Attaching metadata based on filenames
by Chris Smith
on
Jun 16, 2009 at 11:59:04 pm
Hi All,
I am a learning Admin to Final Cut Server, and I would really love some help setting up a system where metadata can be attached to Assets based on filename. I have seen this is possible, but haven't seen too many examples of how to do this. Ideally I want to be able to fill in a lot of the metadata fields automatically on upload through my naming structure. I have a range of metadata groups and if I could grab some help setting up one, I think I shouldbe able to do it for the rest!
Here is an example for rushes of one of our sports events we shoot:
Eg. Event, Cutaway, Round and Heat Number, Athlete, Description
GC09_CW_R1H2_Name_Description.mov
Now, can I make it so that this information is sucked in on import of the files into FCSvr?
Re: Attaching metadata based on filenames by Lucas Werneck on Jun 22, 2009 at 2:21:52 pm
Hi Chris,
Maybe you can take a look at external scripting plus fcsvr_client setmd or Read XML (more appropriate) functions.
For example, you can run a response of "run external script" and the asset that "triggered" this will have it's name parsed to this script argument. You can then read the spaces between "_" and write a XML with appropriate metadatafields and FCS will read it and change the metadata listed in the XML.
This is just an idea, please feel free to ask further on.
regards
