Had a conform
Tape name for everything was AX
File name was correct
Edits kept incorrect tape name.
I swapped everything manually because I could not find an automated way to do it.
Is there an easier way?
Hi John!
Amongst the import options at the bottom of the media hub/search location panel there is a menu that allows for the tape name to be substituted with the file name on import. Is that what you’re looking for?
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Hi @kirk
Thanks for chiming in - it’s not quite what I was meaning - I made a screen capture using old school edl conform to show the details more clearly - it seems like it’s either something quite obvious I’m missing or it’s a feature?
Actually. I’ve had a thought. If I had pressed use clip name info button then that might have done it. But there’s still got to be a quicker way to do this after the conform.
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You can set your match criteria to File Name, assemble the edl, then select the entire timeline and change the name to “tape”. It should put the correct tape name into the segments on the timeline as well as change the names in the edl. I agree that the should be a way to select the entire file name column in the edl and paste it into the Tape Name column, like a spread sheet. Note that I used quotation marks around tape because the little arrow keys are not legal characters.
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Hi Tim
Thanks. Agreed on the spreadsheet thing. Especially in this day and age. It does feel lacking. I’m pretty sure you can do that sort of thing in baselight.
I ran into this same issue last week. Did the same manual copy and paste as you did. And I was dreaming of a feature like this. Avid has it, you right click and then copy from whatever column you want to in that Tape ID. It’s pretty cool.
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You may want to add your vote to this request:
FI-02195 Timeline: Ability to Rename Tape name (manual and tokens)
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anything ever come of this request?
I just ran into an issue where I need to rename the tape name of a clip after conform. I noticed that you can rename the tape name in the conform window, but then when you match the segment out into the library, the tape name reverts to the original.
So… can you only rename the tape on import?
What if you open the shot as a sequence in desktop and rename (again)? Laborious but could work?
You have renamed one instance… but you have another instance in a reel, desktop, open library that is being matched out. Closed up all your libraries or find that other instance and trash it. I think its the same issue, maybe you have experienced it, where when you consolidate heads/tails, then match out and its back to full length heads/tails… you have a full length instance lurking somewhere.
Hope this helps.
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Yes. That’s probably it. Nice one Kieran.