Versioning and Frame Replace

We can use tags in the video name to automate replacing videos in the playback system.

The first tag is called a "version number". The software looks for "_v#" and when it finds that tag it associates files together into one logical "asset". Typically we will ask for version tags in the format "_vMMDD". For example, a file delivered on March 19th would have a version tag of "_v0319". If you have to deliver a second version of the same file on the same day we ask that you append a letter to the version tag like this: "_v0319a".

Version Number Tag

The software looks for "_v#" and when it finds that tag it associates files together into one logical "asset". Typically we will ask for version tags in the format "_vMMDD". For example, a file delivered on March 19th would have a version tag of "_v0319". If you have to deliver a second version of the same file on the same day we ask that you append a letter to the version tag like this: "_v0319a".

Frame Replace Tag

The frame tag is optional, and is used in conjunction with the version tag to replace only a portion of a video. This is helpful to avoid long re-render and delivery times to fix issues that may only be only a short portion of the overall video. See the example below.

Error comp.mp4

Original Render

The red X represents a bad part of the video, perhaps a render glitch, an unlicensed plugin, or even a mispelled name.

Frame Replace.mp4

Frame Replace "Patch"

Using a new version tag and the frame tag you can deliver a video "patch" only as long as the portion you need to fix.

Fixed comp.mp4

Final Composite

The final video plays back seamlessly, even though the patch file was only one second long.

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