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  • Posted by Gregory Cohan on May 6, 2019 at 11:14 pm

    Is there a way to search based on Frame Size. It’s a built in field but not available in in search query that I can find?

    Bob Spencer replied 7 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Bob Spencer

    May 7, 2019 at 4:26 am

    Hi Greg-

    Square Box is doing some work right now in the area of expanding the availability of built-in fields for use in searches (Queries), but in the meantime there are other ways you can work to get the same result…

    For example, if you search on the built-in metadata field called “Video” with the ‘contains’ operator and the frame size you’re looking for:

    “Video ‘contains’ 1920×1080”

    CatDV will show any clip whose Video Format field includes that frame size, as a sample field value will be something like “Avid DNxHD Legacy (1920×1080 23.98fps)”.

    Another useful trick would be to use filtering to reduce a large set of search results to a specific “Frame Size”, as that field is already currently available for filtering! In the navigation tree, select Filters>Automatic Filters>Technical Fields and you will then be able to see all of the frame size combinations in the found set.

    Bob Spencer

    Video Technologies Group LLC
    http://www.vtgny.com

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