Matthew Stamos
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Did you see the limitations section on page 8 of the user guide! This may help diagnoses the problem!
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Okay we will take a look and send me an error log CatDV that shows the error! Are you on a mac?
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Were you getting an error when you tried to delete or move clips in editing mode?
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I tend to describe three basic logging methods that seem to help people wrap their heads around this a little bit better. Global tags when you select all and tag everything in a catalog like a location or a show for example. A group tag where any number of clips in a catalog might be selected like a shooter or a shot type. Finally individual tags that include markers transcripts and specific tags to a single clip. This seems to help people narrow down how to efficiently tag or log a catalog in CatDV.
Just some food for thought! I would also take a look at this post from Kevin that I think really speaks volumes of wisdom about this very topic as it relates to CatDV!
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After you use the find similar command in the other tab in the tree there is a duplicates icon on the left you can open in a new window and delete from there. By default find similar is a read only result as a safety precaution. Duplicate database records are generally not a big deal as they take up very little space unless you have a inordinate amount or make a lot of thumbnails. I would rather get too many results of a query than none at all. Also with the copy and paste of metadata you can merge the metadata to ensure your records match! You may also want to try Media file as it looks for entries with the same path.
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Try doing this with “media signature” field as it is fairly accurate and compares multiple fields. Then sort in list view by this and you can pretty quickly see groups of multiple duplicate clips. Keep in mind in CatDV these are database records and not “media files” by default for example the delete key only deletes the record leaving the media file untouched. You may also choose too delete media files from the media menu but could be dangerous when the files reside in multiple project folders for example.
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Atempo Digital Archive and CatDV play together with the Petasite.
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Marvin that made me laugh out loud! thanks!
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@Walter Give me a buzz or shoot me an email and we will get this sorted out!
Matthew Stamos
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Good question!!!!
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