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xLights is a sequencer for Lights. xLights has usb and E1.31 drivers. You can create sequences in this object oriented program. You can create playlists, schedule them, test your hardware, convert between different sequencers.
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Cleanup file locations on batch render #4967

Closed blargh2947 closed 3 days ago

blargh2947 commented 4 days ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When starting my process for a new year, I will select some sequences from a prior year and use batch render to update them into my new year layout. On inspection, I notice that batch render does not clean up file locations; the xsq will contain absolute paths to assets such as video files, images and shaders in the previous location.

Running Cleanup File Locations fixes this.

Describe the solution you'd like Add a tick box to clean up file locations and execute it as part of the batch render process.

Describe alternatives you've considered The work around is to open each sequences individually, and run the cleanup file locations process manually.

Additional context There does not appear to be an easy/quick way to perform this other than opening each sequence and selecting cleanup.

derwin12 commented 4 days ago

By design batch render just renders. It does not touch/change/alter/save the .xsq. Too dangerous.

blargh2947 commented 3 days ago

By design batch render just renders. It does not touch/change/alter/save the .xsq. Do dangerous.

Sorry, I don't understand why having a checkbox to perform that function at the same time is dangerous.

Is there another method to bulk update the file locations?

derwin12 commented 3 days ago

You just have to open them up .. make your fixes and close. If you want you can make a windows batch bat file and run thru opening each one https://github.com/xLightsSequencer/xLights/issues/3017 https://github.com/xLightsSequencer/xLights/issues/2965 https://github.com/xLightsSequencer/xLights/issues/2287 https://github.com/xLightsSequencer/xLights/issues/2179