EDL TO REDCINE-X Applescript (beta)

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

EDL to REDCine-X Conform Tool (Mac only)
version 0.82 - Mikael Lubtchansky

http://foolcolor.net/EDL2RCX_0.82.zip
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Instructions :

1. Shoot some footage with a RED camera
2. Transcode offline files keeping original RED names for all your clips (or use Quicktime proxies).
3. Edit in FCP, Avid or Premiere (cut only edit points, no dissolves, no non-RED footage or graphics should be used at this point)
4. Export EDL
5. Launch EDL2RCX Script
6. Follow onscreen instructions

After answering a few questions about your project's frame rate and location of the original R3D files, you should get a LUA script file generated on your desktop. Launch REDCine-X, open file menu, choose 'Run script', select the LUA file and your edit will be recreated in the timeline.

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Changes from original release build :
- Detection of Edge TC when it is used against Absolute TC.
- Now works better with audio edits in the EDL.
- Will now let you add up to 10 source directories to search for your R3Ds
- Avid and Premiere support
- Support added for R3Ds created with cameras using pre 16 firmware
- fixed a bug that could cause re-link error with some R3D files
- fixed some permission errors when scanning full drives
- fixed an issue on Avid if clip names were changed.
- fixed an issue with some 'simple' RED16 Avid EDL
- fixed an issue with TC detection
- much much faster source folder scanning
- much faster processing when having a large R3D folder scanned

Known issues :
- 23.976 and 29.98 TC are not fully tested
- Any clip playing in reverse in your edit will be wrong once in RCX as standard EDLs don't export that info !
- Evaluation version will only export the first 10 edits of your EDL to REDCINE-X (Full version has no limits)


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If you encounter specific issue, please email me your EDL file.

If it works well on your system and you wish to unlock it beyond 10 first edit points, you can send a donation via Paypal to my email account (any amount over $15 will get you a code to unlock it). I'll do my best to keep it bug free and up to date :

mika at nerim.net

EDL has several limitations with reversed clips etc so I made an XML version offering much more features. A single donation unlocks both scripts, try it out here : http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=42478

Thanks for any feedback.

Mikael

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This software is not affiliated with RED.com, Inc.
REDCINE-X, R3D are trademarks of RED.com, Inc.
Final Cut Pro is a trademark of Apple Inc.
Avid is a trademark of Avid Technology, Inc
Premiere is a trademark of of Adobe Systems Inc.

 

[Deanan]

Awesome. First one out!

 

[Bal Deo]

This is cool
You have just saved me hours of work. I'll try it on a 3 min video We shot on Friday.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Cool

 

[IAN SUN]

Wow excellent, thanks will try.
Why the ten cut limit? Do you plan to commercialize the software soon?

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Well if it does work outside of my own computer and if there is some interest in such a script then maybe I could setup a paypal and propose the full version to those who donate 15 $ to support the project.

It sends 10 cuts to RCX but internaly it processes the whole EDL so you can try it and see if it can work for you, and evaluate the script's limitations. This first version wiill certainly have bugs so I will post updates here if I fix them or get it to work with more EDL formats. If you have Avid or CS4 example EDLs to send me it could help speed things up. I start working on a feature in 2 weeks for 2 months so I can work a bit on it this week...

Thanks to the braves who will try it out !

Mikael

 

[Bal Deo]

Hey mikael
I'll pay the $15 if you can send me a script that will send my 3 min timeline to rcx

 

[gbalaji]

been poking around in Applescript since REDCine-X lua scripts were posted friday... here's something to try... fresh from the oven.

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EDL to REDCine-X Conform Tool
beta 0.1 © Mikael Lubtchansky

Experimental software
Not suitable for production
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This software is not affiliated with RED.com, Inc.
REDCine-X, R3D are trademarks of RED.com, Inc.
Final Cut Pro is a trademark of Apple Inc.

Mikael,

When I try to execute your script (6 cuts), I am able to play only one frame and not all frames. Attached my EDL, Lua Script and Screenshot of RedCine-X.

Thanks for the good work.

 

[Bal Deo]

Hey Mikael
Try using the script. Noticed if I have 4 cuts of the same clip it will only ref three in the edl and it repeats (complete) the same clip for the fourth cut.

 

[Jean-Charles Wolfarth]

Mikael, is there a way to see the source ? I'm on PC, I could try to "translate" it to PHP to put it on a web page : people submit their EDL and get back an LUA script. Or maybe there's someone here who could write it in Javascript to make it more cross-platform.

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Mikael,

When I try to execute your script (6 cuts), I am able to play only one frame and not all frames. Attached my EDL, Lua Script and Screenshot of RedCine-X.

Thanks for the good work.

Looks like you exported your offlines and edited using Edge Code instead of the (hourly) TimeCode. Will work on making the script aware of this issue and will send a new version to deal with this once it is ready.

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Mikael, is there a way to see the source ? I'm on PC, I could try to "translate" it to PHP to put it on a web page : people submit their EDL and get back an LUA script. Or maybe there's someone here who could write it in Javascript to make it more cross-platform.

My script relies on a lot of Mac and applescript specific tricks so it wouldn't be possible to just translate it into another language. Also to be able to conform from an EDL the script needs to locate the original R3D files locally on your drives and read the source timecode of your clip in order to get the correct in/out points for RCX.

I'm not a PHP expert at all but I don't really see how this part could work from a webpage.

Best from Paris

Mikael

 

[Jean-Charles Wolfarth]

My script relies on a lot of Mac and applescript specific tricks so it wouldn't be possible to just translate it into another language. Also to be able to conform from an EDL the script needs to locate the original R3D files locally on your drives and read the source timecode of your clip in order to get the correct in/out points for RCX.

I'm not a PHP expert at all but I don't really see how this part could work from a webpage.

Best from Paris

Mikael

Thanks Mikael ! Too bad... Anyway, it would be great to meet each other one day !

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Hey Mikael
Try using the script. Noticed if I have 4 cuts of the same clip it will only ref three in the edl and it repeats (complete) the same clip for the fourth cut.

Can you private message me with the EDL and .lua file ?

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Mikael,

When I try to execute your script (6 cuts), I am able to play only one frame and not all frames. Attached my EDL, Lua Script and Screenshot of RedCine-X.

updated to version 0.15 (see first post) :

- should properly detect TimeCode when offlines are using Edge TC instead of Absolute TC
- should now work on snow leopard if it didn't previously
- should now deal with Audio better (audio is not sent to RCX in any way but could generate error before if some clips had synced audio). As a general rule, it's best to duplicate your edit, remove all audio before exporting a video only EDL.

 

[James Rayburn]

Avid EDL

Avid EDL

Here is a sample of an Avid EDL using the Avid "Red16" template. Essentially a CMX 3600 Avid EDL that allows 16 character tape names.

I'd love to see Avid compatibility!

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Here is a sample of an Avid EDL using the Avid "Red16" template. Essentially a CMX 3600 Avid EDL that allows 16 character tape names.

I'd love to see Avid compatibility!

Thanks James

EDL2RCX version 0.2 now has basic Avid support.
Please report here or by PM if it works... else send me your EDLs.

Mikael

 

[Brian_Obee]

2. Transcode offline files keeping original RED names for all your clips

Hi,

Does "transcode offline files" mean one cannot use, for editing, the quicktime files in the R3D folder that reference the R3D raw file? Do we have to convert the entire R3D raw file to self contained proxy quicktimes for editing to make this work?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[David Battistella]

Hey Kids,

You might want to look for the new version of CLIPFINDER. Which does all of this and more.

David

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Hi,

Does "transcode offline files" mean one cannot use, for editing, the quicktime files in the R3D folder that reference the R3D raw file? Do we have to convert the entire R3D raw file to self contained proxy quicktimes for editing to make this work?

Thanks,

Brian

It works well with proxys too, no need to convert if that is your preffered workflow.

I just posted a new version (0.25) that might work also with Premiere... (not fully tested yet)

Mikael