API and REDCODE specifications?

[CharlieLavers]

Hello,

I am a programmer with a strong interest in video processing and post production. My brother have recently got a hold of a Red One camera for his short film, and he asked me if I could program a GUI for converting the R3D files to proxy(?).

Since I am unfamiliar with the Red's work flow, is there any specifications or API documentation that I could look at? I have leafed through the operation manual, and there seems to be be very little documentation on the format itself. Is it proprietary? I also heard that there is some scripts to convert R3D files into quicktime proxies(?), but I couldn't find them.

Sorry if I seem like I am talking out of my #@$, I am not yet familiar with the terminology. Any help would be very much appreciated.

[Rainer Fritz]

A SDK will come by August... Redcode codec is proprietary... install Redalert conversion software, there is a command line tool (redline) included as some very good automator actions.... when installed open the terminal and type redline in so you can see the terminology of the syntax....

regards
rainer

[miles]

If you decide to code a gui app, maybe consider using cross-platform tools, like wxWidgets etc.

Lp, m.

[Tony Lorentzen]

I'm planning on wrapping the SDK libraries into .NET assemblies in order to make a Windows GUI as soon as it becomes available.