Filename Formats

NEXUS IC parses the following filename formats:

• YYYY-MM-DD hhmmss - Channel Name.extension

• YYYY-MM-DD hhmmss - Channel Name - Ignored Text.extension

• YYYY-MM-DD hhmmss - Channel Name - [ROV Name].extension

• YYYY-MM-DD hhmmss - Channel Name - Optional Ignored Text[ROV Name]Optional Ignored Text.extension

• YYYY-MM-DD_hhmmss_Channel Name.extension

• DD-MM-YYYY hhmmss - Channel Name.extension

• DD-MM-YYYY hhmmss - Channel Name - Ignored Text.extension

• DD-MM-YYYY hhmmss - Channel Name - [ROV Name].extension

• DD-MM-YYYY hhmmss - Channel Name - Optional Ignored Text[ROV Name]Optional Ignored Text.extension

Note that day (DD) and month (MM) should be in double-digit format.

VisualSoft style:

• yyyymmddhhmmss.extension

• yyyymmddhhmmss@Channel Name.extension

• Ignored Text_yyyymmddhhmmss.extension

• Ignored Text_yyyymmddhhmmss@Channel Name.extension

  The above formats may contain additional text or digits after the ‘ss’, which will be ignored.

• Recorded on yyyy-mm-dd at hhmmss with Channel Name.extension

PKT style:

• Ignored Text_yy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss_z.extension

• Ignored Text_Channel Name~Ignored Text_yy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss_z.extension

• Ignored Text~Ignored Text_Channel Name~Ignored Text_yy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss_z.extension

In the above three formats, the ‘_z’ must be present, but ‘z’ represents a single character which will be ignored.

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-dd hhmmssIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-dd_hhmmssIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-ddThhmmssIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-dd hhmmIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-dd_hhmmIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-ddThhmmIgnored Text.extension

• Ignored Textyyyymmddhhmmss_Channel Name.extension

• Ignored Textyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss.extension

• Ignored Textyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss_Channel Name.extension

• Ignored Textyyyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss_Channel Name.extension

ROV-first style:

• ROV Name_Optional Ignored Textdd-mm-yyyy hh-mm-ss.extension

• ROV Name_Optional Ignored Textyyyymmdd-hhmmss.extension

Filename formats that do not include a channel name are assigned to the channel “Digital Video”.

The ROV Name, if present, must be enclosed in square brackets. Any “Ignored Text” above may contain such a ROV Name.

Exclude Characters

Some characters need to be excluded from filenames to ensure media Azure URLs can be constructed. If any of the following characters are present in a video filename or anywhere in the full file path, your file may fail to upload, except when these characters are used in the accepted filename formats.

These characters are not allowed and will cause an error:

Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character
ampersand	“&”	dollar	“$”	plus sign	“+”	comma	“,”
forward slash	“/”	colon	“:”	semi-colon	“;”	equals	“=”
question mark	“?”	‘At’ symbol	“@”	pound	“#”

These characters are considered ‘unsafe’ and may cause an error:

Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character	Name	Character
less than/greater than	“<>”	open/close brackets	“[]”	open/close braces	“{}”	pipe	“|”
backslash	“\ “	caret	“^”	percent	“%”