Sidecar files

[Bryson Jones]

John,

2 thoughts.

1 – In 10.0.5 I’m not getting a sidecar to work either. Might wanna report that to Squarebox. (Note that we mostly do this in the Worker instead of the app.)

2 – I’m fairly sure you don’t want to rename a file via XML sidecar. NAME will be imported from the XML but the path will be the same meaning file.mov imported with a name like file-2.mov from the xml will still be named file.mov in the filesytem but will show file-2.mov in CatDV.

You’d might want to pass it to the db as a user field and then have the Worker Node rename the asset and update the path. (It’ll go offline if the name changes in place.)

TAPE should import from the XML once we sort the bug or setting (whichever this turns out to be.)

Hope this helps.

bryson

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[John Heagy]

Hi Bryson,

[bryson jones] “n 10.0.5 I’m not getting a sidecar to work either”

Thanks for checking.

[bryson jones] “I’m fairly sure you don’t want to rename a file via XML sidecar”

The rename in CatDV would be used to generate a source ref movie for an Episode transcode into a new file.

I’ll try Worker and will notify Squarebox.

Thanks
John

[Dougal Matthews]

hi Guy’s

I can confirm that sidecar import works in CatDV pro 10.0.5 I’ve just tested on windows and Mac you need to enable the “sidecar files – look for metadata in XML Files” in the import section of the preferences.

the XML file should have the same file name as your clip eg my_movie.mov with my_movie.xml

you can check to see if the XML has imported correctly by looking at the import notes field for the clip in CatDV you should see “loaded metadata from “myxmlfile”.xml” confirming that the metadata has been brought in from the sidecar file

If you are unable to get this to work please can you raise a support ticket about the problem with support@squarebox.com including log files ( start catdv do the import and then save the log files as per these instructions https://www.squarebox.com/exporting-logs-to-support/ )

thank you Dougal

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[Bryson Jones]

It may be a prefs thing, if you note the thread, John and I both have that setting enabled and I can do the import in 9.0.6.

It’s been reported to Squarebox and they are checking it. For now, John you can probably use 9.0.6.

Dougal, did you upgrade from 9.0.6 or install fresh at v10? That may be it.

Also, John, you can send a transcode job to Episode without a ref movie, using the CLI. (That also lets you select the destination and use variables.)

One note, there’s a small syntax problem between Worker and Episode that must be corrected with some outside scripting. I’m sure a sharp tech can get this rolling on their own or dealers can offer this as a service/scripting item if people don’t wanna deal with it.

bryson

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[John Heagy]

Hi Dougal,

Hmm… that’s interesting. What was the metadata you passed? Was it CatDV metadata or custom? Can you paste the contents of the xml here?

I do have the xml pref selected.

Thanks
John

[John Heagy]

[bryson jones] “It’s been reported to Squarebox and they are checking it.”

Thanks for that!

[bryson jones] “Also, John, you can send a transcode job to Episode without a ref movie, using the CLI.”

True, but we use CatDV to assign Tape/Reel and, in the case of GoPros and the like, TC. The Episode CLI does not support either. Yes you can enter a TC number but you can’t split and stitch it like you can a ref movie.

John

[Bryson Jones]

Ah, our old friend split and stitch.

You football guys, always looking for the fastest way to the end zone. 😉

bryson

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[John Heagy]

Yeah 2 1/2 hrs vs 10min in one case so we really take advantage of it when possible.

[John Heagy]

Hi Bryson,

I confirmed it works in CatDV 9.06 but I don’t see it working in Worker 5.05. It does pick up the file but does not pass the xml metadata to the ref movie. I’m doing this as a watch folder action with “Look for metadata in XML files” and “Enable Content Analysis” checked but all for naut.

You said you’ve seen it work in Worker… which version?

Thanks
John

[Rolf Howarth]

Ok, this should be fixed in CatDV 10.0.6 (and the next worker, when that’s released). The problem is that CatDV XML batch files aren’t (or weren’t) intended to be directly used as sidecar files. In a recent update we blocked their use to prevent accidental processing of the wrong kind of file so it’s a coincidence it worked before. We’ve changed it now so they work properly though.