How to use different sequences with VOT methodology

1. Convert your sequence to unified naming convention of VOT %08d.jpg (i.e. 8 digits, leading with zeros), i.e. image names 00000001.jpg, 00000002.jpg, etc.

   Under LINUX, you can use following script:

   #!/bin/bash
   t=1;
   for i in `ls *.jpg | sort -g`; do
       printf -v newName '%08d.jpg' $t
       cp $i $newName;
       let t=t+1;
   done

   Under Windows, you can use the following Visual Basic script.

   Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   file_directory=".\"
   file_extension="jpg"
   Set name_directory = objFS.GetFolder(file_directory)
   idx=0
   For Each file_name In name_directory.Files
     If objFS.GetExtensionName(file_name) = file_extension Then
       idx=idx+1
       If idx < 10 Then
         string_replace = "0000000" & idx
       Else
         If idx < 100 Then
           string_replace = "000000" & idx
         Else
           If idx < 1000 Then
             string_replace = "00000" & idx
           Else
             If idx < 10000 Then
               string_replace = "0000" & idx
             Else
               If idx < 100000 Then
                 string_replace = "000" & idx
               Else
                 If idx < 1000000 Then
                   string_replace = "00" & idx
                 Else
                   If idx < 10000000 Then
                     string_replace = "0" & idx
                   End If
                 End If
               End If
             End If
           End If
         End If
       End If
       file_name.Name = string_replace & "." & file_extension
     End If
   Next

   Copy it into the directory where your files are located and run the following line in the command line:

   cscript //nologo script_rename_files.vbs

2. If it is necessary, change the format of the groundtruth annotations according to the VOT annotation format. The groundtruth file should be named groundtruth.txt and placed next to the image files in the sequence directory.

3. Move your sequence directory to the vot-workspace/sequences directory.

4. Modify the vot-workspace/sequences/list.txt file to include only directory names of the sequence that you want to use.