tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post8566285175702459676..comments2023-11-02T08:33:55.940-04:00Comments on Planet MOSS: Eating My Own Dog Food: File CleanupNick Kelletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10963159427349139931noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post-59489060444811374812008-10-12T08:41:00.000-04:002008-10-12T08:41:00.000-04:00For finding duplicate files try Directory Reportht...For finding duplicate files try Directory Report<BR/>http://www.file-utilities.com/downloads/wdir.zip<BR/><BR/>Its not free but has free trial period<BR/>It has lots of features to find out where all your disk space is goingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post-38470088414151499322008-07-14T12:01:00.000-04:002008-07-14T12:01:00.000-04:00It seems to be running fine - my catalogue file sa...It seems to be running fine - my catalogue file says it is 210 MB and the media is 68 MB. So it is slightly smaller, but doesn't seem to lag at all. I believe we are both running with 3G of RAM although I have yet to upgrade from Vista to XP!Nick Kelletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963159427349139931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post-86555086550044624212008-07-10T18:48:00.000-04:002008-07-10T18:48:00.000-04:00I have not used the archive feature in Expression ...I have not used the archive feature in Expression Media. I have noticed the response of the application can lag for a few seconds every minute or two but I have not determined if it is my machine or if it is the 11GB/6000 photos. The actual media catalogue file is 80MB. Let me know how it performs when you point it at your collection if you run with it for your media collection. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post-1538039489837921792008-07-10T10:04:00.000-04:002008-07-10T10:04:00.000-04:00Wow, that's awesome - thoroughly researched as alw...Wow, that's awesome - thoroughly researched as always Marshy! It's definitely a massive maintenance nightmare if the metadata and data are kept in two different places - but I never thought about this. Thanks for the great tip! <BR/>Is Expression Media working well for you so far? I notice with their archive feature I could back up my stuff to my mounted JungleDisk drive.Nick Kelletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963159427349139931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35526084.post-47061117778766074352008-07-09T18:55:00.000-04:002008-07-09T18:55:00.000-04:00I did some considerable research to find the best ...I did some considerable research to find the best approach for tagging Photos and videos. One concern I had was tagging photos and storing those tags in a propriety format that I would not be able to see my tags on a photo in the future and secondly ensuring that whatever program I used was using current industry standards for tagging. So with that in mind I found out that the XMP format from Adobe is becoming the defacto standard for storing metadata about photos and Microsoft have also adopted this format. The problem with most programs out there is they maintain keywords and tags in a separate database to the actual files. (Picasa does this). That is bad because if I copy all my photos to another computer or have them backed up somewhere else, without the database I have no tags. The XMP format embeds the keywords and tags in the files themselves so they are fully portable and the keywords are never lost and are program independent. So I looked at some of the Adobe photo cataloguing applications but finally chose Microsoft Expression Media 2 because of its great support for tagging photos and then embedding them in the files and also the simple extensible scripting mechanism they have for allowing you to rename and tag your photos in bulk based on the date the photo was taken, or the file name or any other piece of metadata you can think off. Very powerful, and I know my photos are storing all my keywords and tags in XMP format within the photos themselves and it is a standard that will guarantee I can read the tags on computers in 10 years or so. I think the best option at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com