[Rick Sustek]

Ah yes, but as Nick pointed out, there are a million billion reasons why metadata (reel number) might need to be changed.

Also, it can’t be assumed that all media files used in a project got there via FC’s capture/ingest tools! There are many other ways that .mov files come to be on one’s hard disks, and such files may not have any FC metadata embedded in them.

Anyway, my actual original question has been answered, and I think this thread is done.

Thx,
-Rick

[Rick Sustek]

Ah, yes! That does the job pretty well!
The important point is that the data value you will want to apply, the new reel number in this case, needs to exist already in at least one clip in the project. Otherwise, it won’t show up in the context menu.

Thanks a bunch,
-Rick

[Rick Sustek]

Hmm, maybe because if its storage method was known, then I could write a tool that would improve my workflow??? Nah, who’d wanna do that?!

[Rick Sustek]

iMovie keeps its internal clips as DV stream files, which is video and audio interleaved together. Final Cut can handle these file types, but needs to render the audio into a separated track, before it will play back. Final Cut deals in multiple tracks of video and multiple tracks of audio, each treated as a unique entity within the editing environment, so DV streams need this “breaking apart” step before you can proceed normally.

-moo