• Square Box CatDV

  Handle Sequences // Export Sequence using Worker or CLI or whatever …

  Posted by Leonid Nekrasov on May 3, 2013 at 1:10 pm

  Hallo there,

  I need to handle footage clips and to make a Rawcut out of them (just merge them together). I would like to automate this workflow using CatDV.

  I am on Enterprise Server 6.7 and Worker 4.0.5

  There are two workflows I need two implement:

  1. create sequence from imported clips

  – Worker imports clips in a certain (new) catalog
  – Worker merges all clips from the new catalog in a new sequence clip and exports it as a standalone movie clip (I could of course use FFMPEG to merge clips together)

  2. export a clip with the Type: Sequence as a standalone movie clip.

  – user creates a Sequence using CatDV Pro and publishes it on the server
  – Worker realizes the new sequence clip in the database and exports it as a standalone clip

  I looked up the possibilities of Worker 4 and 5, but I could find any way to implement one of the Workflows above.

  I also couldn’t find a way to make Worker to see the sequence in a catalog. I unfortunately cannot select the field “TYPE” in query terms. I tried to use “Underlying Type” with the Value “Sequence”, but I became a Java Error (Java expects a Number not a string, but I don`t know the Number for Sequence as a Clip Type).

  Did anybody implement any comparable solution? how did you solve it?

  Thanx for any advise and best Regards
  Leo

  LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/CPSnl

  Leonid Nekrasov replied 13 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bryson Jones

  May 4, 2013 at 6:07 am

  I think you’re right on the first one. Separate actions, import the clips and then use ffmpeg or another tool to merge them.

  I don’t think Worker can process a sequence like that way. (I could be wrong.) I’ve never done that in the Worker.

  It might be a case where your users have to export an XML of the Sequence into a drop folder and then use that XML to do the export. If we were brought that, that’s how we’d handle it most likely.

  bryson

  bryson “at” northshoreautomation.com

  northshoreautomation.com
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  Leonid Nekrasov

  May 10, 2013 at 6:59 am

  Thank you!

  I would wish, that the Backend and the Frontend of CatDV would be linked in a better way. There are many functions in CatDV Pro, that are great, but that I cannot access in the Backend using Worker. Clip Lists, many Datafields, Sequences and many others.

  I hope Squarebox will force the interaction between the CatDV Pro and Worker consequent in the future.

  Kind Regards
  Leo

  LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/CPSnl

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