[Cin] Debate on batch render

[Andrew Randrianasulu]

В сообщении от Friday 15 January 2021 08:35:57 Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux via Cin написал(а):
> *Phyllis, Andrew, Andrea Paz, Igor BEGHETTO, Ugin...*
> *IMPORTANT TO READ BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THE DEFINITIVE SOLUTION*
> 
> Thinking about the render window issue I have come up with an option that I
> think would be very easy to implement and would make the "Save to EDL Path"
> button stop being dangerous and the window could be left with all the
> functions and buttons just as it was before starting this debate
> 
> Let me explain, would it be possible that the option "Save to EDL Path" if
> it is pressed with an xml file name that already exists on the disk does
> not alter this xml and what it does is a copy of it adding a number to the
> file?
> 
> For example:
> - I have "MyProject.xml" existing on the disk and I have this EDL loaded in
> the EDL Path box:
> - If I change the name, for example "MyNewProject.xml" before pressing the
> "Save to EDL Path" option, the wizard, as it does now, will create a new
> xml file with this name because this file does not exist yet in the disk
> and is created from 0.
> - If I don't change the name and the file already exists, what Cinelerra
> will do is never overwrite the existing xml information, but create a new
> xml with a number added to its name.
> - For example, I have "MyProject.xml" existing on disk and I press "Save to
> EDL Path" Cinelerra, what in this case it will create a copy with a number
> at the end, creating a new xml called "MyProject_001.xml"


But doesn't this negate some aspects of quick workflow made possible  by this behavior?



> 
> In this way, this button is no longer a dangerous button and Igor_ubuntu
> will be able to continue working in his personal way, creating as many
> versions as he wants of his projects from the render window, and he will
> even benefit from this new working mode of the option "Save to EDL Path" in
> case you have not been careful to change the name and click it
> accidentally, this will not destroy your work, it will just create a new
> xml, which is always a better option than destroying a job.
> 
> And the other issue is that the option "warn if jobs/session mismatched"
> simply comes deactivated by default, as my friend has left, if it is
> activated it will remain active until the application is closed. Without
> Cinelerra remembering its last state and always starting off. So in this
> way if someone does tests and then wants to render from the terminal they
> do not have the problem of the error of the EDL sessions that do not match.
> 
> I think that the render window remains the same as GoodGuy left it with the
> improvement that it will never destroy an existing xml file on disk.
> 
> El jue, 14 ene 2021 a las 11:08, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<
> rafamar.mm.ig at gmail.com>) escribió:
> 
> > hahahahaha the budget only gives for a bay leaf :-)
> > Sincerely Rafa Mar
> >
> > El jue, 14 ene 2021 a las 10:35, Igor BEGHETTO via Cin (<
> > cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>) escribió:
> >
> >> Yeah! I am The Winner!
> >> Where is my cup? I want a gold metal cup, not a plastic cup!
> >> Mah! (italian expression of disappointment)
> >>
> >> IgorBeg
> >>
> >>
> >> Il 13/01/2021 17:37, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux via Cin ha scritto:
> >> > I vote blank, so for the moment Igor wins.
> >> --
> >> Cin mailing list
> >> Cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org
> >> https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/mailman/listinfo/cin
> >>
> >
>