There's been some discussion here of scripts to
generate EDLs from Vegas. I'm curious if scripting
will help with importing EDLs, in particular with respect
to capturing clips.
I'm aware that Vegas can already import EDLs on it's
own, but as far as I can tell (and I have experimented with
Vegas 4.0 beta), the clips referenced in the EDL cannot be
batch captured after the import (if I'm wrong about this,
can someone give me details about how to recapture - I've
asked without success on the vegas video forum).
I've reviewed the released beta scripting API. Although
the video capture utility doesn't appear to be part of the
scripting interface, the main Media class might help. But, it's
not clear if the Media class constructor requires a valid media file,
or whether it can be used to create offline files in the
media pool. And if it can, it's not clear that those files
will be eligible for recapture (although it does look like the
critical info can be set - tape name, in/out points - although the
API I looked at doesn't say TimecodeOut can be set).
Basically, what I want to be able to do is start new
projects with a list of offline clips (i.e. Tapename/In/Out),
and have Vegas batch capture all the media. I don't really
care if it requires EDL or some other text format (in my
case I get the list from CatDV, but I can massage it into any
required format). And I don't care if it's a built in
feature or a script - I just want it to be automated (except
for swapping tapes, of course!).
Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I'm not expecting
anyone to write a script for me, but if someone already knows
it is / isn't possible, it might save me some time. Of course,
I'm really hoping I'm missing some obvious built-in capability.
Thanks,
Dave
generate EDLs from Vegas. I'm curious if scripting
will help with importing EDLs, in particular with respect
to capturing clips.
I'm aware that Vegas can already import EDLs on it's
own, but as far as I can tell (and I have experimented with
Vegas 4.0 beta), the clips referenced in the EDL cannot be
batch captured after the import (if I'm wrong about this,
can someone give me details about how to recapture - I've
asked without success on the vegas video forum).
I've reviewed the released beta scripting API. Although
the video capture utility doesn't appear to be part of the
scripting interface, the main Media class might help. But, it's
not clear if the Media class constructor requires a valid media file,
or whether it can be used to create offline files in the
media pool. And if it can, it's not clear that those files
will be eligible for recapture (although it does look like the
critical info can be set - tape name, in/out points - although the
API I looked at doesn't say TimecodeOut can be set).
Basically, what I want to be able to do is start new
projects with a list of offline clips (i.e. Tapename/In/Out),
and have Vegas batch capture all the media. I don't really
care if it requires EDL or some other text format (in my
case I get the list from CatDV, but I can massage it into any
required format). And I don't care if it's a built in
feature or a script - I just want it to be automated (except
for swapping tapes, of course!).
Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I'm not expecting
anyone to write a script for me, but if someone already knows
it is / isn't possible, it might save me some time. Of course,
I'm really hoping I'm missing some obvious built-in capability.
Thanks,
Dave