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Software => Xlights Setup => Topic started by: StoneLoveLights on November 21, 2016, 06:10:06 PM

Title: How Do you Organize Your Show Directory
Post by: StoneLoveLights on November 21, 2016, 06:10:06 PM

How do you arrange your files and folders to remain organized?
Do you create a new folder for every sequence?

Title: Re: How Do you Organize Your Show Directory
Post by: jnealand on November 21, 2016, 07:55:29 PM

I have a folder called xlights.  Under it I have many folders such as
2015 Christmas
2015 Halloween
2016 Christmas
2016 Halloween
unicast testing
multicast testing
x
y
z

where x y and z are folders for stuff that folks have shared and I can bring them up and look at their sequences to see if I want to try to import to my own layout.  There are many of those folders, ie. more than xy and z.  Just switch folder on the setup tab and you are into a new show.  their is no need to have a folder for each sequence.  Their are sub folders under some of the folders for graphics files or animation files but the sequence and the media files are all in one folder.

Title: Re: How Do you Organize Your Show Directory
Post by: alphafilter on November 22, 2016, 06:28:13 PM

I have a similar folder structure to what Jim posted above

My structure looks something like the following

Light Shows
     LOR Sequences (legacy sequences I already had)
     Shared Sequences (sequences from kind folks who have shared their work)
          username/name of individual who shared
     Halloween 2016
          Audio (mp3 tracks etc)
          Models (any custom models that were created and/or imported)
     Christmas 2016
          Audio
etc, etc, etc

Title: Re: How Do you Organize Your Show Directory
Post by: StoneLoveLights on November 22, 2016, 08:34:36 PM

Thanks Guys