Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
So we use GoPro Labs for our recordings and one of the features is custom filenames. This is very helpful for us as we use 6 GoPros as a multicam sequence, all recording at once. With the standard filenames, sometimes ReelSteady Joiner will put multiple camera angles in the same folder (possibly with overwrite behavior? Not quite sure) so we switched to a much better workflow for us which is having each camera generate a unique prefix - which also helps identify cameras in post. These filenames (Set in the GoPro labs QR Control app) can be anything - so building a flexible filename reading might be in order - but for us we named them CAM1, CAM2, CAM3 ... CAM6.
So filenames from one camera (CAM2 for instance) for the joiner would be:
- CAM2GX010117.MP4
- CAM2GX020117.MP4
- CAM2GX030117.MP4
vs
- GX010009.MP4
- GX020009.MP4
- GX030009.MP4
This way we can still join our footage together while keeping the filenames independent (and ReelSteady will create nice folders once they're processed, ordered by each camera).
Describe the solution you'd like
An update to the filename pattern recognition to include custom prefixes before the GX designator. So the ability to parse [CUSTOMFILENAME]+GX+########.MP4 instead of just GX+########.MP4
Describe alternatives you've considered
We can rename each file back to GX once it is inside a folder but then ReelSteady will put them back into folders that we then have to rename again to get unique CAMIDs. So this solution would be best if possible!
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
So we use GoPro Labs for our recordings and one of the features is custom filenames. This is very helpful for us as we use 6 GoPros as a multicam sequence, all recording at once. With the standard filenames, sometimes ReelSteady Joiner will put multiple camera angles in the same folder (possibly with overwrite behavior? Not quite sure) so we switched to a much better workflow for us which is having each camera generate a unique prefix - which also helps identify cameras in post. These filenames (Set in the GoPro labs QR Control app) can be anything - so building a flexible filename reading might be in order - but for us we named them CAM1, CAM2, CAM3 ... CAM6.
So filenames from one camera (CAM2 for instance) for the joiner would be:
vs
This way we can still join our footage together while keeping the filenames independent (and ReelSteady will create nice folders once they're processed, ordered by each camera).
Describe the solution you'd like
An update to the filename pattern recognition to include custom prefixes before the GX designator. So the ability to parse [CUSTOMFILENAME]+GX+########.MP4 instead of just GX+########.MP4
Describe alternatives you've considered
We can rename each file back to GX once it is inside a folder but then ReelSteady will put them back into folders that we then have to rename again to get unique CAMIDs. So this solution would be best if possible!