A message "Cannot add more folders"

[Jack001]

Hello everybody,
I am new on this forum, so it's my first message here . I use the Corel VideoStudio X7 version 17.1.0.22 64-bits Ultimate. I just wanted to add a new folder from the user interface, clicked a "Add" button and suddenly received an error message "Cannot add more folders.". I've got 38 folders - is it not possible to make more folders? I cannot believe it! Very inconvenient restriction...

Jack.

[BrianCee]

Never heard that error before - so I checked and indeed it does seem that you can not have more than 38 folders - I assume that Corel does not think anyone would need that many at one time.

Indeed I cannot think of any reason why I would need 38 live library folders - what do you need so many for - I like most people just have folders for our current projects and delete them once the project is completed.

You can of course just use the 'Browse' button at the bottom of the folders panel which opens up Windows/file Explorer where you can have as many folders as you wish.

but the bottom line seems to be that you are stuck with a maximum of 38 within VideoStudio and there is no way round it.

[lata]

Hi Jack

And welcome to the forums….

Well yes there does seem to be a limitation to the number of folders you can create. First time I have tested that…..

I don’t use the library to store my clips, at least not permanently, just a temporary location.

My files are saved to my hard drive and added to the timeline when I need them. As I only work on a few projects at a time I only use a few library folders.
For all completed projects I clear the library.

If for any reason I remove/change files on the hard drive will affect the library, and in some cases cause the program to fail, depending on how you manage your files.
That may result in loosing the entire library.
The files in the library are only virtual files/ thumbnails linked to the files on the hard drive.

Corel have a FaceBook account where you can ask the question, why they have limited the library.
Or contact Corel Support for their view.

Just read Brians reply, seems as though we work in a similar way.

[Jack001]

Hello BrianCee and lata,

Thank you for quick answer and for confirmation of this problem. The reason of creating so many folders is simply: every folder is assigned for different video clip, so I keep links to video and sound files in these folders. The name of every folder reflects the name of the video file. I think it's good method for keeping everything in the order. I cannot imagine how I could organize my videos without putting the source files into different folders. It's just elementary . As I remember from old days, the Pinnacle Studio had good idea of virtual folders where you could create subfolders and put links to images, video files and sound files. In Corel VideoStudio this idea is implemented by these simple folders and it generally worked - until I found the "38 folders" restriction. And the problem is that I cannot allow myself to remove older folders since I have to have the whole history of my video production. I will of course try to report Corel this problem.

[BrianCee]

As Trevor said - the thumbnails that you see in those folders are not your actual video clips - the thumbnails are just shortcuts to the actual video file which is somewhere on your hard drive - so you are not actually storing videos in there.

I am not sure that I understand what you are doing or why - you put one ? video clip in each folder ?

but I suppose whatever works for you - --- -

but instead of trying to use the VideoStudio 38 folders which you find restricting why not use the 'Browse' button at the bottom of the folders list to open windows file explorer where you could set up a folder structure with as many sub-folders within sub-folders as you wish - each containing the real video file not just a link - you can drag and drop from File Explorer into the timeline just the same as if they were in the VideoStudio library folder.

[Jack001]

As Trevor said - the thumbnails that you see in those folders are not your actual video clips - the thumbnails are just shortcuts to the actual video file which is somewhere on your hard drive - so you are not actually storing videos in there.

Yes, I know it and this is what I want. I don't want to put the "real" video files into the folders.

but instead of trying to use the VideoStudio 38 folders which you find restricting why not use the 'Browse' button at the bottom of the folders list to open windows file explorer where you could set up a folder structure with as many sub-folders within sub-folders as you wish - each containing the real video file not just a link - you can drag and drop from File Explorer into the timeline just the same as if they were in the VideoStudio library folder.

No, unfortunately it's not a solution for me. The VideoStudio is a NLE editor and I use its features. For example, I create a video clip from different video files, sometimes recorded in the time interval of some years and thus located in different folders on hard disk. It could be inconvenient when I used only the real folders because it would be hard to find particular files in many different folders. Thanks to Corel virtual folders I can keep all the shortcuts to different media files (video, audio, images) in one place.

[jukka]

Is there any fix for this for X4 ?

I use these folders as project locations and many of them have global stuff like logos that are located all around in my hd - so this is the best way only if there was more folders

[lata]

Hi jukka

Sorry no there has been no change to any version of Video Studio regarding the number of folders allowed in the library.

To be honest I would not trust the libraries to be that stable I would always think I will lose some data at some point, I do not think they were intended for long term archiving?

I prefer to use Windows Explorer to manage my files. If I had a lot of logos I would make copies to a new folder called “logos”, then I can locate at any time to import to VS.

For my projects I create separate folders on the hard drive containing all clips used in a project, including the VSP files.
Smart Packaging is useful for that and once created the originals could be deleted/ removed from the hard drive to keep that clean.

[Cigarshaped]

On the subject of Library Folders I keep losing the +ADD button which normally appears when you Mouse-Over near the central Media icon. The only cure seems to be retart the program! Corel Video Studio Pro2019

[lata]

On the subject of Library Folders I keep losing the +ADD button which normally appears when you Mouse-Over near the central Media icon. The only cure seems to be retart the program! Corel Video Studio Pro2019

Hi
Are you selecting the Pin to the right of + ADD
That should pin the library folder list to the User Interface.