The Mono Video device enables the ingest of individual video files as mono takes. If the video contains an audio track it will also be extracted during ingest.
Display Name: The name of the device as it will appear in the Devices list.
Take Directory: The path to the root folder containing video files. This folder can contain subfolders.
Video Discovery Expression: Tokens that can be extracted from the folder and file name to identify the take.
A visual example of the content expected to be found by the Mono Video device in the Take Directory is shown below:
+-- takes
| +-- take_1.mov
| \-- take_2.mov
|
\-- take_3.movDiscovery Expression Tokens
The Video Discovery Expression is used to define the naming convention for video files in your takes. The available tokens are:
| The slate name. |
| The identifier for the camera. |
| The take number. |
| Any valid string. |
| Used without any other tokens to automatically identify takes based on the directory structure. |
Tokens can be separated using the following delimiters: _-.\
When not using the <Auto> token, both <Slate> and <Name> must be present.
For example, consider the following take: MyTakeFolder/MySlate_MyName_SomeString-005.mov. If the Video Discovery Expression is set to the default value of <Auto>, the following tokens will be identified:
Slate |
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Name |
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Take |
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However, if the Video Discovery Expression is set to <Slate>_<Name>_<Any>-<Take> the following tokens will be extracted instead:
Slate |
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Name |
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Take |
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Any |
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In both cases, the extension .mov is ignored.