directX option

Scott, you're right. However, as long as storage is not a problem I have a convention for file options which has sped the process. As a single person, I can load content and program in less time than it takes me to explain to a separate person. Let me explain...
If I have two projectors, my naming convention is:

000 No file

001 01 A
002 01 B

003 02 A
004 02 B

005 03 A
006 03 B

007 04 A
008 04 B

009 05 A
010 05 B

011 06 A
012 06 B

013 07 A
014 07 B

015 08 A
016 08 B

017 09 A
018 09 B

019 10A
020 10B
If I have three projectors, my naming convention is:

000 No file

001 01 A
002 01 B
003 01 C

004 02 A
005 02 B
006 02 C

007 03 A
008 03 B
009 03 C

010 No file

011 04 A
012 04 B
013 04 C

014 05 A
015 05 B
016 05 C

017 06 A
018 06 B
019 06 C

020 No File

Notice the x01, x02, x03 is one file and the x11, x12, x13 is another. Basically I know there are 3 files per decade since I skip the xx0 files.
If I do a 4 projector system I do it this way:

000 No File

001 01 A
002 01 B
003 01 C
004 01 D

005 02 A
006 02 B
007 02 C
008 02 D

009 No File
010 No File

011 03 A
012 03 B
013 03 C
014 03 D

015 04 A
016 04 B
017 04 C
018 04 D

019 No File
020 No File

Basically I use the same convention where my files start out at xx1 and xx5 in each decade. Making it easy to remember.

What is wonderful about this is that when my content creators are making content, they can create the Source Files as 01, 02, 03 etc and I just use a batch to insert the A, B, C, D, etc and then another batch to number 001, 002, 003, 004, etc.

The wonderful thing about this naming convention is that if I want to do a combination of groups, I just create different content folders for each and call them something like:
100 Size reduced Source Files
101 Single File
102 Double Files
103 Triple Files
104 Quad Files

Notice I am still using the numbering convention xx1 for single file folders xx2 for double file folders ect.

and since my content creator has labeled the files as 01, 02, 03 to start with, I just batch to add a zero on the front and bam! I have my source file as a single file too.
Then I can run a batch to reduce the file size on my singles.

When all is said and done, I might end up with a six projector show having 30 custom looks and that only means about 200 files which fits on the media server.

Scott, you're right. However, as long as storage is not a problem I have a convention for file options which has sped the process. As a single person, I can load content and program in less time than it takes me to explain to a separate person. Let me explain...
If I have two projectors, my naming convention is:

000 No file

001 01 A
002 01 B

003 02 A
004 02 B

005 03 A
006 03 B

007 04 A
008 04 B

009 05 A
010 05 B

011 06 A
012 06 B

013 07 A
014 07 B

015 08 A
016 08 B

017 09 A
018 09 B

019 10A
020 10B
If I have three projectors, my naming convention is:

000 No file

001 01 A
002 01 B
003 01 C

004 02 A
005 02 B
006 02 C

007 03 A
008 03 B
009 03 C

010 No file

011 04 A
012 04 B
013 04 C

014 05 A
015 05 B
016 05 C

017 06 A
018 06 B
019 06 C

020 No File

Notice the x01, x02, x03 is one file and the x11, x12, x13 is another. Basically I know there are 3 files per decade since I skip the xx0 files.
If I do a 4 projector system I do it this way:

000 No File

001 01 A
002 01 B
003 01 C
004 01 D

005 02 A
006 02 B
007 02 C
008 02 D

009 No File
010 No File

011 03 A
012 03 B
013 03 C
014 03 D

015 04 A
016 04 B
017 04 C
018 04 D

019 No File
020 No File

Basically I use the same convention where my files start out at xx1 and xx5 in each decade. Making it easy to remember.

What is wonderful about this is that when my content creators are making content, they can create the Source Files as 01, 02, 03 etc and I just use a batch to insert the A, B, C, D, etc and then another batch to number 001, 002, 003, 004, etc.

The wonderful thing about this naming convention is that if I want to do a combination of groups, I just create different content folders for each and call them something like:
100 Size reduced Source Files
101 Single File
102 Double Files
103 Triple Files
104 Quad Files

Notice I am still using the numbering convention xx1 for single file folders xx2 for double file folders ect.

and since my content creator has labeled the files as 01, 02, 03 to start with, I just batch to add a zero on the front and bam! I have my source file as a single file too.
Then I can run a batch to reduce the file size on my singles.

When all is said and done, I might end up with a six projector show having 30 custom looks and that only means about 200 files which fits on the media server.