Merging multiple copies of Media files
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Brian Bottomley
No problem KR Brian On 01/05/2020 16:12,
rgadney@... via groups.io wrote:
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rgadney@btinternet.com
Thanks for the suggestion Brian but I think I will stick to the tools within FH. Ragards Ray
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rgadney@btinternet.com
Thanks for that Mike |
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Brian Bottomley
Ah, maybe my misinterpretation. On 01/05/2020 00:15, Mike Tate wrote:
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But Ray does not say he has multi-page documents, but that he has multiple copies of files, which I took to mean duplicates of the same image.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Bottomley via groups.io
Sent: 30 April 2020 23:20 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
Mike, I was presuming Ray had several images (pages if you like) of a document that linked to a single fact. Without converting them into a single multipage image they would only be viewed one at a time. I had exactly the same issue with a war diary which I initially scanned into individual images (1 for each page). I had linked all these to a single fact (Enlistment). I later linked them all again to the Discharge fact. A long winded process for 20 images but now with a single multipage image the process is much more streamlined and to me at least make for a much easier experience when I read the document. Regards Brian
-------- Original message -------- From: Mike Tate <post@...> Date: 30/04/2020 22:47 (GMT+00:00) Subject: Re: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files Sorry Brian, but how does that work with FH Media records linked to Media files? From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Bottomley via groups.io Ray IrfanView will do that for you ina batch process. Brian -------- Original message -------- From: "rgadney@... via groups.io" <rgadney@...> Date: 30/04/2020 19:10 (GMT+00:00) Subject: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time? Regards Ray Gadney |
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Brian Bottomley
Mike, I was presuming Ray had several images (pages if you like) of a document that linked to a single fact. Without converting them into a single multipage image they would only be viewed one at a time. I had exactly the same issue with a war diary which I initially scanned into individual images (1 for each page). I had linked all these to a single fact (Enlistment). I later linked them all again to the Discharge fact. A long winded process for 20 images but now with a single multipage image the process is much more streamlined and to me at least make for a much easier experience when I read the document. Regards Brian Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Mike Tate <post@...> Date: 30/04/2020 22:47 (GMT+00:00) To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files Sorry Brian, but how does that work with FH Media records linked to Media files?
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Bottomley via groups.io
Ray IrfanView will do that for you ina batch process. Brian
-------- Original message -------- From: "rgadney@... via groups.io" <rgadney@...> Date: 30/04/2020 19:10 (GMT+00:00) Subject: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time?
Regards Ray Gadney |
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Sorry Brian, but how does that work with FH Media records linked to Media files?
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Bottomley via groups.io
Sent: 30 April 2020 19:53 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
Ray IrfanView will do that for you ina batch process. Brian
-------- Original message -------- From: "rgadney@... via groups.io" <rgadney@...> Date: 30/04/2020 19:10 (GMT+00:00) Subject: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time?
Regards Ray Gadney |
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Brian Bottomley
Ray IrfanView will do that for you ina batch process. Brian Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: "rgadney@... via groups.io" <rgadney@...> Date: 30/04/2020 19:10 (GMT+00:00) To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time? Regards Ray Gadney |
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It rather depends on what media format you choose to use for those church records. If they are a separate JPG image for each frame of the microfilm, then create a separate Media record & image for each JPG file. Multiple Media records can be linked to one Source record so that all frames get displayed and included in Reports, etc. If the microfilm frames are all held into a single PDF document with multiple pages, then that needs one Media record & PDF file. That can be linked to a Source record and opened via a PDF Viewer such as Adobe Acrobat, but cannot be included in Reports. Other media configurations are possible, and it is usually easy to convert from one to the other. Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of rgadney@... via groups.io
Sent: 30 April 2020 17:13 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
Hi Mike Thanks for the reply, that clears up my missunderstanding of the process at work. It is a pity that multiple image records cannot be processed, when I download an image of a church record like to include the Folio cover which is usually one of the first frames on the microfilm. I can never find where the previous one is, hence all the downloads, I Shall just have to adopt a more disciplined approach. Thanks a lot Ray
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rgadney@btinternet.com
Hi Mike Thanks for the reply, that clears up my missunderstanding of the process at work. It is a pity that multiple image records cannot be processed, when I download an image of a church record like to include the Folio cover which is usually one of the first frames on the microfilm. I can never find where the previous one is, hence all the downloads, I Shall just have to adopt a more disciplined approach. Thanks a lot Ray
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Hi Ray, There are various ways of interpreting your problem. I suspect you have multiple Media Records that link to duplicate or equivalent Media Files. Unless you have a very large number of cases it is not worth the effort of writing a Plugin to automate the whole process as it will only get used once.
The Check for Possible Duplicate Media Plugin will list Media Records in pairs where they link to equivalent Media Files. The Media Files can have the same or different filenames. It is just the file content that is checked. You can then manually select each pair of listed Media Records and use the Edit > Merge/Compare Records command. That allows you to select whatever combination of details from either record you need to preserve.
Afterwards, run the Check for Unlinked Media Plugin to clean up the Media Files that are no longer linked to your Project.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of rgadney@... via groups.io
Sent: 28 April 2020 17:15 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: [family-historian] Merging multiple copies of Media files
I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time?
Regards Ray Gadney
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rgadney@btinternet.com
I Have managed to aquire multiple copies of media files, Is it possible to merge of a single media, or must it be done one at a time? Regards Ray Gadney |
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