name convention

[John livermore]

Hi guys, for some reason i get an error saying path and or file name to long. and yet

my path is C:/users

file name is sun0000006.jpg

help!!!

Mitch

also stills are not recorded either same error.

 

ok i restarted and now its ok...ergg i keep having to restart to get the message to go away.

 

well i will run it some more and see if it settles down.

is there a new update for BYeos?

im using 3.0.3 , otherwise i love this program with my canon 600D.

thanks Guylain..

 

oh and one more thing .. how do i get the naming convention to loose a few zeros ...

like sun30000009.jpg

 

all i want is sun_006_<time or ISO) thats about it.

i went and changed it in the settings and it still is a mile long.

im going to include a pic this will help...

 

well now how do i include a picture??

LOL

Mitch

[John livermore]

      

 

 

 

[s3igell]

All of the Image Filename elements are configured in the Settings / Filename Template Editor (click the ellipsis at end of the Filename Template display in Settings).

 

Windows allows 260 chars for the full maximum length of a Filename and Path.

 

Surely there is more to the Path than just the "C:\users" that you list in your Post.  You aren't dropping all Image Files directly in the Users root directory, are you ??  Usually, the expanded Pathname becomes something like "C:\users\John Livermore Home PC\Pictures\BackyardEOS\yyyy-mm-dd\Target\" and then the Filename Template chosen as per above.  (But even so, at 72 chars for the path, this comes nowhere near the 260-char limit.)

 

(If you are having problems posting a screenshot - perhaps you can simply capture a Full Filename example, and paste the Text in a reply.)

[s3igell]

OK, I see that we crossed posts, and you were able to embed two screenshots illustrating your concern.

 

The illustrated filename, while "large-ish looking" is only 44 chars (file extension is stored separately), so that doesn't explain your "Filename too long" dilemma, even if it does explain your concern of longer than desired filenames.

 

The Settings entry for Filename Template looks a bit odd to me.  The screenshot with your actual Filename Template Editor open shows that you are apparently manually placing the "Object Name" in one of these fields.  The intended purpose is to have a "<target>_" placeholder, and then to enter your Title in the "Target" field of the Capture Plan portion of the Imaging Session.  Beyond that, the extra Zeros which you seem concerned about are part of the value for "<duration>" (just no separators - you need to add an underscore or dash if you want data element separation).

 

From reading the rest of your original post, does this mean that you are no longer encountering the "Filename too long" errors ??

[admin]

Look at your TEMP folder as well.  It is not pointing to any drive?  That will cause issues.

 

Make sure to select a valid BackyardTEMP folder and make sure it is on a local drive like C:

 

The BackyardTEMP should never be on a network drive or on a removable hard drive, I depend 100% on its availability.

 

Guylain

[John livermore]

here are the 3 images above here, showing what BYOS is set at. does this help.

in terms of naming and path...

 

 

[John livermore]

Hey guys is this better .....see attach, Image.

[admin]

here are the 3 images above here, showing what BYOS is set at. does this help.

in terms of naming and path...

 

 

As suggested earlier, please post an image of the actuall file name template editior.  All those ' | ' back to back in your name structure leads me to believe the issue is in the editor.

 

Guylain

[admin]

Hey guys is this better .....see attach, Image.

 

No, it's not.  Post an image of the actual file name editor please.  All those ' | ' are not normal.

 

The TEMP folder looks nice now

 

Guylain

[John livermore]

Ok Guylain, so am i good to try again.

and somebody is asking about the Jpg name??

 

 

TEST100000006.JPG = stills

 

 and .........

 

Planetary_12800iso_1056x704_20140326-11h08m16s.avi  = AVI

 

does this help.

please do go to fast with answers because im old and slow..

one person at a time and one answer at a time so i can try it.

thank you gentlemen.

Mitch

[admin]

Ok Guylain, so am i good to try again.

and somebody is asking about the Jpg name??

 

 

TEST100000006.JPG = stills

 

 and .........

 

Planetary_12800iso_1056x704_20140326-11h08m16s.avi  = AVI

 

does this help.

please do go to fast with answers because im old and slow..

one person at a time and one answer at a time so i can try it.

thank you gentlemen.

Mitch

 

Please post an image of your file name editor screen.  See image and click that [...] button and post that screen

 

Guylain  

[John livermore]

Here you go my son...   :-)

 

 

[admin]

Okay, it actually looks good now.  The ' | ' are fine.

 

Do you still get the file name to long error with the the BackyardTEMP properly set?

 

Guylain

[John livermore]

OK, I see that we crossed posts, and you were able to embed two screenshots illustrating your concern.

 

The illustrated filename, while "large-ish looking" is only 44 chars (file extension is stored separately), so that doesn't explain your "Filename too long" dilemma, even if it does explain your concern of longer than desired filenames.

 

The Settings entry for Filename Template looks a bit odd to me.  The screenshot with your actual Filename Template Editor open shows that you are apparently manually placing the "Object Name" in one of these fields.  The intended purpose is to have a "<target>_" placeholder, and then to enter your Title in the "Target" field of the Capture Plan portion of the Imaging Session.  Beyond that, the extra Zeros which you seem concerned about are part of the value for "<duration>" (just no separators - you need to add an underscore or dash if you want data element separation).

 

From reading the rest of your original post, does this mean that you are no longer encountering the "Filename too long" errors ??

up to this pint nothing has really been fixed, but that i can now image with out getting Path/name to long.

the names are still way to long. look at the rest of the post please.

Mitch

[John livermore]

Okay, it actually looks good now.  The ' | ' are fine.

 

Do you still get the file name to long error with the the BackyardTEMP properly set?

 

Guylain

 

nope the errors are all gone, but this still leaves me with a mile long name <_<

any ideas to reduce the names lenght either jpg s or AVI  , i will try it!

well i think i will have to live with names that are over 10-20 characters long ,oye.

43 ish in the case of an AVI in planetary mode...

Mitch

 

 

[admin]

Not really, that is what it boils down to.

 

Aun = 3 characters

Duration = 3 characters

sequence = 6 characters.

 

You get 12 characters in total with this config.

 

You could type in an underscore after the '<duration>' so it reads '<duration>_'.  It would add an extra character but it would separate the duration form the actual sequence number.

 

Guylain

[John livermore]

Thank you Guylain , that's all i need ...

on to M82 tonight to try out the DSO side of BYE.

Mitch

 

 

[s3igell]

I don't know if you caught this element:

 

Target Name - there is a field exposed in the main Capture Plan which will populate the Filename where you leave "<target>_" as the entry in the Filename Template Editor.

(this means that you don't need to open the Settings dialog in order to change "Targets" - and allows that field to be used in the Directory Name if you so choose)

 

    

[John livermore]

I don't know if you caught this element:

 

Target Name - there is a field exposed in the main Capture Plan which will populate the Filename where you leave "<target>_" as the entry in the Filename Template Editor.

(this means that you don't need to open the Settings dialog in order to change "Targets" - and allows that field to be used in the Directory Name if you so choose)

 

    

 

 

thank you , i will try that, even if it seems to be only in the DSO section of the plan...not the planetary side.

or, perhaps it applies on all plans...  ( i think)

 

 

 

[admin]

Planetary does have its target name field too!

 

Guylain

[John livermore]

Ah ok , then Thanks

Time to show the good stuff ...Thanks to BYE, and some patience, and cold hands -4C. im very happy i went out do do this!

M82, as of tonight.

 

[s3igell]

Nice M82 !!  

Good to see that the Supernova is still visible, if nowhere near as bright as it was in early Feb...

[John livermore]

Thank you S3, makes me want to go out more...