Re: FCPX metadata--how significant is it? And why?

Well, perhaps because I think of it as a CARD ID, now.

And I have about 40 Disk Images of those cards - all TAGGED with their own IDs - that FCP-X handles fluently and flawlessly.

When clips show up in the EventBrowser as "offline" I can see those CARD IDs - because that's built into part of my metadata strategy. (and yes, I had to think about what would be the best way to TAG that rather than letting the camera manufacture TELL ME what that ID should be.) Then I insert the corresponding Disk Image via any storage media I like down (to a thumb drive CLONE of the original camera card) - and upon launching that - ALL my data re-links to my FCP -X project nearly instaneously.

That doesn't actually BEHAVE much like a REEL - which required a single, physical presence to be loaded in order for the editor to extract the contents from it. So in my considered opinion, in a world where I might wish to have multiple CLONES of virtual reels, someone else's idea of what I might need as a REEL ID, might range from simply inadequate to downright STUPID in the context of my preferred workflow.

Does that help you understand my thinking about REEL ID issues?

Or do you just want me to send you some of the old 1": type C reels in my closet from the early days of my career to prove to you that I have some understanding of what a REEL actually represents?

(sorry, just couldn't resist)

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