New configurable behaviour: delete generated proxy clips

[kdm9]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Working with 4k 10bit 422 footage, I need to create proxy clips for each input file so LC can function. This writes a whole lot of BLAH.html5ified.mkv files everywhere. I have no use for these files outside LC, and so currently I manually delete these once finished in LC.

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be fantastic if there was a way for LC to be asked to delete these proxy files when it is finished with them. I would suggest either on program close or perhaps even project export, but I have no idea of the implications on the innards of LC of these proxy clips being deleted so I don't know when would be best.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Selecting and deleting all files named like *html5ified*.mkv. I've at least once accidentally deleted an exported segment file and had to re-export, which made me wish this could be handled automagically by LC. This is not a pressing need, but it would be nice!

Best
Kevin

[mifi]

Hi. If you click the trash icon at the bottom right (or D), it will close the current file and you can choose which files to cleanup. Is that what you're asking?

[kdm9]

Yes! fantastic. Apologies, I had somehow missed that icon. Sorry again for the issue spam!
Best

[kdm9]

Actually, I spoke too soon. The rubbish bin button works perfectly for the proxy clips, but seems to miss the html5ified-dummy.mkv files. I assume this is because previewFilePath holds only the most recently generated preview file. So when LC first creates the dummy, it's the dummy path, but gets overwritten with the htmlified-slow.mkv when that is created. Perhaps creating the non-dummy proxy clip could delete the dummy clip? Or even better, one could configure to create true proxy clips by default (when needed), skipping the creation of the dummy file altogether. That latter option would be preferable.

[kdm9]

That latter suggestion may be a duplicate of #827

[mifi]

there will now be an extra option to remember the last convert option, thereby allowing skipping the dummy

[kdm9]

Brilliant, thanks so much!

[mifi]

I think this can be closed! please let me know if there's anything i missed