Folder monitoring - Compresto Documentation
Overview
Folder monitoring allows Compresto to automatically compress files when they are added to specified folders. This is useful for automating compression workflows.
Getting Started
Open the Settings window and choose the Folder Monitoring tab
Press Add folder to add the folder you want to monitor
Once the folder is added, press Settings to customise the compression settings for that folder
Configure your compression settings!
Whenever a new file is added to the folder, Compresto will automatically compress it!
Configuration Options
File Type
Choose which file types to monitor and compress:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Image | Only compress image files |
| Video | Only compress video files |
| Video and image | Compress both video and image files |
Video Settings
- Video quality: highest, high, good, medium, acceptable
- Video resolution: Keep same or resize
- Video format: same, mp4, webm
- Remove audio: Strip audio track from videos
Image Settings
- Image quality: highest, high, good, medium, acceptable
- Image format: same, webp, jpg, png
- Image size: Keep same, percentage, or fixed pixel width
Subfolder Processing
Control whether to monitor subfolders:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| None | Only monitor the selected folder |
| All | Monitor all subfolders recursively |
| Custom | Set a maximum folder depth to monitor |
Output Settings
Remove Input File
Enable to automatically delete the original file after compression.
Output Folder
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Same | Save compressed files in the same folder as input |
| Nested | Save to a subfolder (default: “compressed”) |
| Custom | Choose a specific output folder |
Output File Name Format
Customize the output file name using these variables:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
{timestamp} |
Current unix timestamp |
{datetime} |
Date and time in “yyyy-MM-dd’T’HHmmss” format |
{date} |
Date in “yyyy-MM-dd” format |
{time} |
Time in “HHmmss” format |
{quality} |
Quality of the output file |
{resolution} |
Resolution of the output file |
Each monitored folder can have its own independent compression settings.