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

Oh, that's a good tip. I was just racking my brain trying to modify an ALE
and excel kept screwing the file.

Thanks!


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:47 AM, bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:

> **
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>
>



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