Renaming AVCHD clips in Vegas?

Alf Hanna wrote on 5/13/2010, 1:47 AM

If I don't use Cineform to transcode, is there some way to rename the clips inside Vegas when I add them to the timeline? What I mean is that I have a card, I dump the whole card into a folder on my drive ( D:\Todays Project\Private\etc.etc.

Inside that AVCHD I end up with the various Clip1 Clip 2 etc. I want to rename them as bring them in. Any tool to do that or can I do it in Vegas? Can I go ahead and rename them in the Project Media folder?

I'm use to doing that with FCP during the Log and Transfer transcode process.

Comments

Rob Franks wrote on 5/13/2010, 3:04 AM

Why do you need to rename them as you bring them in? It would be much faster simply to use a batch rename program while they're in the folder (independent from vegas). I usually rename mine with the time/date shot. It takes a couple of seconds for 5000 or 6000 clips

I use:
http://www.den4b.com/screenshots.php?project=ReNamer
It's free.

TeetimeNC wrote on 5/13/2010, 4:53 AM

If your reason for renaming is to deal with duplicates across multiple cards then use the Device Explorer to import your clips. It assigns a unique name to each clip across multiple cards. It also concatenates cipls that are truncated to 4GB files in your cam.

/jerry