[Dougal Matthews]

hi Lee

I’ve put this forward as a feature request for consideration for development in a future version it something we might be able to do in version 12

thank you dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi

yes that is normal the thumbnails etc are created when the file is imported into catdv

files in the filebrowser don’t have this info yet

thank you dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Lee

next time this happens please can you export the logs and email them with a description of the problem support@squarebox.com

thank you dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi

the fields etc will be in the old catdv catalogues but you probably don’t have them or the vies set up correctly to see them in the new catdv install.

If you set up the same user fields and views in the new catdv install you should see everything correctly

thank you dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Eli

as you have discovered the client isn’t really built for bulk import we have a companion tool called the worker which is designed for that sort of automation see

https://www.squarebox.com/worker-node-6/

so if you regularly need bulk import I’d suggest using the Worker

thank you Dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Kyle

which version of catdv are you using

In the latest versions of 11 it is possible to choose which audio channels to play both using the quicktime playback engine and in recent versions ffmpeg playback engine too

thank you Dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Piere

we have an integration with Newtek’s tricaster please see our website on the links below for more details

https://www.squarebox.com/catdv-for-tricaster/

https://www.squarebox.com/catdv-for-tricaster-help/

thank you Dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Lindsay

the first step is to identify the problem records to do this I’d create a smart folder with a search for the incorrect records this way at least you know what / how many you’re dealing with

in the tools menu we have a Bulk edit feature WARNING this is a really powerful tool and with great power comes great responsibility ( and the ability to really mess things up ) so before we talk about using it here are some caveats

make a test catalog copy sample files into it and confine your efforts to this test catalog ( its duplicate data so if you mess up you can delete and start again) until you are 100% sure that you are getting the results you want without any unintended consequences.
When you think you have things working make some more test catalogs duplicating more data and check and check again things that work on some clips might not work correctly on others

Then BEFORE you make these changes to live Data with the bulk edit tool make a full Database backup this is your safety in case something does go wrong.

so Warnings done the bulk edit tool allows you to replace key metadata on any selected files so if we open the smart folder you created first and select all this should select all the problem files

As an additional safety feature its worth copying the original data to a user metadata field so you still have it in the system meaning you can still search against the “OLD” values or roll back a record if needed

we can do this to demonstrate the bulk edit field

in your case we’d select the destination as a newly created user field called say “old Notes” In the image below I’ve chosen “User 46”

this is set ( overwrite ) so we’ll copy the metadata exactly and overwrite anything that already there -Please note there are tool tips on all the input /menu options which help explain what they do. ( I warned you its easy to do damage just imagine if you picked the wrong field to overwrite )

the source is your original notes field

so at this point we’ve tested backed up the DB made a safety copy of the original notes field in a spare user field

now comes the dangerous and difficult part modifying the existing Data

Dangerous because we are now changing “live” metadata

difficult because of the type of metadata , if it had been say a misspelling in a pick list we could do a straight substitution but as we’re looking for a bit of text in a larger text field you’ll need to tick the allow variables box so we can use Regex

This allows the use of regular expressions so we can use programming techniques to search for and replace data and at this point I cant really advise further as the regex needs to be crafted specifically for not only the target word but also the target environment so you’d need different regex if for instance the word appeared more than once – different again if the cases of letters change.

there is some guidance on the square box website links below on the use of Regex my advice would be unless you have programing experience and are familiar with regex find someone who can do this for you or contact your resellers / Squarebox to have this done as professional services

https://www.squarebox.com/worker-6-regular-expressions/

https://www.squarebox.com/worker-6-metadata-extraction-rules/

https://www.squarebox.com/workerregular-expressions/

good luck , I hope the above helps you achieve your aims

cheers Dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

I believe that if you have web client then you can use the première plugins but best to check with your reseller they should be able to give you the details and pricing for options if you need them

thank you Dougal

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[Dougal Matthews]

hi Lee

this is possible with our adobe première panel plugin you’d need the latest v 6.10.6 or 7.0.6 server but then you can usethe première panel tocnnect to and search catdv from within première and then choose weather to import hi res or proxy media

see our website here for more info https://www.squarebox.com/premiere-plugin

thank you Dougal

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