This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: EDL Manager Wonky So what else is new?

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: EDL Manager Wonky So what else is new?

Is CMX Transfer a separate application for handling EDLs or are you refering to the CMX EDL format in general?

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Andi Meek wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:22:48 +0000
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: EDL Manager Wonky So what else is new?
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> Worth a look. I thought the CMX 3600 format opened up some of the restrictions with the number of characters for a Reel Number but I don't know about the events max number. I know GVG openened up the total number of lines in an edl to accomodate all the extra hidden lines that were taken up with the PEGS commands.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano wrote:
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> > Check that you have less than 999 events. That's the most common issue with
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> > creating long EDLs - CMX EDL can't have more than 999 events. More than
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> > that, you need to break the sequence up into multiple parts to get full EDL.
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> > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, John Moore wrote:
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> > > On a mac SNDX 6.0.3.2 EDL Manager V. 28.0.3.2 trying to export V1 A1thru 4
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> > > EDL of a 48 minute show. If I choose CMX 340 or 3600 I get the usual
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> > > errors message about events being changed but more annoying is the edl only
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> > > goes to the 1;27;00;00 minute mark approx. If I choose GVG 7.0 I get the
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> > > whole list with a lot less errors. I know various versions of EDL manager
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> > > have had their share of bugs etc..... I even tried EDL manager 28.5 on my
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> > > laptop that was bundled with SN 6.5.0 and it doesn't even see the bin as a
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> > > valid file WTF. I ultimately went GVG 7.0 and just had to locate a couple
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> > > of corrupt audio clips that were crashing EDL Manager V 28.0.3.2. Why
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> > > Traditionally EDL manager has always been plagued with issues and it
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> > > appears that the tradition is being upheld in the latest versions. Oh well
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> > > I don't even know why the network wants this as a deliverable other than
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> > > clinging to legacy delivery requirements. Any tips on what's going on
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