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Salvador Garza
November 18, 2016 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Multi-channel plus stereo deliverables for feature

Hi Bret,

When exporting media you have the ability to customize your audio channel configuration (under the audio tab). There you can specify which channel pairs should be tagged as a stereo stream or which individual channels should be a mono stream.

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
October 31, 2016 at 7:00 pm in reply to: Import media files first then import metadata through ALE or TSV

I’m actually not using this for an Avid workflow, but rather for importing metadata into Premiere.

During production scene and take information is typically entered by location sound recordists (unless it’s a MOS shoot of course). In the process of creating dailies and syncing audio to video, this metadata gets passed along to the newly synced clips (within applications like DaVinci Resolve, or Assimilate Scratch). Unfortunately this information is not included in Resolve XML exports. However it is included in ALE exports. Premiere doesn’t import ALEs. So this useful metadata (scene/take) gets lost and an assistant editor typically enters it AGAIN during prep. This is prone to user error and very tedious. So until Resolve includes this info its XML exports or Premiere/Prelude implements ALE imports or some other form of metadata import, CatDV Pro has proven to be a very handy metadata translator or bridge of sorts.

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
October 31, 2016 at 3:11 pm in reply to: Import media files first then import metadata through ALE or TSV

I was able to figure this out over the weekend. But boy was it a bumpy ride.

I really like CatDV and appreciate how far it has come, however still find its documentation lacking and its Preferences quite ambiguous. Granted it’s typically an integrator that handles the nitty gritty.

Here’s what I found in order to successfully attach ALE metadata to an existing clip in the catalog:
– Tape and TC info must match between existing clip and ALE clip info
– The following preference checkboxes must be enabled:
Proxies & Thumbnails > Automatically link media based on tape name
Import > Combine duplicates (same In & Out values)

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
October 29, 2016 at 4:14 am in reply to: bulk method for attaching source media file to thousands of imported clips via tab delimated text file

Hi John,

I would like to know more details about this specific feature/workflow you mention.

I’m importing an ALE and it doesn’t link to the media files. Attaching media to the ALE imported clips results in losing info like my scene and take information.

I’ve tried importing the media files first and the the ALE but they come in as different clips as opposed to adding the ALE metadata to the existing clips.

Thanks

Salvador

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
January 19, 2016 at 3:46 pm in reply to: Tool to display/extract ARRI metadata from SDI signal

Thanks Gary. LockIt Networks and Ambient Recording offer an interesting solution, like you said more for script supervisors.

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
January 17, 2016 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Tool to display/extract ARRI metadata from SDI signal

Thanks Gary!

Yes from a live feed. So far my search has led me to QTakeHD, video assist software. It appears to be the only thing out there that does this, and yes quite expensive (for our intended application which is more along the lines of shot logging/reporting).

Transvideo appears to have a monitor that can do this, but not quite what we’re looking for.

Best,

Salvador Garza
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
July 23, 2015 at 12:23 am in reply to: Terrablock vs DDP

Hey Chris,

Glad to see we’re both actively engaging specialized forums looking for the best solution out there. Lets share findings and discuss offline. Hopefully we’ll gather some valuable experiences and facts.

Best,

Salvador Garza
Apple Certified Trainer & Adobe Certified Instructor
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
July 23, 2015 at 12:20 am in reply to: Terrablock vs DDP

Elvin,

You never confirmed the appointment, webinar… never sent an invite.. I don’t understand.

Salvador Garza
Apple Certified Trainer & Adobe Certified Instructor
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
July 22, 2015 at 2:29 am in reply to: Terrablock vs DDP

Much appreciated

Salvador Garza
Apple Certified Trainer & Adobe Certified Instructor
https://www.salvadorgarza.com
Salvador Garza
July 22, 2015 at 2:07 am in reply to: Terrablock vs DDP

Hi Elvin,

Any coworkers in the U.S. that would be in the same (or nearby) time zone than us? We would really like a full demo, key stakeholders on our si de are available from 9am to 6pm CST

Thanks!

Salvador Garza
Apple Certified Trainer & Adobe Certified Instructor
https://www.salvadorgarza.com

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