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I want to be able to specify where I want my generated videos to go. I don't like searching for them in my events folders, AND you aren't able to remove them from those folders. Is there a way to add a prompt -- "SAVE LOCATION", or to automatically save it to the desktop, rather then the events folder?

Has anyone tried this? Or do you have suggestions? I have been looking at the zm_html_view_video.php file...I think that is what you have to edit. I am running ZM 1.23.3 on 8.04 LTS.

Thanks in advance for your help!

As far as I can tell from looking at the ZM tables, it's not storing the path anywhere, so perhaps it's checking the events folder for the video files. There's a field called "videod" in the events table, but mine's all set to 0 regardless of whether or not there's an actual video.

You can always generate the video, hit the download button, and put it wherever you want, then delete the generated original.

When you hit Download it doesn't prompt to save it anywhere particular...the path it saves to is tucked away in the events folder. I want to save it to the desktop. Does that make sense?

When you hit download, it downloads to your local machine browser, if it does not offer you the option for a save location, it would be because the browser is configured as so.

ZM is intended to be controlled thought the web interface, and usually does not have a desktop installed. as such the video files generated are first placed under the web root so they can be downloaded through the console. Placing them anywhere else would take away this ability.

How do I get them to my desktop easily? Then how do I retrieve it from there...I want to EASILY move the video to a flash drive..not have to search for it. I thought there my be a way to add a prompt...or to change the destination of where it generated the movie.

Click the download link after you generate the file.

When I click the download link it just shows the video playing via a new browser window.

Just for curiosity, what is the "Videod" field?

Then you have your browser configured to do so.

Let's clear the air...

The video is currently playing in a new browser window when I click 'download'..which is what I do NOT want it to do. I want it to DOWNLOAD TO DESKTOP.

The video is from an Event that I select/ view => then click Video => click Generate Video => Download


I hope that clears it up. I have a feeling it is a setting that I can easily change...if not I can do SOME re-coding...but not a ton.

In firefox --> Edit --> preferences --> Applications --> [Video format your have set in ZM] --> [set to "always ask"]

IT IS A BROWSER SETTING.

You can also right-click the download link in any browser I can think of (well, for those of us with two or more buttons on our mouse, I think maybe it's a control-click on a mac, but I'm way out of practice) and specify that you want to download it.

Videoed is for the create video feature in the filter and tells the filter if it has already been done or not.

OMG! I can't believe I didn't think of that! I guess that is why I asked. I knew there was a simple solution! Thanks guys!

may be it is enough to do a sysmlink

for ex:

ln -s yourpath/zm/event .. /your destination