Sean Meighan
General => Lights => Topic started by: robbiet on January 17, 2019, 08:27:26 AM
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Hey guys. I’m about to start moving my sequences over to a new 2019 folder and I’m realizing what a mess I created last year. Can someone recommend a folder structure that plays nice with xlights and makes importing/exporting sequences easy? My current structure has audio in one place, sequences in another, etc. Its a mess.
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Personally I like everything under the Show folder. I like to create a subdirectory for every sequence and it will contains all images, audio, sequence files, FSEQ output for that sequence. I tried using a common audio folder and got tired of having to navigate to it. So if I use the same sequence for 6 years and have 6 copies of the audio who cares. And if I want to trim 2 seconds off the audio the file is matched to that sequence and screwing up any other place I've used that file.
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Makes sense. I too was also having to always navigate back to the audio file. Seems best to keep everything contained within the sequence folder. Thanks!
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If your folder structure is currently a mess, you can go to Tools/Cleanup File Locations. That should pull anything that is outside of your show directory into the show directory, so that it is easier to copy, move, or share.
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Is cleanup file locations only for a sequence? When I clicked on it nothing appears to happen, but I do not have a sequence open. Are there any messages or warning about what it is about to do or what it did? I am also starting to move things around for 2019. I keep all the downloaded sequences in separate folders while I look at them in there original author form, but once I import them they just go in my seasonal folder with all the others that I am actually using or planning to use.
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I still prefer a separate media folder... I can open open show folders and shared sequences and such that I download and as long as the media filename matches, it automatically finds it. Don't need to go off and find it.
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Yeah...I guess I am more specifically asking should I create separate folders under my show folder for each sequence and keep all associated media in those OR should I keep each type of media in its own folder...audio, images...
Option 1:
2019
> Christmas
> Jingle Bell Rock
.jpeg
.mp3
.fseq
> Grinch
.jpeg
.mp3
.fseq
Option 2:
2019
> Christmas
> Sequences
.fseq
.fseq
> Audio
.mp3
.mp3
> Images
.jpeg
.jpeg
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If its under the show folder it's fine either way so you choose what you like. I personally want to know if I want a sequence from last year all I do is copy one folder.