Subject: Re: Watch folder? Snapshots?

From: Wilson Ng <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 15:38:38 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks. It  might be better to have a checkbox in the preferences
window to give that option for users default option.

[ X ] Automatically create scene index on import

[ Button for index scene options]

On May 2, 11:55 pm, Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On May 2, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Wilson Ng wrote:
>
> > But what I'd like to do is have Usher do this when I import a video
> > into Usher. Then Usher would have some kind of floating window like
> > the iTunes cover art. If I click on a video to highlight it, the
> > contact sheet/snapshot would appear. At least I can get a quick
> > preview of the selected video.
>
> > Would this be possible?
>
> It may be possible; we'll talk it over and see about working it into a future update. The one concern I can think of at the moment is that it will slow the import process, which can already be time consuming (depending on the number and format of your movies).
>
> regards,
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 06:55:57 -0700

regards,
-rob.

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From: Wilson Ng <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 03:46:39 -0700 (PDT)

I know you can right-click or control-click on a video to "Show index
image". This will let you create a contact sheet of the video. I think
the default is set to show 30 images spread throughout the video. I
know you can save that image to a folder.

Would this be possible?

On Mar 13, 12:32 am, Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2011, at 4:18 AM, tschloss wrote:
>
> > Is there any means for watching certain folders for new (yet not
> > added) video files? If not, is this planned?
>
> Add them as supplementary folders in Usher's preferences, and those folders will be treated as part of your library and watched for new additions.
>
> > is used in the library? It could be an option to take a snapshot not
> > right at the first frame but on a certain timestamp (default and
> > override per video). Perfect would be an option to take a series of
> > snapshots either every n seconds or n shots distributed along the
> > length of the movie.
>
> Right now, that's not an option. You can manually take a snapshot, though, while watching a movie. You can also copy and paste any image you'd like to use into the movie info panel.
>
> regards,
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:32:01 -0800

regards,
-rob.

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From: tschloss <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:18:21 -0800 (PST)

Hi,
as far as I understood I can add manually videos from folders by
dragging single video files or complete folder hierachies.

Regarding the meta data: is there any chance to influence what image

Thanks
Thomas