Michael Phillips
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See pages 24-25 for starters:
Let us know if you are still having issues.
Michael
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Even in that situation, a phase cancellation test can still indicate the difference between two mono tracks (2x the same track) or whether information in those tracks were mixed stereo regardless of the pan of the tracks as they sit in the timeline assuming there was a mix somewhere up in the chain before finalizing the tracks.
Michael
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Maybe try reversing polarity and see what cancels out in a stereo track?
Michael
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You might consider either splitting up your file into 25 subtitle segments, or renting the conversion version for a month if time is of the essence.
Mchael
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I used a demo version of EZTitles to view the STL file, and based on a few of the timecodes assumed 24fps. The demo version only support the first 25 subtitles, but at least it was more than the 7 you were getting.
When using Avid SubCap, I get the same results as you do – only the first 7. When using the EZTitles AVX plug-in to bring in the files, I see all of them and the quality of the graphic is better as well as it observes placement, and number of lines better than Avid SubCap. I also tried the EZTitle Convertor to create the Avid DS version and it worked fine as well for the first 25 subtitles as allowed by the demo version. It too had the same placement, line issues as STL in Subcap which really only supports text and not of the other metadata supported in the EZTitle AVX version. As seen here:
You can download demos from here:
https://www.eztitles.com/index.php?page=demos
They have purchase and rental versions available.
Michael
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What is the expected frame rate of the project? 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97DF, 29.97NDF?
Michael
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The easiest method is to import into MC… 😉
Other than that, there is a method I used on Windows to create a .txt file of the AAF. While most of it is readable, there are still codes and stuff for the effects that one needs to know how to parse via the AAF toolkit. You also need to do some math and offset counting for START and END, etc.
Michael
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Other that application like QuickKeys, etc. Media Composer does not offer methods of scripting actions for different operation within the application. Marquee can do some form of title creation via Pearl if I remember correctly, but Media Composer still relies on its very early roots that an editor makes all decisions and operations. There have been many requests over the years from pipeline engineers in production wanting to process and place clips in bins automatically and other forms of automation when processing large amounts of footage. I remember visiting Viacom back in 2001 and they had 10 headless Media 100 systems automating the creation of interstitials with versioning, etc. all through parsing, scripting, sequence creation and send.
If you go to Avid Developer’s page here:
https://www.avid.com/US/partners/developer-partnersYou will find the different ways to to interact with a Media Composer. Mainly AMA (accessing camera and other essence/metadata formats directly. AVX, FX and timeline plug-in architecture. Fusion Connect is an example of using it to build a bridge between layers in timeline to a full node based composition program. ALE, basic TAB file mainly to log and merge against master clips. AAF, the more complete composition representation used mainly for sequence exchange but has been used for sources as well when represented as a sequence. There are several API’s and toolkits available for Interplay, if a production is using an Interplay, then it may be something to look into. Then there is DNxHD (soon DNxHR) and AMT that allows third parties to encode and wrap proper native MXF native codecs for Media Composer.
AVID announced at last year’s NAB a vision for a marketplace and other methods third parties can interact with Media Composer, Pro Tools, etc. They hinted at some NAMM announcements today that will show further validation to that vision. But Pro Tools has always been built on a concept of third party and plug-ins, but even that is different than what you are asking for, which is scripting and automation of tasks.
I developed an AMA plug-in to manage music reporting that also includes an AAF reporting application. Although this was done as more of a hobby and need, as there is no real money being made. Perhaps if I targeted all NLE’s and not just one. But it was borne out of a need for my own work. Being a smaller developer, it is sometimes difficult to get Avid’s assistance when issues crop up. I am still waiting (after a year) to have Avid list in on their AMA page as a solution for their customers. The Marketplace may be the better place once it is available. My plug-in can be seen at: https://www.mus-id.com/
Good luck in your quest – MC is changing pretty quickly these days and perhaps scripting in on the list of things to be added. Maybe joining the ACA may help as it will be another voice heard.
https://www.avidcustomerassociation.com/
Michael
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Open the DNxHD clip you exported in MPEG Streamclip (free) and export an H.264 version and see if that plays. Your origination format has no impact on your export format as it went through a transcode already.
Michael
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What version of MC are you using?
Michael
