File Organizer Tab¶

The File Organizer allows you to manage the videos on your computer while keeping your catalog up-to-date. You can move a video file that is part of your catalog by dragging it from the Video Catalog window to a folder in the File Organizer window. NOTE: To achieve this, you may need to "Float" one of these windows.

Move autotag -- When a video has been moved, this keyword is automatically attached to the video entry. This is useful when organizing your files, say from an incoming folder to where you store your catalog videos, such as in an auto index folder tree.

Hide videos with autotag -- When this option is checked, auto-tagged videos will be hidden from the Video Catalog window. This is useful if you are sorting videos into different folders and want to distinguish sorted from unsorted files. As you organize your videos into folders, they will be hidden in the Video Catalog window, so you only see the videos left still to be organized.

Move companion files -- When a video is moved, its companion files are also moved. Extra companion files can be selected with the 'Move companion filter' setting (described below). Video companion images are always moved automatically with their parent video file.

Move companion filter -- This is where you identify the extra files or file types you wish to move with parent video files.

Create folder -- With this option ticked, the system will auto-create folders for relocated video files (if they have associated companion files). When a video is dropped from the Video Catalog window onto the File Organizer window, a new folder will be created with the same name as the video file being moved. This feature is helpful if you move companion files with the videos and want all files connected to a video in the same folder.

NOTE: If the video has no companion images, a folder will not be created whether or not this option is checked.

File thumbnail size -- In the File Organizer window, you have the usual set of file display options, which includes the 'Thumbnails' display option. This component in the File Organizer Preferences tab allows you to preselect the size of these thumbnails when you choose to display files in this format.

Autosync to videofolder -- When you select a video in your Video Catalog pane, the File Organizer pane will show the folder containing the selected video file. Depending on your system and catalog, this can impact the program's performance, especially if you select videos on idle disks that need to initialize. Autosync will only happen when the file organizer window is open.

Allow right-click on file -- Uncheck this option if Fast Video Cataloger freezes or crashes when right-clicking a file. When this option is ticked, you will invoke the context menu when right-clicking a file in the File Organizer. Opening the file context menu will load all registered shell extensions for the file type. Loading harmful extensions might cause the Fast Video Cataloger to crash or take a long time. These crashes can be hard to diagnose, so simply preventing them from loading might be an easy workaround.

NOTE: If you install a codec pack, please pick the 64-bit version; otherwise, it will not be used.

Ask before file delete -- Show an "Are you sure" dialog before deleting a file.

Autoplay video no in catalog -- Play videos in the video player, even if they are not in the catalog.

Filter catalog on folder - When a folder is selected the program will automatically search the catalog and only show videos stored in that subfolder.

Filter Files -- Show folders --When filtering files in the file organizer, show subfolders.

Filter Files -- Show Video Files -- When filtering files in the file organizer, show video files.

Filter Files -- Show Image Files --When filtering files in the file organizer, show image files.