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FBCAV  
#1 Posted : Monday, June 12, 2017 5:28:25 PM(UTC)
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Hi folks,
I searched the user manual and forum on this one, and although I've found similar questions, no answers as of yet.

What is the syntax, options, rules, etc for the filenames that the local recording is saved as?
The manual states that you can change this, but gives no clue as to what the formatting options are.
Is there some universal filename standard that we're assumed to know already?

The default is:
{0} - {1:dd MMMM yyyy - hh-mm-ss tt}

This gives me, for example:
930service - 02 April 2017 - 09-29-58 AM

As such I cannot sort by filename in my recordings folder by "Name" and get a true "order of recorded".
(This really sets off my OCD).

I would rather like to record it as something like (time is Military time):

20170402_930service_09:29:58
(or if colon is an illegal character)
20170402_930service_0929.58


Any pointers on this?

Thanks,
Jeff
DYosua  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 13, 2017 6:55:51 PM(UTC)
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I believe the prefix that is specified in the Recording Setup (in your case, "930service") always has to be first. You could change the formatting to the following:
{0}_{1:yyyyMMdd_HHmm.ss}

This would give you:
930service_20170402_0929.58

Assuming your prefix stays the same, that should be more sortable than the default. I hope that helps!
FBCAV  
#3 Posted : Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:48:19 PM(UTC)
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DYosua wrote:
I believe the prefix that is specified in the Recording Setup (in your case, "930service") always has to be first. You could change the formatting to the following:
{0}_{1:yyyyMMdd_HHmm.ss}

This would give you:
930service_20170402_0929.58

Assuming your prefix stays the same, that should be more sortable than the default. I hope that helps!


Ahhh, that worked perfectly!

So, where did you get the syntax for that? Is that a standard I could find somewhere or is it Vmix specific?
I remember Winamp had similar, but they had a help file that listed all the options.

Thanks,
Jeff
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#4 Posted : Sunday, June 3, 2018 10:42:07 AM(UTC)
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I have struggled with the Recording Filename Format. I post my recordings to our website and my PHP code needs the filename to be in the following format:
2018-05-27_Church Name ~ City, State_May Services_Sunday Morning_Preacher Name_Message Title_0.mp4

Under Recording Setup my Filename is:
C:\Users\steve\PilgrimRestLittleRock.org\www\videos\Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church~Little Rock, Arkansas.mp4

Under Settings-->Recording as follows:
Default Folder for Recordings:
C:\Users\steve\PilgrimRestLittleRock.org\www\videos
Filename Format:
{1:yyyy-MM-dd_}{0}{1:_hh-mm-ss tt}

An example vMix Recording file looks like this:
2018-06-01_Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church~Little Rock, Arkansas_04-01-18 PM.mp4
I have the following line ready for copy and paste:
June Services_Sunday Night_Pastor Steve Westbrook_Real Reasons To Rejoice_0.txt
So after the copy and paste I have a file ready to upload to the website:
2018-06-01_Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church~Little Rock, Arkansas_June Services_Sunday Night_Pastor Steve Westbrook_Real Reasons To Rejoice_0.mp4

I hope this helps someone else who might be struggling with the Filename Format in vMix.

Steve Brown

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