\Modern Marvels (1995) - S15E22 - The Real National Treasure.ts already converted with status Converted
This is the log entry I get for a file I drag in manually:
> I:\Media\Recorded TV\Dateline (2016)\Season 01\Dateline (2016) - S01E22 - The Last Dance.ts, Conversion Task -\>Convert to MKV
> 2021-04-07T10:57:40 MCEBuddy.Engine.QueueManager → File \>Dateline (2016) - S01E22 - The Last Dance.ts\<, checking filename filter \>_.ts,_.m4v\<
> WARNING\> 2021-04-07T10:57:40 MCEBuddy.Engine.QueueManager → File Dateline (2016) - S01E22 - The Last Dance.ts did not match Filename meta data pattern
In between these two items though I get this blurb of errors. I don’t know if this is relevant or not:
> ```
> >
> > ERROR> --> Unable to open INI file -> C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\history.. Retrying once more.
> > Error : System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\history' because it is being used by another process.
> > at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
> > at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.File.InternalReadAllText(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean checkHost)
> > at SharpConfig.Configuration.LoadFromFile(String filename, Encoding encoding)
> > at MCEBuddy.Util.Ini..ctor(String file)
> > ERROR> --> Unable to open INI file -> C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\history.. Retrying once more.
> > Error : System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\history' because it is being used by another process.
> > at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
> > at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean checkHost)
> > at System.IO.File.InternalReadAllText(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean checkHost)
> > at SharpConfig.Configuration.LoadFromFile(String filename, Encoding encoding)
> > at MCEBuddy.Util.Ini..ctor(String file)
>
> ```
Any help is appreciated!
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/manual-conversions-and-monitoring-errors/4243/2 "2021-04-07T21:47:48Z")
> [@KaraokeAmerica](#):
>
> MCEBuddy.Engine.QueueManager → File \>Dateline (2016) - S01E22 - The Last Dance.ts\<, checking filename filter \>_.ts,_.m4v\<
> WARNING\> 2021-04-07T10:57:40 MCEBuddy.Engine.QueueManager → File Dateline (2016) - S01E22 - The Last Dance.ts did not match Filename meta data pattern
This saying that you’ve set a filename filter in your conversion task and the file you dragged into MCEBuddy doesn’t match the filter so it’s ignoring it.
> [@KaraokeAmerica](#):
>
> `System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config\history' because it is being used by another process.`
This is a bigger issue. The history file keeps a record of all files converted and is used to avoid re conversions.
Your history file is locked by some process (antivirus??) and is preventing MCEBuddy from opening it which explains part of what you may be experiencing.
You’ll have to track down using third tools which process it locking your history file and once that’s fixed and you edit your conversion task settings it should go back to normal.