Rename delete or move original files

Hi, I have loads of videos what have no classification or contain animals I’m not interested in keeping (such as domestic animals). Is there a way to move/delete files other than scripts using CSV extracts (which then break the database). I have nearly 300GB of videos and want to save on space.

Hi @SimonKing,

Sorry for the late reply, it’s busy here smoothing out the v7 bugs.

AddaxAI never deletes, moves or renames your original files, so there is no button for this. But you can get there with a folder run:

  1. Run “Analyse a folder” over the videos.
  2. In the save step, turn on “Separate into folders” and deselect the labels you don’t want to keep, like the domestic animals. Empty videos are left out by default.
  3. Point the output at another drive, because the copies need space too.

You end up with a folder per species holding only the videos you care about. Then you delete the originals yourself, if you’re happy with the result.

More about folder runs here: Analyse a folder | AddaxAI

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Peter

Great thanks, I’ll run that now

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