Hi Marty,

We've discussed this really briefly before. The goal is to have an application that allows manual logging, filtering on fields (like comments, Tape #, etc), output to EDL that can then be used to "redigitize" footage, and output to text (including fields not used in EDL)

This could be done in several ways:

As an Excel sheet with macros (free for all, usable by most)
As an Access application (all of the tools are there except that I don't know if one can export a project as a runtime app)
As an app written in VB or maybe even Java. (Would cost a little money to buy)

-The timecode would have to be convertable between what the edl uses and the timecode format the user wants to use. EDL always uses what?-frames?-Seconds?
-Seconds+frames? Frames+subframes?
-Other fields would need to be hidden and populated with reasonable default values.
-Comments can be in the file the app generates but not exported to an EDL.

I don't really have the skills for this (except in Access maybe) but I think I know enough to guide someone. I gather there's an SDK available for vegas-at least I've seen mention of it.

It would sure be worthwhile to have a tool like this to complement Vegas.

Rob Mack