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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

foolcat / foolmeta - R3D catalogs and metadatas ingest

sorry I am busy and only can do quick fixes at the moment...

development on the "other apps" needs more free time so has taken the back seat for now...
 
updated to version 2.71 : foolcat now detects corrupt R3D clips (those clips from 4.x beta reporting as offline in REDCINE-X etc)
(Thanks Jonas for sending me an example corrupt R3D clip)
 
Mikael Lubtchansky said:
updated to version 2.7 : foolcat now detects corrupt R3D clips (those clips from 4.x beta reporting as offline in REDCINE-X etc)
(Thanks Jonas for sending me an example corrupt R3D clip)
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That's a great addition - is there any way in the SDK to mark exactly how many and which frames are corrupt? Or the start and end timecodes of corrupt frames?
 
Sorry Eric, the app will not detect corrupt frames in good clips.
It will only be aware of those "false take", small 16Kb .R3D file created by 4.x beta firmware (when using pre-record mode I think) that contain no data and used to crash the app before.

I did a script a while back to detect corrupt frames in clips and recover most of what was recoverable in the clips (it would decode frame by frame to a tiff sequence and if the rocket card reported an error on decode it would replace the frame with a dummy one and move on to the end of the clip) but it was an "internal" tool to save a friend's project that I was never polished beyond that and thus never released...
 
Ah OK thanks for the clarification Mikael!
 
I just bought the app. It's very cool, thanks for the continued development.
One request / suggestion I have: Reduce the size of JPEGs. According to Google's PageSpeed Insight tool, they could be losslessly reduced by 3-4KB each, or about 27%. Every bit counts when you're on a weak 3G connection.
 
foolcat 3

foolcat 3

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foolcat 3 is almost finished and is ready for beta testing


- full support of quicktime files (including Alexa ProRes with detailed metadata support, canon metadata is still being worked on)

- foolcat 3 is a free upgrade for all early adopters

- QuickTime reported metadata infos includes pixel size, aspect ratio shot date / time, codec, bitrate, audio tracks, timecode, framerate, duration in frame and second... Alexa metadat includes WB, shutter, ISO, Colorspace, cam and media SN, recordFPS, ND filter value, look, audio reel, 3D, lens name, production, director, DOP, location and user infos

- new UI with larger image preview while processing. new application icon and Leonardo DaVinci cat in UI

- individual clip file size now displayed (both for R3D and QT)


It is a beta so some bugs probably remain with some 'untested' QT files flavor. The web page is not yet updated for version 3...
http://foolcolor.net/foolcat_3beta.zip

you can use this forum thread for general feedback or questions...
and contact me by email or PM for bug reports
 
Great news. Looking foreward to test it out. Is footage from the Canon 1DC and 5D supported?
 
I tested it with some Canon 5D files.
1DC I do not know, but if quicktime player can open them there is a good chance foolcat will be able to catalog them... if not please send me an small test file.

I am working on adding all the cool metadatas for Canon (only Alexa clips are supported for now)

quick update :
5DMKii metadata support should be done soon
for 5DMKiii I found sample clips, was able to confirm it contains all the metadata but still looking for a away to extract it properly in Xcode
 
Hi Mikael,

Thought I'd jump onboard... useful tool!

I'm having freezes on old R1 directories when its starts looking at all the proxy files. Can I tell it only to process the .R3D files?
 
foolcat should have avoid those but I overlooked something... now fixed in version 2.96... same link
Thanks for reporting the issue John !
 
Anyone else tried the beta with quicktime clips ?
I have to investigate an issue with 10.6.8 but otherwise haven't received much bug reports.
Surprised as it was the most often request feature update... but maybe everyone now is shooting 100% R3D :)
 
ProRes 4444 works on a 133 clip directory.

PDF and HTML has no logo though.
PDF still crops the Description too much on the right side of the image.

The app is a great!
 
Thanks Jonas for the report. Yeah this logo display bug is still haunting the app, will see about fixing it for good this week if I can !

Mikael
 
beta 2.991

adds anamorphic support for RED clips (creating de-squeezed thumbnails)

same download link :http://foolcolor.net/foolcat_3beta.zip


previous beta :
- adds support for all the Canon 5D MK2, MK3 metadata, enhanced Alexa metadata display
- Now has the option to sort clips by date, by clip name, or keep whatever folder hierarchy sorting you're using
- Lots of bugfixes for QT support and reported display issues...
 
beta 2.993

fixes the 10.6.8 QT incompatibility
and should finally fixes the client logo display issue under all OS version and circumstances !
 
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