[Tapeworm] Add a config option to rename the file on capture?

[David Woods]

Brent,

It would not be that difficult, I don't think.  (I'm not at home at the
moment, so can't check the source code.)  However, I'm not sure why it would
really be necessary or even helpful.  Can you articulate your use case a
bit, so I can understand why the filename matters?

Once you've captured a video locally, you can just use TapeWorm to select
and display the video file.  That way, you never need to know such details
as where files are stored or what they're called.  In addition, if people
start working with files outside of TapeWorm, they're going to do evil
things like delete them manually.  That would leave the data record in
TapeWorm even though the local files was no longer available.  Bad idea.

But my guess is that I'm thinking about a network model where teachers are
selecting their video files themselves within TapeWorm, while you're
probably thinking of a model where a central person (you?) captures the
video files and distributes them to the teachers who never see TapeWorm on
DVD.  

David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norris, Brent [mailto:Brent.Norris at Edmonson.kyschools.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:49 AM
> To: tapeworm at spurgeonwoods.com
> Subject: [Tapeworm] Add a config option to rename the file on capture?
> 
> One function that I would really like to have added is the ability to
> rename the file when it is saved to the local disk.  I am looking at
> using tapeworm in a school environment and we would like teachers to be
> able to save videos to their local computers, but it will be much easier
> for them to utilize those videos if they have meaningful names.
> 
> How impossible would it be to do something like that?
> 
> Thank you for your great program
> 
> Brent Norris
> 
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