This tutorial will show you how you can to use the software with your existing library.
Using presets
The simplest way to set up a library based on an existing library structure is to use the provided preset. The Preserve original structure preset will leave all existing files untouched and create a folder named .proxies in the root library location. All proxies will be rendered into this folder.
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Create new config
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choose config preset: Preserve original structure
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create a new library
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the Library Root needs to point to the folder of the existing library
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choose library preset: Preserve original structure
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that’s it - now you can start ingesting the existing files.
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It will keep the source file untouched and render proxy filels into the
.proxiesfolder
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The easiest way is to use the preset, as mentioned above. Everything that follows below is the older and manual approach. Keep reading if you want to learn more about the concept of an existing library setup. |
Setup manually
In previous version you needed to setup an existing library manually. This guide will show explain the concept how to setup an existing library from a blank setup.
In this example we assume that you have already did setup a folder structure and naming convention for your existing elements. But now we will create proxy files for a faster preview. The software needs these proxy files in order to work correctly.
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Let’s create the two path values we will need.
key | value |
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extension | <source.extension> |
proxy_type | (no value, this will be blank for now) |
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Path Patterns
In this tutorial the proxy files will be placed in a folder in the same location where the main element is stored. We will create a folder called proxy and the proxy files will be created in yet another sub-folder depending on the proxy type.
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Set these values for the Path Patterns:
key | value |
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base_path | <source.directory>/proxies/<source.basename>/<proxy_type>/<source.basename>_<proxy_type> |
path_file | <base_path>.<extension> |
path_sequence | <base_path>.<frame>.<extension> |
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If you want to go up one directory, simply use two dots '/../' in your file path. |
File path definitions
All that’s let to do in the global settings in to set the file path definitions.
For a single file we use path_file from the path patterns and for a sequence of file we use path_sequence.
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<path_file> |
<path_sequence> |
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Now the global settings should look like this:
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Now let’s create a new library. There is nothing special to be done in this step.
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Please make sure that your elements are stored inside the Library Root you choose for this library. Otherwise the software will not be able to work with these elements correctly. |
Transcoding templates
The template mapping should by default look something like this.
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For the main template we will overwrite the path patterns path_file and path_sequence with the file path to the element. This will register the file path to the database for the mail elements.
key | value |
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path_file | <source.path> |
path_sequence | <source.path> |
The important part here is to choose the transcoding task: N oOp NoOp (do nothing)
Since we don’t want anything to happen with the mail elements, we still have to register the file path to the database in order for the software to know what that file path is.
No path values are needed in this case.
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For the thumbnail we have to overwrite the two path values.
key | value |
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extension | jpg |
proxy_type | thumbnail |
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It there are other path values, please make sure to remove them. |
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For the filmstrip we again will overwrite the two path values similar to the thumbnail.
key | value |
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extension | jpg |
proxy_type | filmstrip |
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proxy movie
And one last time, overwrite the path values.
key | value |
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extension | mov |
proxy_type | proxy |
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Conclusion
Now you will be able to keep your existing files and still create proxy files. Of course you are free to change the folder structure for the proxy files any way you like.
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