Media Bins - Sorting

dfred wrote on 3/11/2008, 6:36 PM
I have started a project and have several media bins. I needed to add a few more and noticed that they do not automatically sort into chronolocal order (mine are all dated).

Is there a way to sort the bins into either chronological or alphabetical order?

Thanks.

PS - I posted this in the Vegas - Video Forum, too and realize it should have been posted here. Sorry for any confusion.

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Eugenia wrote on 3/11/2008, 7:10 PM
I believe that the media bin is alphabetical sorted. And given the fact that Vegas gives scenes an additional number when saved to the disc during capture (001.avi, 002.avi), these are sorted alphabetical automatically. Only the media that are not footage might be difficult to find.
dfred wrote on 3/11/2008, 8:01 PM
Thanks for the feedback. I did not load all of my video into Vegas. Some was loaded into "Click to DVD" on my older Sony Computer. And, at the time, I did not know it was better to work with video from the hard drive so once a DVD was created, I deleted the files from the hard drive.

By doing this I think this is why on each DVD that I have, each one has a file named VOB 1. If three discs each have two clips, they each will have VOB 1 and VOB 2 so they aren't named in squence.

When I decided to do this project, I tried loading all the video back onto the hard drive. The drive was too small so I purchased an external hard drive, which will be dedicated for video only. Whenever I fill another DV tape, I will automatically load it to the hard drive. Assuming the drive doesn't crash, I will have the video to work with forever as well as an additional back up (everything will still be saved to DVD).

I created new media bins and renamed them as I went. When I realized I needed to add more, I did so but they did not sort alphabetically or chronologically. I have been into and out of the project a few times now, so perhaps they do sort once the program is closed then reopened, though they did not do this initially (a few days ago when I added the new bins).

Sorry this is so lengthy but perhaps the extra info will help you or others respond...and maybe in the process we'll help others within the forum, too.

Thanks again!
Himanshu wrote on 3/11/2008, 8:29 PM
I too noticed that the bins do not sort in alphabetic order - saving and reopening the project does not change the order. Dragging a bin in an attempt to reorder does not work.

However there is a way to make it place a bin at the end, which can be used to make bins appear in an order that makes sense:

1. Drag the bin you want to be at the bottom of the list to another and drop it in to make it a sub-folder.
2. Drag that same bin over the "media bins" folder and drop it to make the selected Media bin end up at the bottom.

Start with your "A"s and finish up with your "Z"s and you will have sorted them :) I noticed that step 1 sometimes works better if you make a sub-sub-folder instead of a sub-folder. There must be some logic to this, but I haven't looked closely.
mickbadal wrote on 3/12/2008, 2:24 PM
"Some was loaded into "Click to DVD" on my older Sony Computer"

I hope nobody minds my nostalgia for a moment - but what a *horrible* program that was. I remember the days of having to hack the Click-to-DVD project file b/c of its serious limitations, hardwired paths, etc.

Well I guess it was free, and it got me into video editing some years ago, so I owe the program that much. I'm just really glad I moved on into the Premiere and now (even better) the VMS worlds... :)
dfred wrote on 3/12/2008, 3:03 PM
Your post was interesting. A few years ago I got the idea to load my VHS tapes into the computer and make DVDs out of those tapes. A family member had gotten into his old 8mm tapes and discovered some had distintegrated. That got me thinking that if something happened to m VHS tapes (fire, tornado, hurricane) that I had no back up whatsoever. When we got our first videocamera, I only used one tape over and over until it wouldn't record well any more. When we upgraded our videocamera, I decided it was worth the extra to use each tape only once - and save them (I now have Hi-8 and Mini DV).

Anyway, I used Click-to-DVD for the VHS tapes because it was pre-installed on my computer. I had never used a video editing program before and thought it was great. It was until a year or two ago (I can't remember when I bought Vegas).

I attempted to load video and can't remember what point but the program and the computer both froze. I did the CTRL+ALT+DEL countless times and nothing worked. I believe I may have called Sony but it's been a while and I'm not positive. Long story short, I ended up running recovery. I reinstelled critical programs - internet, printer, Click to DVD, and the problem persisted.

At some point in this, I ran recovery again and somehow discovered when I had both Click to DVD and the MSN/Verizon software that there was a conflict. I ran recovery again and this time only installed the Click to DVD - worked fine. I installed MSN/Verizon and Click to DVD frose, as did the computer.

Something told me maybe that older DVD program was conflicting with the newer internet software. I made some phone calls, including to Best Buy, did some research online and went to the store to sort of play dumb. I had read reviews and felt pretty prepared. I spoke with someone in the store and told them the problem I was having. That salesperson concluded there is a conflict with the two programs. I came home with Vegas and have really enjoyed it.

In recent weeks, I began working on a video for one of my children - for high school graduation. You can search for all my posts if you're interested in what's been going on. So, just like you, I guess I owe Click to DVD as much as you, for it got me into video editing, although I certainly have a long ways to go before I feel like I have a good understanding of everything.

Maybe all this babbling will catch someone else's attention and others who have used Click to DVD will respond. Or maybe we could just start another forum for that topic.

Thanks.