Who's afraid of Big FileNames wrecking their crappy app
I just love 'em long and informative...
Just yesterday I used long filenames to curate those videos I shot lately..
What fun it can be if you do it like I do..
First I run the Spectate feature to catalog all the videos on a device or in a folder.. (mere seconds)
In this case I'd already loaded the names with the start stop points etc..
I just needed to refine them a bit.
Then I opened that .txt file with notepad.
I selected the first video's date and time to the clipboard
Then I started the app to play the video
on request for first search item.. I pasted in the above clipboard info
And away it would go.. Playing the thumbnail selected Over and over again
as it hit the end of file for search..
THEN
I'd see where i could change the start point or speed or description..
Making that change in the text file... saving it..
Wow
The next loop of the playback for that video.. Picks up the change..
being able to adjust the start / stop point like this makes it fun.. a lot of fun.
Then next video ...
I finished the 27 clips and go through the list...
copying each files details and changing the corresponding video's name...
Then a re catalog
and run 'em all for display.
I'd been working on the app for 20 years and didn't realize the power of the long filename
that was just sitting there..
The GF catalog feature loaded the filename (and metadata for mp3) into the first #1 detail search line
the 2nd line is the path to the video
By just changing the filename to include the play details is a major breakthrough..
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/search.exeThe search and the msvbvm50.dll
And a PC is all you need..
In no time at all you can be as good as me...