I have an open support ticket about this bug, but the Blackmagic rep told me that he's unfortunately unable to give me any kind of timeframe as to if or when they will fix this.
I have worked out an alternative workflow, however, and am posting it here in case folks find it useful.
This $250 app called "
LTC Convert" is able to read the
LTC in MXF-wrapped XAVC files:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/l ... ert-auxtc/LTC Convert can also export an XLS spreadsheet file with the
LTC information for each MXF file in a folder of your choosing.
Resolve 12.5 has a new "batch" metadata editing ability which involves exporting, editing, and importing CSVs.
So my suggested workflow is to:
- Read the embedded LTC in your XAVC [MXF] file from LTC Convert
- Export an XLS spreadsheet of the LTC from LTC Convert
- Export a CSV from the Media Pool out of Resolve 12.5
- Use the XLS from LTC Convert to update the CSV from Resolve
- Import the updated CSV back into the Media Pool in Resolve
I've done each of these, and the process works. While this whole workflow is a bit elaborate, it's much easier and faster than trying to manually type out the
LTC that's being read from the Tentacle Sync Studio app, especially if you have a lot of clips.
Unfortunately, solely relying on the Tentacle Sync Studio app is untenable, for several reasons:
- The Tentacle Sync Studio app's XML export doesn't include any of the LTC fields in the document, or else I'd just be copying and pasting out of the said XML doc.
- The "Show Info" function from the Tentacle Sync Studio app produces a floating window on OS X, and the metadata containing the LTC can't be copied to the OS clipboard for use in another app.
I've asked the Tentacle Sync folks about finding a way to copy the "file info" information out of the app, but I haven't received a response yet:
http://forum.tentaclesync.com/question/ ... sted-apps/I hope this helps some other poor soul who also is trying to use Resolve 12.5, XAVC MXF, and
LTC from a Tentacle Sync. Good luck!