Stuart,
Is the camroll data reflected in the bin? Can ypu actually display it at bin level?
Also, do the clips have some filename or tapename associated (otherwise Camroll data may not 'take')?
If you send me the sequence, I'd be happy to have a look at it and see if I can get it to work.
J.
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On Jan 18, 2011, at 16:24, Stuart Lawn <stuart.lawn@tyrell.ie> wrote:
> Dylan,
>
> I have a customer trying this 'trick' at the moment and EDL Manager is not bringing the filenames across - it either just sits there and gives AX as the source name or it pulls in the clipname instead. They have tried doing the CTRL+D of filename to the camroll column.
>
> What version of EDL manager were you using to do this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dylan Reeve
> Sent: 18 January 2011 00:00
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Red AMA EDL data
>
> Unfortunately none of the comments options were giving me anything useful either (seems to be a symptom of the subclipping)
>
> Relinking to the master clips might have helped, but Job's trick with duplicating the metadata from another column (in this case the RED-specific
> "Filename") into Camroll worked perfectly.
>
> And thanks for your willingness to dash off and code up a script :) Probably wouldn't have been necessary I've got one somewhere (from the bad old days of RED in Avid) and also I believe Resolve (or maybe Pablo) can conform from the comments anyway :)
>
> Cheers,
> Dylan
>
> Dylan Reeve
> http://dylanreeve.com/
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> How hard can it be?
>> An EDL can have the clipname as comment.
>> What format of EDL are we talking about?
>> Since i'm the one always bitching that adding a Reelname to imported
>> clips is a GOOD idea, i'll make something that parses the EDL and
>> copies the Clipname into the Reel section.
>> (but for that i need the EDL format, and a sample EDL if possible)
>>
>> Bouke
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nigel Gourley"
>> <avid-l@outpostfacilities.co.uk<avid-l%40outpostfacilities.co.uk>
>>>
>> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
>> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 3:06 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Red AMA EDL data
>>
>>> We had exactly this problem and it's a real pain...
>>>
>>> The only way we figured to do it was to modify the tape name column
>>> so that it matched the file name whenever there was something in the
>>> tape name column. If there is no tape name then it will go to the
>>> file name anyway.
>>> This is a manual copy and paste for each clip I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> Plus once you have done all this EDL manager might still come up
>>> with errors. The way around this was to break the timeline into 2 halfs.
>>>
>>> Oh and use the red_16 template...
>>>
>>> It's not quick but it will work!
>>>
>>> N
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
>> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Benjamin Hershleder
>>> Sent: 17 January 2011 13:27
>>> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Red AMA EDL data
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not at my Avid at the moment, but I seem to recall a column that
>>> retains that data.
>>>
>>> Select a bin (make sure it's in Text View) then go to Bin Menu Bin
>>> Menu > Headings (or Choose Columns, depending on your version of MC)
>>>
>>> Click the All / None button to select ALL.
>>> See if there is any useful info in one of the columns.
>>>
>>> HTH!
>>>
>>> B
>>>
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>>> On Jan 16, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Dylan Reeve wrote:
>>>
>>>> We're getting to the online stage of a RED telefeature and finding
>>>> trouble...
>>>>
>>>> The workflow we adopted was AMA R3D into Media Composer then
>>>> transcode
>> to
>>>> DNxHD36
>>>>
>>>> Now the plan is to reconform from R3D in Resolve for finishing and
>> grade.
>>>> But there's some issues...
>>>>
>>>> It seems that the Assistant Editor, who was great but not familiar
>>>> with
>>> RED
>>>> stuff, has taken it upon himself to add 'Tape' metadata to all the
>>>> AMA
>>> clips
>>>> before transcoding. This make no difference in the editing process,
>>>> but
>>> now
>>>> that we've come to online it's made exporting an EDL for Resolve to
>>>> be pretty difficult as the Avid EDL manager offers only a "Tape or
>> Filename"
>>>> source option, which in this workflow usually this would create an
>>>> EDL
>>> with
>>>> filename in the source column (using the "File_16" EDL type)
>>>> however
>>> because
>>>> a Tape number is specified it is using that instead.
>>>>
>>>> I've been unable to get any settings to give me something usable -
>>>> I
>>> really
>>>> need the filename for the conform. Neither the "Clip Name" (gives
>>>> me
>>> Subclip
>>>> name with scene/take info) nor "Source File" (only gives be the
>>>> tape
>> name
>>>> eg, "A071") comments options help.
>>>>
>>>> I also can't modify the clips to have no Tape info once it's been
>>> assigned.
>>>>
>>>> I've sent a couple of sample AAFs to the post house to test with
>>>> Resolve
>>> (or
>>>> whatever else thy can try using) but would like to get an EDL if
>> possible
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone dealt with this issue before? It's frustrating that the EDL
>>>> Manager doesn't offer an explicit option to choose between Tape or
>>>> Filename.
>>>>
>>>> Dylan Reeve
>>>> http://dylanreeve.com/
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