Enforced Naming Convention for all newly uploaded AMVs

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Post by mexicanjunior » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:12 pm

darkpeace wrote:No offence, But was there even meaning to that post ?

Lets just assume you've got 3 Terabytes (3,072 Gigs) of Anime Music Videos, just how the hell are you meant to rename apx 45,000 files.
Why don't you just rename file while "saving as"? I don't see how anyone should be obligated to conform to your file naming system. Just because it's convenient for you doesn't mean it should be law.

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Post by Scintilla » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:27 pm

darkpeace wrote:No offence, But was there even meaning to that post ?
He meant for each downloader to rename the files him/herself when saving to his/her computer, not for someone to manually rename all the files that are already on the Donut.
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Post by Brsrk » Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:38 am

Scintilla wrote:
darkpeace wrote:No offence, But was there even meaning to that post ?
He meant for each downloader to rename the files him/herself when saving to his/her computer, not for someone to manually rename all the files that are already on the Donut.
If I renamed all my files (I did it to my 4000+ mp3s and oggs in a day), I'd have to double check to see who made them, make sure it's spelled correctly, make sure the creator is spelled correctly, and I'm generally a lazy ass...

When I download vids: the filename it was uploaded as.
When I upload vids: if it's for a con: the conventional convention method. if it's just to the org: Brsrk-title of vid. Or if I'm not feeling lazy: Brsrk-title-anime-song (without spaces of course)

I have so many vids, none of which are renamed.
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Post by Otohiko » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:21 pm

Hmm...

You know, if the .org had a clear guideline for naming video files included on the 'upload video' page that was clearly visible, I would personally follow it - and I'm sure so would at least a few others.

An easy suggestion to add to the page, perhaps? :roll:
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Post by derobert » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:15 pm

Otohiko wrote:You know, if the .org had a clear guideline for naming video files included on the 'upload video' page that was clearly visible, I would personally follow it - and I'm sure so would at least a few others.
That would require creating such a guideline; a better idea (which I've already mentioned) is to send your preferred naming scheme when you download. It's not that much code, I think; I just need to get off my lazy ass and do it...
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Post by Kalium » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:24 pm

derobert wrote:
Otohiko wrote:You know, if the .org had a clear guideline for naming video files included on the 'upload video' page that was clearly visible, I would personally follow it - and I'm sure so would at least a few others.
That would require creating such a guideline; a better idea (which I've already mentioned) is to send your preferred naming scheme when you download. It's not that much code, I think; I just need to get off my lazy ass and do it...
You have a long list of things to do anyway, don't you?

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Post by quadir » Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:24 pm

derobert wrote:Hmmm, you know, this is something that could be an .Org preference. We have all the info in the db; we could generate the file name for local downloads per downloader's preference.
(from the other thread)

This is a REALLY good idea, and sounds even better then the org enforcing a format... although a default (since it always takes awhile before you find out about options when you're new) would be <nic> - <title>. (posted in 2004 Sept. , but a bit complicated)

Being able to super search by filename would also be really really cool. I know it's on the TODO list. (posted 2003 April)

Thirdly, a super search by `real name' would be REALLY nice, since I use <real name / or nic > - <year> - <title> ... but I have to use google site: to find the person's video or profile!

And yes, I was going to post this nice rant, wrote it out, and then went `maybe I can necropost this somewhere.....' Glad to hear 2 / 3 comments have been brought up to positive responses... if not action.

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