sort bin after timecode in sequence??? or FXscript maby?

[Jamie Pickell]

Andreas,

I’ve been trying to find this gold laying goose for over three years and have yet to stumble across it. I cut a weekly show that pulls from multiple sources and we are required to make an annotated EDL or shotsheet for every episode. I enter reel numbers and barcodes (where appropriate) in the reel field and use the master comments fields to enter show name (if coming from a finished program) and shot ownership. Right now my AP has to take the EDL and the batch list of my sequence to put together the shot sheet.

So if there are any XML gurus out there who are looking to make some money… create an XML script that maps timeline information to an Excel spreadsheet would give you total props and many an AP would thank you.

Jamie
OS 10.4.9
FCP 5.1
Dual 2.5 G5
Kona 2
XRaid

[David Heidelberger]

I’ve got something working right now that does this for a timeline that’s been cleaned up a little bit (no transitions, they do strange things to XMLs). So far, I’ve only tested it with 24p sequences, although I think it will work with 30ndf as well. Haven’t implemented drop frame yet. Give me another week or two and it should be usable, at the least, albeit somewhat quirky. It turns out, Final Cut XMLs can be pretty complicated. There are a lot of special cases you have to account for.

– David

[David Heidelberger]

I’ve got something working right now that does this for a timeline that’s been cleaned up a little bit (no transitions, they do strange things to XMLs). So far, I’ve only tested it with 24p sequences, although I think it will work with 30ndf as well. Haven’t implemented drop frame yet. Give me another week or two and it should be usable, at the least, albeit somewhat quirky. It turns out, Final Cut XMLs can be pretty complicated. There are a lot of special cases you have to account for.

– David

[Bob Flood]

Hi

This might be helpful:

go to this website and look for XMl2text

https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/

or try this:

https://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2007/08/11/automator-action-final-cut-pro-xml-to-tape-log-via-markers/

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Here is an article to go with the spherico program i mentioned above, in my earlier response

https://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_archive.html

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Andreas Karoliussen]

Thank you Guys!

Daniel – I would very much like to try out your work when you have something quirky. I edit PAL 25 so I can be your guinea pig;-)

You can reach me at andreas.karoliussen@gmail.com

And Thank you Bob – Ill try the XML2 text and see if it can do what i need.

You’ve speared me a few gray hairs,
Thank you, Andreas

[David Heidelberger]

Hi Andreas,

It’s David, actually. I had some free time today so I cleaned up a few things, wrote a readme (which you absolutely HAVE to read in order to use the program properly), and posted the program, more or less as-is, to my website. You’re welcome to give it a try. Please let me know how it goes (there’s an e-mail in the readme file). I’m very curious to hear how it works with PAL. I wish I had more time to test and refine it. I basically wrote it for a documentary I was working on and I really only had time to test it on that under the watchful and slightly impatient eye of the producer, so it could use some real-world use. Final Cut’s XML featureset is amazing, but poorly documented and very complicated (my hour-long doc creates a 5,000 page XML). What I was able to do basically took trial and error and a long weekend with the laptop. Hope you enjoy.

– David

https://www.davidheidelberger.com/software.html
(You want the FCP XML Analyzer)

[Andreas Karoliussen]

Hi David,

I will test your program and drop you an email of how it works in my Pal world….

thank you!
Andreas

[Andreas Karoliussen]

Hi again!

Davids app is tremendous! Woks fine!
Go check out his site : https://www.davidheidelberger.com/software.html
(he also has some other great stuff)

And Jamie, You should try out Davids XML analyzer: You can save your AP many hours with this app!!!

Thank you again David!
Andreas