Rolf Howarth
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Oh dear, the forum doesn’t escape HTML markup!
I meant to say, the xml file contains a
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What kind of XML are you exporting?
If you save a CatDV XML Index that saves a file called index.xml in each directory with the media containing any metadata that you’ve added, so if you reimport that folder without having the original catalog file you can pick up the metadata. The entries in index.xml file are indexed by the filenames in that directory.
If you’re exporting an XML file to read into another application you should use the Export As > CatDV XML File… command. The resulting xml file includes a tag which has the full media file path.
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I assume it’s pronounced “Zuggle” but I don’t know for sure.
Unfortunately transport stream formats such as MPEG, HDV and AVCHD don’t really support random access and aren’t optimised for computer playback or editing, which is why QuickTime likes to put a wrapper round them. Xuggle provides a way to preview native .mts and .m2ts files you wouldn’t otherwise be able to play in CatDV but performance is a bit choppy, yes (and there are other limitations, such as not being able to seek in HDV files).
The preview settings in CatDV’s preferences relate to building proxies, which isn’t relevant to AVCHD because you can only build previews from QuickTime-supported formats I’m afraid. You could build proxies using an external tool such as FFmpeg, FlipFactory, Compressor, Rhozet, etc. If you name the proxies appropriately CatDV will use them quite happily instead of previews it has generated.
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You can send clips with log notes over to Premiere Pro via FCP XML files. Unfortunately, the FCP XML support in CatDV is restricted to the professional edition, and I believe you only have standard edition.
You can export a Premiere Batch Log from CatDV Std, but that’s really designed for older tape-based workflows. I don’t know how useful it is for modern file-based workflows.
Even if you can’t send metadata over to Premiere, you can still use CatDV to catalog your assets and search to find clips you want to use, then drag and drop them straight into Premiere. This will work just as if you were dragging the files from the Mac Finder or Windows Explorer and should work with any editing application.
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Is this on Mac or Windows? You see a blue Q when you play the clip? Are you using the media panel (the tab which says Movie or Preview) or the media dialog (“Play” button in the toolbar). Try opening the media dialog and pressing the [ or ] keys.
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The Browse Catalogs command only implements basic searching. If you have a large number of catalogs it will find any catalogs that contain the keywords you enter, then when you open that catalog it should highlight the matching clips, but highlighting the clips and searching that catalogs use different mechanisms so there may be a slight mismatch in the results (for example, when you search catalogs it might match something in the catalog notes field, which doesn’t necessarily correspond to any particular clip). For full search capabilities you need the CatDV Server, which uses a proper database and means you can search for matching clips regardless of which catalog they are in.
If you forward a copy of your catalog together with the text you’re searching for to support@squarebox.co.uk we’d be happy to look into why the filtered results don’t show the clips you’re expecting. We’re in the process of changing our email system at the moment so there may be a slight delay to the handling of emails I’m afraid.
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You need to customise the view, remove Good and add Rating instead.
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View > Customise View
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What sort of files are they, and which player are you using to play them? Only the QuickTime player and still image viewer supports rotation. Also, you may need to move off the clip and back on to it before the media tab is updated.
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If you have CatDV Pro, go to User Columns in Preferences and click the + button. In standard edition you only have three user columns.
You may then need to customise your view or details panel layout to show the extra column.