Batch Renaming Clips on Import not recognized by Adobe Bridge

[Ann Bens]

You will find the option batch rename in the Bridge under Tools or you can batch rename in Window Explorer.
First rename then import.
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[Joe Chow]

I don’t have Windows Explorer. Working on a Mac, is that a problem? And Adobe Bridge does not recognize a lot of file types copied from camera cards. It simply does not “see” the clips the Media Browser does, but MB does not do batch rename. I did rename a clip in Bridge after importing it, but then the Premiere project loses track of it and if goes offline from the project.

[Ann Bens]

I am on a pc dont know if that will make a difference, but my Bridge can see m2ts/mts files, cannot play them, but i can batch rename.
Copy files to hard drive, rename and import either through the MB or in the Project Window.
Does not Mac OS have a batch rename option?

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[Joe Chow]

You’re totally right! I was tired and bleary eyed, and I was looking in the folder expecting to see thumbnails of the mts files and when I didn’t, I freaked. It totally works and rocks. Thanks.

[Joe Chow]

Sorry to pop up again. While the Batch Rename function seems to be working fine in Adobe Bridge, and I’m copying it to a DIFFERENT FOLDER just to keep the original media pristine and intact, what I find is that there is certain metadata that isn’t being copied over – namely the timecode of the clips. When I import the renamed clips into Premiere Pro, every clip begins from a zero timecode.
Just to make sure that this problem only happened because of the renaming, I imported the ORIGINAL camera card folder into Premiere, and each clip info still carried the original timecode.
As a test, I copied the folder at the camera card level to a different drive, and batch renamed the clips again, this time back to the SAME FOLDER, imported the card folder into Premiere Pro. Still no timecode.
So my question is: is there anyway to retain timecode info if I rename the clips prior to import?
It’s not important that I do it for this project, but I do have projects coming up where timecode will play an important role.

[Jeremy Garchow]

In my opinion, you don’t want to use Bridge for this.

The avchd stricture works with the original file name (just like p2).

Timecode another ancillary data is handled through metadata. If you change the file name, you are changing end relationship of the video media to the metadata.

I am unaware of any avchd metadata editors, unfortunately.

I think you should rename your clips once they are in Premiere. This is not as convenient, I know.

[Joe Chow]

Yes, but renaming in Premiere Pro isn’t only tedious, it doesn’t allow for changing the original file name (as you can do in FCP)and it bothers me that I’ll end up with hundreds of media files living in adjacent folders with the exact same names. So if I CAN live without timecode for certain projects, is there any OTHER downside to batch renaming in Adobe Bridge?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Joe Chow] “So if I CAN live without timecode for certain projects, is there any OTHER downside to batch renaming in Adobe Bridge?”

The media will be no good anywhere else but in premiere.

Jeremy

[Joe Chow]

You’re absolutely right. It’s a dead end workflow. Only the project I’m trying it out on contains just 7 short clips each under 2 minutes long. So I was deluding myself into thinking that this could work.
What about Batch Renaming files that Adobe Bridge recognizes and doesn’t need “rewrapping”, files that just show up as .mov’s?

[Jeremy Garchow]

Any stand alone file that is not dependent on a file structure for compliant playback on other devices is fine to rename.