How to Automatically Add Video Files Added to a Folder¶

Fast Video Cataloger can auto-index videos added to a folder you have pre-identified. In Preferences, in the Auto Index tab, you can select the folder within which videos will be auto-indexed. You can see if the function is active in the Add Videos window and what folder is being watched.

As soon as a non-zero sized video file is added to the auto index folder, it will also be added to the Video Indexer queue. Potentially, the indexing will start immediately. The auto-added File will get whatever shared properties, and index settings are active within the Add Videos window.

Depending on how the video file gets written into the auto index folder, it may fail if the video is only partially copied before the program starts to index. For example, this might be a problem if you use an FTP connection to download files directly to a watched folder. Most modern download managers/browsers use a temporary file until they have downloaded the whole File, making this a non-issue. Some programs use a temporary download folder and copy the entire file into a "finished downloading" folder when the downloading has been completed. Use the "finished folder" as the auto-index folder and not the temporary download folder.