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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

doesn't really change much feature-wise but foolcat 4.02 is now a signed app (using my apple dev ID) so it should be able to run without bypassing or disabling gatekeeper...
 
Hey Mikael,
What do you think about importing ALE files to get scene/take metadata into the reports? The way I see it, you drag the files in, then drag an ALE onto another field, and it matches shots based on name/reel and timecode, then generate the report like normal. I've been trying out Silverstack SET lately. I think I actually prefer Foolcat's HTML reports, especially the index pages, but scene and take is a really nice thing to have.

Also — ARRIRAW support would be awesome.
 
Eliott, can you send me a sample ALE file with as much metadata by email (and a screenshot of expected file structure as to where the file is in relation to the clips to try and make it auto-detected) and I'll work on this !

Tried to contact several times ARRI to simply get access to their RAW SDK and exchanged emails with them but so far I had far better success working with RED dev support !!!
Will try to see them in Vegas if I have the time...
 
Just upgraded to 4.05 and the new version of Redcine X. Foolcat is now consistantly crashing, I haven't been able to complete a catalog after about 10 tries.
 
new foolcat 4.06 should be all good now with DRAGONcolor and REDgamma4 support both in decode and R3D metadata / RMD.
please report here if there is any issue on untested configurations (I'm waiting in an airport now with only 1 mac to try it out)
 
Your app looks wonderful Mikael,

Have you considered adding a sequencer to it for real time automation of camera control?

This could be redmote pro & so much more we've all been waiting for...

Thank you,
 
PC Greene said:
Your app looks wonderful Mikael,

Have you considered adding a sequencer to it for real time automation of camera control?

This could be redmote pro & so much more we've all been waiting for...

Thank you,
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I have to think about it but why not... the only time based stuff in foolcontrol at the moment is sending real time clock from the computer to the camera TC...
What kind of automation / parameters would you imagine controlling sequentially ?

btw, thanks for posting any foolcontrol related stuff to the thread I recently opened :
foolcontrol reduser thread

(this one is for foolcat, my previous app to generate pdf / html visual reports)
 
When using foolcat with log footage, I prefer to have the thumbnails to be de-logged. Since this feature doesn't exist in foolcat, I'm made a little bash one-liner for it.
After creating the catalog, just run this command, with your input and LUT paths. It will replace all the JPEGs in place, which works for the HTML catalog, but not the PDF.

Code: 
find /path/to/foolcat_files -iname "*.jpg" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -vf lut3d=file=/path/to/BMD_LogC_709.dat {} -y \;
 
Elliott Balsley said:
When using foolcat with log footage, I prefer to have the thumbnails to be de-logged. Since this feature doesn't exist in foolcat, I'm made a little bash one-liner for it.
After creating the catalog, just run this command, with your input and LUT paths. It will replace all the JPEGs in place, which works for the HTML catalog, but not the PDF.

Code: 
find /path/to/foolcat_files -iname "*.jpg" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -vf lut3d=file=/path/to/BMD_LogC_709.dat {} -y \;
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Nice Eliott !

Since foolcat is already using ffmepg for some of the mxf / QT features I should be able to add a LUT option in the preferences and use that to de-log the files directly so you don't need to do it afterwards and can have them in the pdf too...

Will see if I can find the time to do this soon and release an update...
 
4.10 update released today that fixes an error that would fail the pdf creation in some cases.

next releases should bring new features but this one is just a quick bug fix

huge thanks to the flood of new users who recently acquired foolcat and to Jarred who gave an amazing new kickstart by bringing me and my apps to NAB !
 
testing your demo now and wondering how long should it take to do just 5 clips?

does the speed of the drive affect it?

Its been 10 min and its just now reading metadats.
 
Eric Santiago said:
testing your demo now and wondering how long should it take to do just 5 clips?

does the speed of the drive affect it?

Its been 10 min and its just now reading metadats.
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It should be 15-30 secs max
Which OS X version you're running ?
You can contact me offline so we find the issue you're having...
 
thanks Mikael running 10.9.2 on a Mac Pro.

I had to crash it.

got stuck on the first clip.

Ill test again later, gotta leave :)
 
Mikael,

Thanks for a great app, we use it regularly.

I have been trying to use it to generate reports of avid mxf video files and audio files.

But no luck. Is this something that is supported?
 
Hi Frank
Not yet. I does work with some mxf files like c300 but not with all flavors yet...
If you can send me a sampe short clip I'll look into it and add it in a future update if it is possible...
 
Mikael the HTML version (still testing) Im only seeing one option as far as overlay info on thumbnail goes.

Is this on the full version?
 
Hi Eric, not sure what you mean exactly by 'overlay info' on thumbnail ?

In HTML page some extra info is displayed using roll-over like showing first thumbnail graded (with .RMD file metadata) or as shot in camera (.R3D metadata only) or if you applied curves or advanced metadata it will also show over the first image when rolling over that text on the left. If you linked audio, have post effect applied or framing settings those also appear while rolling over the small icons below each clips... if you shoot HDR it can also show X-track on roll over

There is only one version of the app that works as demo with 5 clips then will be unlocked with a code. Feel free to email me if you are having any question or issue while testing... (email is on the webpage or you can post more detailed question here...)
 
In case it was an interesting question for anyone else :
Eric was only seeing the gamma and colorspace info on camera metadata roll over... because foolcat is smart enough to display only the settings that are not at their default values...
As soon as you change any look settings in camera or change a parameter in RCX compared to in camera metadata it will show up but otherwise it won't clutter the catalog...

Same for postFX, framing, audio link, still frames etc... detailed info will only appear if there is actually something to show :-)

here is an example with two different RMD sidecar files, only what is not similar to camera meta is shown instead of showing everything wherever the value is identical or not...

rollover.png
 
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