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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 :)

Media copy via EDL?????

Hi Ido,
This is something wich have been discussed on the Scratch-List and I know 2 of our users who developped such tools.

Cheers
 
Despe said:
Hi Ido,
This is something wich have been discussed on the Scratch-List and I know 2 of our users who developped such tools.

Cheers
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Thanks Despe,

I know about the R3D dedicated tools. But I am looking for a general file copier via EDL.
 
That's funny. I feel like a parrot, that's keep screaming Resolve, Resolve, Resolve...
Everyone is keep trying to invent new tools to perform something, that easily can be done in Resolve. In this case just use EDL to bring the shots into Resolve, select those shots in the timeline, right click and select "Trim Red". If shots haven't been trimmed, they will be copied in full to a destination of your choosing. Done!!!
 
jake blackstone said:
That's funny. I feel like a parrot, that's keep screaming Resolve, Resolve, Resolve... Everyone is keep trying to invent new tools to perform something, that easily can be done in Resolve. In this case just use EDL to bring the shots into Resolve, select those shots in the timeline, right click and select "Trim Red". If shots haven't been trimmed, they will be copied in full to a destination of your choosing. Done!!!
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Good to know Jake! I love Resolve. This wasn't for me so much about inventing a new tool, but extending my exisiting collection of Python, shell and XSLT tools for working with EDLs, XML/AAF and text metadata. One question however since I note your words "If shots haven't been trimmed"… If my starting point is a client-provided picture lock EDL, which by its nature contains trimmed clips, does the Trim Red workflow you describe still make full copies of the original source material? Thoughts?
 
This is a work in progress. It is a Python script that parses an EDL and generates a shell script to copy the Red RDC directories referenced by the EDL to a specified directory. I could have had the Python script do the file copying itself, but I prefer have the opportunity to review a script that's going to be copying files before executing it. This approach also allows me to write simpler Python code, with less error and fault checking, than would be safe and prudent for a fully automated script.
copyR3DfromEDL.05.py.png
 
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Arun Kumar said:
How to run on windows , python installed and working.

does anyone have this working on Windows ..??
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If you're asking about my python script above, it will only run on MacOS as written and maybe on Linux with a small tweak or two.
The Python script generates a Unix shell script to do the copying, which Windows is not capable of running (at least not out of the box without some sort of interpreter or faux-Unix-shell).

Even as my color grading and conform work is more and more evenly split between Mac and Windows, I still do my Python and scripting development on MacOS or Linux as I prefer scripting a Unix-style shell rather than the DOS prompt. (The DOS prompt feels so 80's for me.)
 
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