Peter Furseth
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So now a new twist. We noticed that the duration is half when bringing in the .MTS file, and that we can change it. I know it’s not recommended and CatDv takes away the video icon in the type field, but if we change it to what the file really is it plays the entire proxy.
This is such a weird thing. It was working fine until we updated our server. I’m going to upgrade the firmware in the camera on the off chance it’s something there and I’ll post that outcome.
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[Rolf Howarth] “If you import an .mts file, CatDV should be able to scan the file and extract metadata, including the correct duration (though it won’t be able to play it natively unless you have Xuggle installed or create a proxy).”
Yes, We are bringing in the .MTS files and then creating proxies in episode. Oddly enough, when we do bring in the files it doesn’t bring in any meta data. It doesn’t update and fill in the fields until the proxy gets made for it. If you would like I could send you one of the .MTS files to see if it happens on your end. We do not have Xuggle.
@Bryson It’s not a trial codec because 1. it plays exactly half. To the frame. and 2. We have been doing this same workflow for 3 months. This is the first project that it has done this with. I’ve tried a few work arounds and nothing has worked. I am going to try and convert the raw footage to something else and see if that works.
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[Rolf Howarth] “I have no idea offhand what would be causing that but just to clarify, do you mean CatDV is playing EXACTLY half the file down to the nearest frame, or simply that it’s playing some of the file but stopping before the end?
How was the clip originally imported into CatDV? Is the duration that’s shown for the clip correct (and if you play the proxy the time cursor stops half way throught before it gets to the Out point) or is the out point short?
“Yes, It’s playing exactly half, down to the frame. The clips where dragged in, but because they are AVCHD files CatDv doesn’t get any metadata from them. Not until the Proxy is imported. So the duration according to CatDV is half of what the file really is.
I think it was something with the server update. We updated it on Monday to the latest build. Up until then, all of the AVCHD files we made proxies of are working. But Tuesday on, anything we do imports at half length.
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Update: The proxy of the other project just finished, another .MTS file. CatDV is only playing half of that proxy as well. I made a proxy of a .MOV file shot on a 7D and CatDV is playing the full file. Any thoughts would be great.
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[Rolf Howarth] “What do you mean by “query settings”? Any settings that are persisted (such as which fields are shown in the “simple” query dialog) are saved to the server under the production group settings, so when you log on to the server and choose which group you’re working under that will control which query settings you are using.
“Ya I could have been more clear, sorry. When you click “Query” I want what fields that show up to be different depending on the user group. So that answers my question perfectly, I’ll try it on Tuesday! Thanks!
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[Rolf Howarth] “You should provide a list of tabs to show or hide, one per line. They need to exactly match the name of the tab, case is sensitive.
If a tab is normally visible but the logged in user’s role marks it as disabled then it won’t be shown. If a tab is normally invisible (the visible checkbox in the Customise Details Panel preferences is unchecked) but it’s in the list of enabled tabs for the current role then it will be shown. If the same tab name appears in both columns then the results are undefined, but I can’t think of any reason why you’d want to do that other than to break the software!”
Hmm I tried doing it in user profiles just like that, but it wasn’t working. I’ll assume I messed up at some point and try it again. I ended up doing it the preferences with the check boxes (Probably a better way of doing it anyway) thanks for the response!
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Ok, disregard. I just went in to each users Preferences and hid the tabs. Still, I’d like to know what I was doing wrong. Let me know if you see the problem.
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So would the best way be to make a bunch of Metaclips? Or is their another way of doing this? The main point is I want the editors to be able to see what the AFX template is before they open it.