My dream software for managing video files?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:15 am
Hello,
First of all, please forgive me if all the things i am about to say are possible and coming off as lazy, i'm still in the orientation phase.
I'm working for a small video production company. Things are growing fast and I am looking for software to manage all assets on the network drive.
What im mostly looking for specifically is tagging/managing literally all files. when there has been a day of shooting, i would like to tag information like location, product name, mood, etc.
so that eventually i can type in the location and all those files pop up.
this really sounds like a metadata thing which should be possible with ease. So i googled for such software and landed here. Seems like a no brainer when i look at the price and all the functionalities so i dedided to download the personal-use version to try it out.
however, already at the first try i stranded at some folders with mxf files. they are not playable and there are no thumbnails showing. so i started googling and installed ffmpeg, no result. maybe i need some kind of plugin? also, the xmp-metadata seem to be greyed out. I was not able to solve it so far. R3d files also cant be tagged it seems. it looks like tagging with xmp-metadata really depends on the filetype. is there a workaround so that it basically works for all files?
Before i start digging in bigtime, Is this even the sofware im looking for? I also saw software like acdsee, adobe bridge, etc. Also did a quick try but i stranded on the same things.
It wouldnt be a huge problem if only previewing wouldn't work, but i should be able to tag everything? I think i need a push in the right direction.
First of all, please forgive me if all the things i am about to say are possible and coming off as lazy, i'm still in the orientation phase.
I'm working for a small video production company. Things are growing fast and I am looking for software to manage all assets on the network drive.
What im mostly looking for specifically is tagging/managing literally all files. when there has been a day of shooting, i would like to tag information like location, product name, mood, etc.
so that eventually i can type in the location and all those files pop up.
this really sounds like a metadata thing which should be possible with ease. So i googled for such software and landed here. Seems like a no brainer when i look at the price and all the functionalities so i dedided to download the personal-use version to try it out.
however, already at the first try i stranded at some folders with mxf files. they are not playable and there are no thumbnails showing. so i started googling and installed ffmpeg, no result. maybe i need some kind of plugin? also, the xmp-metadata seem to be greyed out. I was not able to solve it so far. R3d files also cant be tagged it seems. it looks like tagging with xmp-metadata really depends on the filetype. is there a workaround so that it basically works for all files?
Before i start digging in bigtime, Is this even the sofware im looking for? I also saw software like acdsee, adobe bridge, etc. Also did a quick try but i stranded on the same things.
It wouldnt be a huge problem if only previewing wouldn't work, but i should be able to tag everything? I think i need a push in the right direction.