Can someone coach me a bit about how to do the little chore I'm about to describe.
I guess it would involve using File Collections, but not even sure there is some better way. Or how to accomplish the needed result if it were with `File Collections'
I want to sort thru a list of *.avi files, and get rid (not delete) of the ones below a certain size. I mostly just know the sizes by experience and don't really use a definite number... just eyeballing the list will tell which to remove, or occasionally testing the file by viewing to make sure it really is to small.
However, I want the removed files to remain available nearby in a Collection within a collection I guess.
I want to do this without bothering the actual directory holding the source `*.avi's.
Since there are normally far more to keep than to remove:
I thought to start by copying all the avi to a File Collection and then remove from the collection those that are too small, by placing those in a sub collection.
Is that something easily done?
When I work on the files in the upper Collection I see the normal cut' command, but if I use that, and try to paste to the sub collection there is nopaste' or even `Add to Collection' in the context menu.
It appears I have to right Drag from Upper level Collection to sub Collection, when dropped I see Add to collection'. Then I must go back to the dragged file (which hasn't left town yet) and remove it from the upper level collection withRemove from Collection')
It all seems a bit ponderous.... Is there a simpler or faster way to do this?
I´m not sure, if i get you right, but you want to have your avis filtered by size & accordingly added to collections, right?
Then you have to choose a minimum size, which will filter all Avis that go to collection 1, those below that threshold would
go to collection 2? So, what would the minimum size be?
If you want to select them based on your individual judgement, this would also be quite easy. You would sort them by size,
then mark the ones you consider the "large files", use your "add to large movies collection" button or command, then invert
the selection & add the smaller ones by "add to small movies collection". Which way do you want? In the first case you must
specify your minimum size.
So you have to make a filter like in the screenshot, & a second one covering files larger than 300MBs.
This would make you have two filters, one for movies bigger than 300MB, one with less than 300MB.
Lets say, you called the filters "largemovies" & "smallmovies". Accordingly you´d make two collections, coll://smallmovies.
If you run (in the dir containing all your movies)
COPY to "coll://largemovies" FILTER=largemovies
in a folder containing movies of various size, this copy filter will copy (add) all movies to the
right collection, so you can copy the remainder to your "smallmovies" collection using the command
COPY to "coll://smallmovies" FILTER=smallmovies.
This will leave all original movies in the original place (small & large ones mixed). Of course
you can also use copy filters to actually move the files to approriate folders (using COPY MOVE),
splitting the contents of your base folder, if you want. The combinations are countless.
[quote="abr"]
If you want to select them based on your individual judgement, this would also be quite easy. You would sort them by size,
then mark the ones you consider the "large files", use your "add to large movies collection" button or command, then invert
the selection & add the smaller ones by "add to small movies collection". Which way do you want? In the first case you must
specify your minimum size.[/quote]
Where would I find this `..whatever..' button or command
[quote="abr"]So you have to make a filter like in the screenshot, & a second one covering files larger than 300MBs.
This would make you have two filters, one for movies bigger than 300MB, one with less than 300MB.[/quote]
Where is the screen shot?... all I see are some unusual looking URLs with the form: coll://largemovies
That is not a URL form I've ever seen before. In my experience, screenshots are an image file of some kind.
By the way, those URLs you have to make on your machine. Just type
go coll://
& then you will be in the collections main directory [...][/quote]
I've got the procedure now and see what you were telling me so this is just a sort of aside to the question we started on.
In the quote above you do mean to type ">go coll://" in the location dialog box right?
When I do that it not only navigates to the collections in Dopus, but also tries to open firefox on that address as ff sees it:
/C:/Windows/system32/>go coll://.
But of course, it just gets the error:
File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /C:/Windows/system32/>go coll://.
And it has the unpleasant attribute of navigating firefox away from the forum to show the error above.
Doesn't do that on your setup I guess eh?
[quote="HarryPutnam"]In the quote above you do mean to type ">go coll://" in the location dialog box right?
When I do that it not only navigates to the collections in Dopus, but also tries to open firefox on that address as ff sees it:
/C:/Windows/system32/>go coll://.[/quote]
No. With no focus anywhere in Opus just start typing ">" (by pushing "shift >", that is the left shift & the key next to it on the right),
which will open the command line interface, then directly followed by the rest. So it´s ">coll://" only.
You can also go into customize mode -> commands (tab), where you should find some "go to collections" button, which you
can drag to some toolbar. This will be handy if you later want to access your movies sub collections.
[quote="HarryPutnam"]When I work on the files in the upper Collection I see the normal cut' command, but if I use that, and try to paste to the sub collection there is nopaste' or even `Add to Collection' in the context menu.
It appears I have to right Drag from Upper level Collection to sub Collection, when dropped I see Add to collection'. Then I must go back to the dragged file (which hasn't left town yet) and remove it from the upper level collection withRemove from Collection')
It all seems a bit ponderous.... Is there a simpler or faster way to do this?[/quote]
Cut & paste work on the files the collections point to, so they're not what you want. For example, if you cut a file from a collection and then paste it into a normal directory, the actual file will be moved from wherever it was to that directory.
However, there is a very easy way to move items from one collection to another:
[ul][li]Open another file display (View -> Dual Display), or another Opus window if you prefer, so that you have both collections open (one in each side/window).[/li]
[li]Select the item(s) you want to move to the other collection.[/li]
[li]Click the move button on the toolbar.[/li][/ul]
I didn't quote replys because I've finally gotten what you've all been trying to tell me, and now see a few ways to manage the collections in such a way as to make it handy to accomplish my goal.
[quote="leo"]
Cut & paste work on the files the collections point to, so they're not what you want. For example, if you cut a file from a collection and then paste it into a normal directory, the actual file will be moved from wherever it was to that directory.
However, there is a very easy way to move items from one collection to another:
[ul][li]Open another file display (View -> Dual Display), or another Opus window if you prefer, so that you have both collections open (one in each side/window).[/li]
[li]Select the item(s) you want to move to the other collection.[/li]
[li]Click the move button on the toolbar.[/li][/ul][/quote]
