To set the produced files' names and destination
folder, you need to edit the profile. Open
the "Profile Settings" dialog window and go to the Output section.
Here you can set:
Destination
folder - the path to the folder all generated files will be saved
to. By default its value is not defined; in this case the generated files
will be saved to the same folder in which the source files are stored.
Click ? button
to select the destination folder.
Relative paths can be used
here as well. For example, let's assume the source file is in the
С:\MOVIES\
folder. Now if you set Destination
Folder to "WORK", all generated files will be put into the
С:\MOVIES\WORK
folder.
And if you set it to "../WORK", then all files will be will
be saved in the
С:\WORK
folder. "../"
means you go up one step in the directory tree. This value can be used
any desired number of times.
Filename pattern - the pattern that
defines the rules of generation of the produced files' names. By default
it is equal to "*.*" which means the produced file's name will
coincide with the name of the source file. Dynamic
variables are allowed to be used here.
Index
format for the duplicate names - the format of the postfix
that is added to a filename when a file with the same name already exists
in the destination folder. It can take the following values:
Besides, any numeric format
supported by such functions as sprint
in PHP or С++ can be used here.
Remove original files - if enabled,
the source files will be removed from your hard disk on the process completion.
Be careful to use this option!
Overwrite existing files - if enabled,
the existing files in the destination folder will be overwritten with
the produced ones.
Also some of these options
are available for editing in the "Properties" window, outside
the "Profile Settings" dialog window. To access them, click
the profile in the "Profiles" window.
The Filename Pattern Builder enables to set
the generated files' names using dynamic variables. To access it, open
the "Profile Settings" dialog window (press "F4"),
go to the Output section and click "..." button on the right
of the Filename pattern field. The following dynamic variables are available
here:
%i
- Source File Index - if you process more than one file, takes the value
equal to the source file's order number.
%a
- Absolute File Index - takes the value equal to the generated file's
absolute order number.
%r
- Relative File Index - if generated files are distributed among different
folders, takes the value equal to the generated file's order number, where
the order number calculation starts anew for each single folder.
Example 1:
Let's us have two source files:
C:\clips\clip.wmv
C:\clips\video.wmv
And let us want to convert them into AVI
format and use Filename Pattern equal to
%i.avi
for that purpose. At the output we'll get
01.avi
02.avi
Example 2:
Let's us have two source files:
C:\clips\clip.wmv
C:\clips\video.wmv
And let us want to create
2 JPEG thumbnails for each source file and use Filename Pattern equal
to
%a.jpg
for that purpose. At the
output we'll get
01.jpg
02.jpg
03.jpg
04.jpg
Example 3:
Let's
us have two source files:
C:\clips\clip.wmv
C:\clips\video.wmv
And let us want to create 2 JPEG thumbnails
for each source file, distribute the produced thumbnails among different
folders as provided by their source files and use Filename Pattern equal
to
%i\%r.jpg
for that purpose. At the
output we'll get
01\01.jpg
01\02.jpg (two thumbnails
for the first source file)
02\01.jpg
02\02.jpg (two thumbnails
for the second source file)
As it was shown in the Example
3, the filename pattern can be used to set relative paths. All that enables
to create complex logic of generation of files names and paths when processing
a great number of files.
%s - Source File Name - the value equal
to the source file's name.
%e - Source File Extension - the value
equal to the source file's extension.
%d - Source File Parent Directory -
the value equal to the name of the folder in which the source files are
stored.
%p - Source DVD Provider - the value
equal to the source DVD provider. This variable can be used when editing
DVD disks or IFO files only.
You can set the format of
any dynamic variable in the same way as described above for the "Index format for the duplicate
names" parameter. Besides, you can set the start value and increment
for any dynamic variable. By default they both are equal to 1.
The following additional
parameters are available in the Filename Pattern Builder:
Web safe - if enabled, all names of
the produced files will be converted into web-safe ones (all spaces, if
any, will be replaced with "_" symbols).
Name case - the value of the case of
the produced file name. It can take the following values:
As is - leaves the case as is.
Upper - converts all letters to upper
case.
Lower - converts all letters to lower
case.
Extension case - the value of the case
of the produced file extension. It can take the following values:
As is - leaves the case as is.
Upper - converts all letters to upper
case.
Lower - converts all letters to lower
case.
Always use format-dependent extension
- if enabled, the produced file extension will always depend on the selected
output format.
