Re: [Avid-L2] Setting or Console Command to modify how Avid names mxf files so they are more readable?

It works. As the original poster suggested; try it on a small set and see if there is any issue. I don't think there will be. The header remains untouched I think

 

Regards

 

Rupert Watson

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From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> on behalf of Jay Mahavier via groups.io <jay_mahavier=icloud.com@groups.io>
Date: Friday, 1 April 2022 at 09:14
To: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Setting or Console Command to modify how Avid names mxf files so they are more readable?

Yeah, I vaguely remember something about that.  I was working for a system rental house and got a call from a client that had used it at the beginning of the project.  And then they got to the point in the project that they needed to make EDLs and stuff and none of the EDLs were asking for the tapes, or something like that.  It was a mess.  And I asked them if they had a copy of their media pre-rename, and of course they didn't.  And they also couldn't rebatch digitize.  They had to make hand EDLs from the burn-in.  [sad trombone].

 

They tired to make the argument that it was somehow our fault and that I needed to some how solve all this.  Like either I needed to redigitize all the footage and recut all the reels by eye frame match, or that I needed to hand make the EDLs.  My boss said 'sure, but it'll be at a service call hourly rate', and they were very unhappy about that.

 

 

Jay

 

On Mar 31, 2022, at 8:04 PM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

 

Here's another description without any warnings:

RenameMediaFiles

 

Without any arguments, renames ALL files within Avid MediaFiles to more accurately reflect the project name and clip name.