naqaden wrote:

sorry I missed this in the docs...

You didn't. I've added this for you :)

martin wrote:

Do you have any sound configured for "Default Beep" in Control panel?
For details, see new footnote in https://beta.winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_environment#notifications

shoot! that was it - now background transfers are beeping :]

thank you for your help, and sorry I missed this in the docs...

with all that sorted out, it seems the only feature left on this thread is sound variation per result, so I'll leave my +1 to that. either way, I'm pleased with this :]

Do you have any sound configured for "Default Beep" in Control panel?
For details, see new footnote in https://beta.winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_environment#notifications

martin wrote:

If you set the option to 0s and just simply upload a single file on foreground, does it beep?

actually no... so I can't make it beep at all. still no WinSCP in the sound mixer either. I should have thought to try that before. now I'm really stumped.

btw I'm using the portable version, I forgot to say.

If you set the option to 0s and just simply upload a single file on foreground, does it beep?

martin wrote:

You can have WinSCP beep, when queue clears, using Beep when work finishes preference option:
https://beta.winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_environment

hmm... I have that checked and set to 0 seconds, but I haven't heard the beep before. I assumed setting 0 would include all transfers.

I'm using 5.7.6 (Build 5874) on a Windows 8.1 machine with only 1 playback device. the system volume is up, as is my hardware's volume. I can hear other audio from the same system no problem, so it's not that. WinSCP doesn't even show up in the mixer, and if I understand right, it won't until it plays audio.

I just changed the setting from 0s to 1s, then edited/saved/autoreplaced some larger files (5s transfers), but there were still no beeps. my Transfer > Background setting 'Transfer on background by default' was already checked. I tried 'Display completed transfers in queue for: Never' in case that counts as an 'unclear' queue. I reloaded WinSCP after these changes and tried again, but nothing helped. throughout all of this, my mixer never showed WinSCP.

is there anything else I should try or should I submit a bug report?

naqaden wrote:

I also find myself wishing to know exactly when an edited file transfer is done, without having to look. for me, WinSCP is on a remote machine, whose entire desktop is just a window on my local machine. I receive audio though.

ideally I'd be at my browser, ready to load the new upload at the sound of a beep. instead I wait at WinSCP so I can see when it's done, or wait at my browser and guess when to try.

applying work notifications to background transfers would be fine.
adding a separate notification would be good too.
allowing custom .wav files for different scenarios would be great!

p.s. thanks for ending my suffering with that other FTP client :]

You can have WinSCP beep, when queue clears, using Beep when work finishes preference option:
https://beta.winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_environment

I also find myself wishing to know exactly when an edited file transfer is done, without having to look. for me, WinSCP is on a remote machine, whose entire desktop is just a window on my local machine. I receive audio though.

ideally I'd be at my browser, ready to load the new upload at the sound of a beep. instead I wait at WinSCP so I can see when it's done, or wait at my browser and guess when to try.

applying work notifications to background transfers would be fine.
adding a separate notification would be good too.
allowing custom .wav files for different scenarios would be great!

p.s. thanks for ending my suffering with that other FTP client :]

ext7a wrote:

If WinSCP could include option to playback .wav file upon completion/fail. I presume the beep is system default or internal beeper. Also include with installer basic sounds for complete/fail/connection error.

Thanks for your suggestion. Will see if more people ask for this.