vj file storage

pleiadian · Post by **pleiadian** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 13:04

Hi there

Next week I am going to do my first gig but I have a problem.
Since i started with vj-ing I have a lot of diffrent image and swf files. Do any of you got some tips for me to get organized in my huge liberay of files?

Greets from the homebase

wopij · Post by **wopij** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 13:08

No, I'm having trouble with this too...
But now I'm bizzy making decks, and sort them on their style (wild, easy, yellow, etc) and type of video (stop motion, abstract, objects, video)
So that's how I do it...

But what could be useful is to add keywords to files, and that resolume recognizes these, and you can make decks with the keyword "red" or "numbers"....

nrrtv · Post by **nrrtv** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 21:09

Well, I sort the in folders and them I "deck" them according styles: colors, movies, numbers, texts, etc...

Post by **edwin** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 08:57

Hi,
We were thinking of a way to tag files, so you can have different tags connected to a file. Then we need to build a search function wich easily picks all the files wich you have marked with a certain tag.
It's definatly interesting and especially when you have a huge amount o files.

Edwin

Danger · Post by **Danger** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:04

that would be great since i have more that 15.000 movies

nowig · Post by **nowig** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 01:58

yes! would be very nice ... because i've a lot too...
after 10 year building videos loops ...sometime i can't found the loop i want, i dont remember where i put... it but know his name!!!

and then i use an other one!:P

[bewerken aan 24-4-2007 door nowig]

gdlt · Post by **gdlt** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 20:22

I sort my files mostly just on date of creation. because i remember from almost all my files when i aprox. created them. The thumbnail previewer in resolume does the rest.

Since resolume has the bpm beat function i also put the number of beats of the movie @ the end of the file name.

[Edited on 25-4-2007 by gdlt]

movebandit · Post by **movebandit** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:00

Yes, a tagging and search function in Resolume would be the Solution.
I got all my files named by Video/Flash, Colour, Speed, Content and Cuts/Loops. But the Filenames are too long to see them completyly in Resolume. On the screen (Native Resolution Laptop 1600x1024) would be enough space to view everything, but the Resolume Main only uses 3/4 of the available space to Display information. i Think that many Tfts support a higher resolution above the suggested 1280x1024. Why doesnt resolume uses this, to display a wider File Browser and some additional things (Direct BPM view and a deck / file search function for example).
Hrr my english is getting worse.. I hope you understand what i want.....

Greets Maze

pleiadian · Post by **pleiadian** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:02

I finely put my files together in different categories like wmp,retro, lines.blocks and so on.

A search function is a very good idea to find your missing files. Instead to search your entire computer you can find them instandly in resolume

[Edited on 28-4-2007 by pleiadian]