Xml not importing

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Hi
i am facing a problem in importing xml’s.
I am attaching the error. This is happening with multiple xml’s from different clients of late.

any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance

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Honestly I don’t know why this happens. It could be because the editor left multicam clips in the timeline. Or some factor that doesn’t translate.

My workaround is to import into Resolve, then re-export as either a new AAF or XML. Works most of the time.

I always ask to have an EDL as a backup as well.

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Thanks Nick, yeah I have the edl as well.

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Have you tried running the XML through the Premiere XML Fixer in the Logik Portal?

Could you post an XML for us to look at?

-Ted

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It would also be a great help to send the xml to autodesk so that they can fix the incompatability issue.

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Sure @johnag
I’ll try to send it to autodesk.

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Hi @KuleshovEffect
I have to run it through the XML fixer, I’ve not yet tried that.

I will share a couple of xml’s I’ve been having trouble with once I reach work.

However they say the xmls were generated in resolve and not premier

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Hi @KuleshovEffect

I’m getting this error when i run the xml
Special Date.xml (102.5 KB)

I’ve shared one of the xml’s giving me trouble.

Please do take a look if you can.

Thanks so much

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That’s an odd XML - it came from Resolve, right?
I’ll keep looking into it, but the best answer I have right now is to wash it through Premiere. I’ve attached that result here:
Special Date_For Post_Premiere.xml (54.8 KB)

@Nick It does contain compound clips - have you seen those cause this problem?

-Ted

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Compound clips or Multicam always cause issues. Maybe there’s a way to translate to Container in Flame?

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It’s not Compound clips, it’s <transitionitem> tags missing an <effect> subelement.
I just did a test with a default transition in Resolve and it worked fine - are they using some sort of plugin for the transitions?
Anyway, could you ask your clients to delete all transitions before exporting the XML?
Otherwise, you could edit the XML yourself and add this text any time there’s a <transitionitem> tag:

<effect>
	<name>Cross Dissolve</name>
	<effectid>Cross Dissolve</effectid>
	<effecttype>transition</effecttype>
	<mediatype>video</mediatype>
</effect>

-Ted

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Thanks @KuleshovEffect
I think I’ll try to edit it myself first.
It’s too difficult explaining and asking for another XML

When I click on the XML file, it opens in the the firefox browser in the linux.

Is there some other word editor to be used for editing the XML?

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I recommend:

-Ted

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Me too
love vscode

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Hey @KuleshovEffect
This file you sent is importing in flame.
What did you have to do?

We don’t have premier only resolve.
Do you recommend i wash it through resolve or try editing the code myself.

I’m curious to know what would happen.

Is there any simple text editor in linux that i can use?

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i did this and it worked for me

thanks so much @Nick @KuleshovEffect