DaVinci Resolve 7.1 Mac – EDL conforming/re-conforming

[Mikhail Puzyrev]

Open both EDL in text edit and compare. First check reel names – compare with old edl. Choose first event which is in both edls, look at the timecodes and compare to old one. Also check corresponding media for timecode. It will help to figure out what\’s wrong.

[Thomas Wong]

to add to this, is there a way to connect a clip manually if it can’t find the file? I am also having some conform issues with mixed footage from HDV and p2. and i dont’ think the metadata from the EDL is holding up being mixed with r3d. all the r3d links perfect, and just the hdv and p2 don’t link up. It would be great if there was a way just select the black hole clip on the timeline and connect it to the file in my media pool manually and force…

[Vladimir Kucherov]

First thing I usually do to troubleshoot EDL issues is to check out what the problem is. Basically it’s either the reel, timecode, or both that are off.

After you load your EDL, look on the conform page, lower left corner. It will show the EDL event as DaVinci reads it – so you can see the reel and TC that Resolve wants to find.

Then, find the clip in question in the media pool. Look at its reel name. Look at its timecode. Where is the mismatch?

Now, for any R3D + quicktime based workflow, Reel pattern */%R.* should work for anything where the EDL is generated with Reel from Filename. Essentially Resolve will look at your file, and use anything before the extention (the . ) as the reel.

I was surprised by this, but I just had to fix a timeline where a few shots were offline. The reel names matched, but timecode on the media pool clip was wrong. These were r3d files. I have no idea if its Resolve’s problem reading timecode or Final Cut’s – I will have to investigate when I have more time, but I fixed it by simply changing the Resolve mediapool timecode to what FCP thought it should be. Clips popped right up after that.

Manual replacements are possible but clunky (unless I am missing an easier way!). Essentially, you delete the missing clip, and insert a fresh one from the media pool into the hole, then use the slip tool and your reference offline to slip it into position. I would prefer if there was a way to cue up the clip prior to cutting it in but I haven’t seen how to do that yet.

[Darin Wooldridge]

I play with settings an add back into the media pool after each change. After several combinations i get everything linked. I’ve done two features and several shorts with edls from final cut pro..
Red, 5d, dpx, qt, you name it.. Always found a way to make it all work.

NOTE: The comments above are strictly mine, and may not necessarily
represent those of my employers.

Darin Wooldridge
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[Matthew Price]

Thx for you reply…

Some more info.. I am editing on the Avid, outputting a GVG EDL, Then outputting the show to HDCAM SR. Digitizing the tape into the Resolve as DPX, and conforming it to the EDL. This works fine. NOw, when a change in the Avid is made and I try to import that new EDL into the project and have the colored media relink to the new EDL minus the changes… it goes whack… where there should be black holes or extended shots, it seems that it is pulling media from other places or clips around other clips and filling in the holes on its own.

So maybe the way we are bringing in EDLs is not the right way. Maybe it works fine for the first pass, but once we make changes it can’t keep track?

Does this change anything you said?

Thanks!!

Matt