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Hi,

I have this sequence which consists of 3334 clips. There are so many you can't actually see them without having to zoom in a bit.

1920x1200 screenshot (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u474kkwec95t5js/AutoConform.png?dl=0)


I would like to automatically cut the audio clip on A1 (which has the same length as the video), using the cuts on V1.

Do I really have to go through some fancy roundtripping or there's a simpler way of doing this without actually having to go through manually.

Thanks,
Danny

What are you actually trying to do? Export each A/V cut individually ("roundtripping?") or [just] add cut points to the A1 track to match the video cuts? If the latter, for what purpose?

If all you want to to do is add cuts to the A1 track to match V1, a keyboard macro is probably the fastest way ("next, cut, next, cut, etc. etc. etc.). If you're trying to export each cut individually (automatically), there might be a way to automate it with a script. But there's no automatic function to accomplish it.

Danny Duchesneau wrote:I would like to automatically cut the audio clip on A1

Editing is a manual process.

Get busy.

Hmmm... any chance you could make an EDL of your V1. Load the audio track from the media browser with scene cut detect (if that is even possible) and use the three dot pulldown to use the EDL created to add the cut points?


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dariobigi wrote:Hmmm... any chance you could make an EDL of your V1. Load the audio track from the media browser with scene cut detect (if that is even possible) and use the three dot pulldown to use the EDL created to add the cut points?


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I tried that but the scene cut detection won't open when I right click the wav file. I don't think it's meant for audio files.

How about using the EDL created and use import preconformed timeline?


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What if you create an EDL of your timeline, export it with uncompressed audio, then reimport the file and use the EDL to break up the export? Then you could paste your original picture elements back in.

dariobigi wrote:How about using the EDL created and use import preconformed timeline?


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I'm sorry but I'm not sure I'm following you. The "EDL created" only has V1 in it. When I import it using Pre-conformed EDL I end up with only the V1 track.

anandmodi wrote:What if you create an EDL of your timeline, export it with uncompressed audio, then reimport the file and use the EDL to break up the export? Then you could paste your original picture elements back in.

I'm sorry here too but I'm not following.

"create an EDL of your timeline, export it with uncompressed audio"

I guess you meant to export the timeline as a QuickTime or MXF file including my "uncut" audio on A1?

When I reimport the file and use Pre-conformed EDL it doesn't break the audio. I end up with the same timeline I exported, V1 with cuts and A1 with no cuts.

By the way, I ended up creating a macro using TinyTask. It was quite amusing to have a look at it cut A1 automatically.