Colons in Snapshot Filename
Posted: 13 Nov 2007 23:26
Version 0.9 includes a cool feature by which you can insert a video's time code into the filename. If you specify "$T" (no quotation marks) in the video prefix option, it'll be replaced by the time code.
In the Windows version, the time code looks like 00_05_25, with underscores placed where colons normally would be. However, in the Mac version it tries to insert colons -- like 00:05:25. However, Mac OS X does not really like colons in filenames and replaces them with slashes when the file name displays in the finder. E.g., if the prefix were vlcsnap$T, the file name would look something like this:
vlcsnap00/05/25.jpg
The OS somehow remembers the colons, however, and if you FTP the file to a Linux box, the colons come back. This causes a variety of problems.
Would it be possible for the Mac version (same for Linux?) to generate time code with underscores and not colons?
Thanks for any assistance.
In the Windows version, the time code looks like 00_05_25, with underscores placed where colons normally would be. However, in the Mac version it tries to insert colons -- like 00:05:25. However, Mac OS X does not really like colons in filenames and replaces them with slashes when the file name displays in the finder. E.g., if the prefix were vlcsnap$T, the file name would look something like this:
vlcsnap00/05/25.jpg
The OS somehow remembers the colons, however, and if you FTP the file to a Linux box, the colons come back. This causes a variety of problems.
Would it be possible for the Mac version (same for Linux?) to generate time code with underscores and not colons?
Thanks for any assistance.
