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Maybe I am missing the option, but can I set VTM to automatically create a sub-dir to put all the thumbs into instead of the root dir?

I know there is a way to make a directory manually, but curious if there is an option to always make a thumb dir and put everything in there automatically.

"Save each job into its own folder"?
"Preserve folders structure"?

admin wrote: ↑05 May 2023, 10:41 "Save each job into its own folder"?
"Preserve folders structure"?

Thanks for reply, however save each job to folder creates one folder for each thumbnail, not one subdir thumbnail directory that has all the thumbs for a folder.

Also the preserve folder structure requires choosing the root directory manually correct?

I'm looking to see if there is an option that will automatically without another step, make and put all thumbs into a single sub directory for the job.

e.g., dragging and dropping C:\Video would automatically create C:\Video\Thumbs\ (or any generic named dir) that has all the thumbnails together in a single directory for all the videos in that directory

Is that an option currently?

Currently that is not possible.

admin wrote: ↑05 May 2023, 20:11 Currently that is not possible.

OK Thanks for reply

admin wrote: ↑05 May 2023, 20:11 Currently that is not possible.

That is something I've been dying to see for years myself. I actually plan to write a tiny app with a "DirectoryWatcher" element that will automatically make an "Index" subfolder and move any .vtx's that appear in the monitored directory (when VTM makes them with "the same (near the video files" selected) into the index folder automatically. I really hate the branching structure for choosing directories. (Personally when I write an app I use a FileDialog to choose a directory instead. Then I can use my quicklinks on the left in that filedialog, or paste a string path etc instead of digging down 5+ folders across various drives with the DirectoryChoose thing. I allow it to just have any file selected and it discards the actual file part and only uses the chosen file to grab the dir )

The "Create a new folder for each run" feature was implemented in VTM 26.0.0.0.

I came here looking for the same. My ideal situation would be to save screens like follows, but auto-set screens folder based on location of videos folder.
c:\stuff\videos <-- videos here
c:\stuff\screens <-- auto-save screens here