This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Add metadata to Avid Log Exchange file

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Add metadata to Avid Log Exchange file

Jeff,
Any half decent text editor can do this. Convert text to colums, edit,
convert back.
afaik, the CR / LF is not an issue, but a text editor gives you the choice.
Do not use CR/LF in the fields though, that's not supported by Avid.

Bouke

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Krebs" <rockinjeff@gmail.com>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>; "ds-list" <DS-List@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:28 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] Add metadata to Avid Log Exchange file

> Does anyone know of an existing tool to write Avid Log Exchange Files with
> additional data to be added a various times.
> I'm mid editing a project where I have to consistently write in additional
> data to existing bins and merge it in with known sources.
>
> For instance
> RFM code frame counts which I put into the DPX column for a 4k
> stereoscopic
> conform. It's kind of a pain a RMF writes is format as
> *10-1_LL.3475033.rmf
> *
> Of course DPX is *10_1_LL-3475033*
> I have a python script to take care of the image streams syntax mismatches
> so that's not an issue
>
> The issue has always been with the tool-sets like Microsoft excel which is
> kind of a pain. It consistently screws up the header (LF and CR) and I
> have to consistently massage the data between 2 applications to fix it.
> As well other columns will have to be entered at different times like VFX
> numbers and UNC path etc.
>
> I could write a python script/app to do this but I was hoping something
> existed already.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jeff
>
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