Zachary Fink
June 4th, 2008, 11:06 AM
I'm just about to start logging my initial footage for a feature length documentary that I've begun to shoot. When I'm done, I'll have around 100 hours of footage from my EX1 for this project alone.
In the fall, I'll also be shooting pre-production on my next film. This got me thinking about something that I haven't seen anywhere in these posts yet.
If I am using sony's XDCAM Transfer tool to log clips and subclips for both these projects, do I have to keep every single BPAV folder referenced on the sidebar of XDCAM Transfer in order to be able to keep the clip and subclip meta data?
For example, say I have a single BPAV folder in XDCAM Transfer, and I log a bunch of clips and subclips with names and descriptions, then export these as .mov files to a Final Cut Pro project, and then remove the BPAV folder from XDCAM Transfer's side bar. If I need to "retransfer" any of those .mov files from the original BPAV folder to Final Cut, is it possible? I tested this, and when I "re-added" the BPAV folder to XDCAM Transfer, none of the subclips, names or descriptions were there.
One of the strengths of non-linear digital editing is the ability to reconstitute a Final Cut project from offline raw materials! I would hope that I don't have to keep every BPAV folder I ever shoot in the sidebar of XDCAM Transfer in order to do so! I'll be searching through them for hours to find what I want.
How are people approaching this? Am I missing something?
In the fall, I'll also be shooting pre-production on my next film. This got me thinking about something that I haven't seen anywhere in these posts yet.
If I am using sony's XDCAM Transfer tool to log clips and subclips for both these projects, do I have to keep every single BPAV folder referenced on the sidebar of XDCAM Transfer in order to be able to keep the clip and subclip meta data?
For example, say I have a single BPAV folder in XDCAM Transfer, and I log a bunch of clips and subclips with names and descriptions, then export these as .mov files to a Final Cut Pro project, and then remove the BPAV folder from XDCAM Transfer's side bar. If I need to "retransfer" any of those .mov files from the original BPAV folder to Final Cut, is it possible? I tested this, and when I "re-added" the BPAV folder to XDCAM Transfer, none of the subclips, names or descriptions were there.
One of the strengths of non-linear digital editing is the ability to reconstitute a Final Cut project from offline raw materials! I would hope that I don't have to keep every BPAV folder I ever shoot in the sidebar of XDCAM Transfer in order to do so! I'll be searching through them for hours to find what I want.
How are people approaching this? Am I missing something?