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Possible improvement to band-aid fix for Nikon issue
In the thread about the CS 5.5.1 update, it was mentioned that there is a bug related to video from Nikon SLRs that causes very choppy playback. It was also mentioned that changing the file extension from .mov to .mpg fixes the issue, but it’s not a solution- which makes sense, since re-naming an entire folder filled with lots of clips would be very time consuming.
While it’s not the greatest solution, if the files DO work ok after being re-named, there’s a feature in Bridge that I found helpful a while back, that I thought might be helpful here. In Bridge you can re-name a whole group of clips at the same time by selecting them and going to the “tools” menu and choosing “batch rename”. I used this a while ago to re-name entire folders of still pictures with a more descriptive name that would tell me something about where they were taken. Reading about the Nikon issue made me wonder if this tool could be used to change the extension of a group of files instead of the visible name. So I checked, and it does work.Here’s what you do: In Bridge, navigate to the folder that contains the .mov videos and select all of them. Then choose “Batch Rename” in the tools menu, and in the “Presets” drop-down menu choose “string substitution”, then in the “New Filenames” drop-down menu choose “new extension”. Then in the box next to it type in the mpg extension you need, and click “rename”- and your .mov files will all become .mpg.
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Yes the Bridge can batch rename clips but so can Windows Explorer.
In The Bridge you have more controle over the renaming.———————————————–
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How do you batch rename in Windows Explorer? I tried it and I only found a standard rename option- and when I used it with multiple clips selected, it only affected one of them…
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“THAT’S our fail-safe point. Up until here, we still have enough track to stop the locomotive before it plunges into the ravine… But after this windmill it’s the future or bust.” -
In Windows explorer you can only batch rename the name not the extention you were revering to, did not make myself clear.
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Easy do a batch rename in Xcel too.
Alan
FlashXDR,XDcamHD,XDcamEX,D9 etc
FCS,AE,Combustion,LiquidSilver,Vegas,Edius,
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Thanks for the advice. I have used Bridge, and of course it will do a batch rename. Renaming is only useful while you are in the Adobe environment. I have had problems when moving renamed files to other software I use. Not to mention the confusion. Just don’t want to see this issue overlooked. I have been informed by top people at Adobe that it will be fixed. For people on the Mac, i.e., new Final Cut users actively seeking a replacement, possibly several hundred thousand of us, keeping that .mov extension on there is crucial to our workflow. Hopefully before we have to pay (again) for 6.0. For now I am moving back to 5.0 for anything using our Nikon D7000’s. It works fine, Nikon support was only broken with the 5.5 release.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.0.2, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe
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