Converted History and Output

Converted History & Output Files

The Converted tab is a durable record of everything you've compressed — even files you dragged in from outside your watched folders, and even after you've deleted the originals. This page covers that history and how Tamp names, places, reuses, and hands off the files it produces.

The history journal

Every finished conversion is written to a persistent journal, so the Converted tab survives restarts and shows the full before/after story of each file. On first open it shows a brief "Loading…"; later visits refresh in the background without yanking your place in the list.

Single rows

A normal conversion is one card row: a thumbnail, the before → after sizes, the preset used, and how long ago it was converted. Three actions sit on the right:

• ▶ Play — open the compressed video in your default player.
• ⧉ Copy — copy the file to the clipboard (as a file, ready to paste).
• ▣ Reveal — show it in Finder / Explorer.

Multi-part group rows

A split conversion collapses into one expandable group row showing the total size and part count. Click it (or press → / e) to expand the numbered parts, each with its own Play / Copy / Reveal. The group header offers:

• Copy all — every part on the clipboard in a single write (so all parts paste, not just the last).
• Open output folder — reveal the folder containing the parts.

The Recorded → Converted tooltip

Each row shows a relative time ("2 days ago"). Hover it for the exact timestamps, as two labelled lines:

• Recorded — when the original video was made.
• Converted — when Tamp produced this output.

Keyboard shortcuts (Converted tab)

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move the selection
⏎ / Space	Play (single) or expand/collapse (group)
→ / e	Expand a group
←	Collapse a group
c	Copy file(s)
r	Reveal in file manager
Esc	Collapse, or hide the panel

Where files are saved

Outputs are written next to the original, in the same folder. Split parts are saved together (each numbered) so they stay grouped.

Output naming

Tamp marks its outputs with a (tamped …) suffix so they're easy to recognize and never get re-listed as if they were new recordings:

clip.mp4   →   clip (tamped Discord 10MB a3f2).mp4

The words are the (cosmetic) preset name; the 4-character code is a fingerprint of the exact settings used. That fingerprint is what powers reuse:

Reuse: re-clicking is instant

Because the fingerprint encodes the settings, clicking the same video with the same preset again finds the existing output and reuses it instantly instead of re-encoding — you'll see "Already compressed — reused". Change any setting and the fingerprint changes, so you get a fresh output rather than a silent overwrite. (Tamp's own outputs never clutter the Videos list while their original still exists.)

Clipboard-ready output

When Copy result to clipboard is on (Preferences → Behavior), a finished file lands on your clipboard as an actual file — so ⌘V/Ctrl+V attaches it directly in Discord, Slack, or an email, no "save then attach" dance.

Reclaiming disk space (Move original to Trash)

Turn on Move original to Trash to send the bulky source to the Trash (recoverable) after a successful compress. The compressed copy stays in your history with its before/after sizes even if the original is gone.

One preset per video with Trash on. Because the original disappears after the first conversion, Tamp blocks a second preset on the same video (rather than failing halfway). Want several formats from one recording? Turn the toggle off. See Behavior.