[LOGGED] Media file versioning
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Hello,
I'd like to make a suggestion regarding media file versioning. Several other media server tools offer this already.
They support an automatic media file version recognition by a suffix or prefix (which in some tools can be configured).
Media files which have the same file name, but are extended with a different suffix of e.g. _Vx.x are recognised by the library system and handled accordingly.E.g. you have different versions of the same video, like dog_V1.mov, dog_V2.mov, dog_V3.mov, the library system can recognise it and will choose the latest Version dog_V3.
Even better would be, if there is an option to switch between "last version" and "select manually". In the last case the one could choose the wanted version by selecting it with a drop down option for each media slot in the media view.This would give some advantages. First, it would help to easily change the content at all places in the project as well as fast switching between versions (A little bit easier than the replace media option). But most importantly, with the automatic recognition of the latest version (maybe with a rescan button, or at least on every project load), one would just need to drop the new version in the folder next to the older files.
A bonus function would be what Pixera offers. When a suffix in the filename is present, everything behind the suffix which is separated by a dash, is considered a commentary.
This makes it possible to describe the differences between the file versions without breaking the versioning recognition.Examples:
dog_V1 - bulldog.mov
dog_V2 - terrier.mov
dog_V3 - swan.movDisguise does even support date tags...
I hope this is considered helpful and added to the (probably long) feature list. Working with Pixera as a tech, we use this a lot, as this helps with the communication with the video designers, which can even put updates to the project by them selves via Network.
Best
Delil -
This is an interesting Idea, and something we will discuss. (being added to our FR database :)
As a note, what I do is save my files with Version numbers file_v#.mov for example, in my media folder, the file named file.mov is replaced by a copy of any new media I make. This allows me to update my file without relinking each file manually, while maintaining an archive of versions. Down-side of this approach is I need to have 2 copies of the latest version at any time. I do find renaming a copy much faster than using the relink UI interface though.
