Duplicate output file naming is messed up....

Doug311

• March 17, 2011 01:21

Hello:

With all previous versions of C1 the output name for multiple conversions of the same file would default to <<file-name>>_1, <<file-name))_2, etc with a DASH before the sequential number. Now with 6.1.1 it is using a SPACE instead of the dash. I need the dash back -- how can I reset this????

Thanks
Doug

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • March 17, 2011 07:55

  Although I can't give you the dash back, my recollection tells me that the dash in the file name for duplicate output left with the introduction of CO4, over 3 years ago. But I can be wrong, it's just a recollection...

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  Doug311

  • March 17, 2011 15:36

  I've used C1 for years and as far as I can tell it disappeared in the very last release and I believe worked fine even in version 6.1. It certainly has been working properly into the first version 6's.
  
  This is a major pain in the butt as many programs and scripts screw up with the space in the file name. I've looked at the output naming tab but none of this seems to work properly to fix the problem --- if you select the sequential number it numbers all of them, not just the subsequent conversions of the same file.
  
  I would certainly rather not roll back versions and tempt messing up the licensing but this is a major pain if you work with HDR files.
  
  I'm hoping there some new setting I've missed? Having spaces in the file name is not good practice in any case so I'd call this a bug rather than an enhancement.
  
  Doug

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • March 17, 2011 17:20

  Doug,
  You were correct, and my recollection was confused by Mac experiences. I looked into it and went back from 6.1.1, to 6.1, to 6.0.1 and found that 6.0.1 was the last version that had the UNDERSCORE character plus a one-digit number to duplicate processed files in the same folder.
  
  On Mac, we lost the underscore long time ago, if I remember correctlly. 😉
  
  Anyway, I contacted Phase One to look into this as I much prefer the underscore over the space in the suffix as you do.

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  Doug311

  • March 17, 2011 19:02

  Thanks Paul:
  
  You could be right that it is 6.0.1 as I might have missed a version in there. If we could get the dash back that would be ideal.
  
  Thanks
  Doug

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  Jean1

  • March 28, 2011 11:47

  I need the underscore back too (rather than a dash) instead of the space because now, Windows messes up the files order. It makes filing more difficult.

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