Media copy via EDL?????

[Ido Karilla]

I am looking for a tool to copy files (not R3d) selectively via EDL.

Thanks.

[Daniel Esperanssa]

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

[Ido Karilla]

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

Thanks Despe,

I know about the R3D dedicated tools. But I am looking for a general file copier via EDL.

[Lim Tai Wah]

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


Daniel, can you point me to the users who developed the tools? Lim

[Jeff Brown]

Monkey Extract from Rubber Monkey software does this.....

[John Pilgrim]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just did this recently and wanted to share the knowledge: http://www.johnpilgrim.net/client/reference/CopyFilesFromEDL/

[jake blackstone]

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!!!

[John Pilgrim]

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!!! 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?

[John Pilgrim]

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. http://johnpilgrim.net/client/reference/CopyFilesFromEDL/python/copyR3DfromEDL.05.py.png