Media Import

Metadata Support

When importing clips in the following media formats, all metadata attributes, including Cooke lens data protocol and frame-based metadata, are available in the application:

• ARRI (MXF)
  • Apple ProRes
  • ARRICORE
  • ARRIRAW
  • ARRIRAW (HDE)
• Blackmagic RAW (BRAW)
• OpenEXR
• RED (R3D)
• Sony (MXF)
  • RAW
  • X-OCN
  • XAVC
  • XAVC Long (LongGOP)

The following formats do not provide extended metadata:

• ARRI (ARI)
  • This is the legacy ARRI file sequence RAW format. Only clip-based metadata is visible in the application (production data, basic camera data like camera model, etc.).
• ARRI (MXF)
  • This is the legacy ARRI Avid DNxHD format.
• ARRI (QuickTime)
  • This is the legacy ARRI Apple ProRes format.
• Canon (MXF/MP4)
• File Sequences
  • Alias, Cineon, DPX, JPEG, Maya, Photoshop, Pict, Pixar, PNG, SGI, Softimage, Targa, Tiff, and Wavefront.
• Panasonic (MXF)
• QuickTime (MOV)

The metadata of the following camera formats is managed the same way as the transcoded OpenEXR files generated by the manufacturer's transcoding application. This means the naming convention for the various metadata keys and values are expressed the same way between the original camera files and transcoded media files, making the metadata management predictable:

• ARRI (MXF)
  • ARRI Reference Tool
• Blackmagic RAW
  • DaVinci Resolve
• RED (R3D)
  • Transcoded OpenEXR files from the Red Cine-X Pro application do not show the same level of metadata and naming convention as what the RED SDK provides. Flame Family applications use the same convention as other applications like The Foundry Nuke and DaVinci Resolve when encoding OpenEXR files.
• Sony (MXF)
  • Sony RAW Viewer

The MediaHub's Preview panel allows viewing the metadata of the currently selected clip under the Metadata tab. The Attributes section shows the list of the metadata keys and their values.

When caching media, the cached media contains the metadata of the source content. This applies to high resolution and proxy media.

Pre-Processing

The Metadata menu of the Pre-Processing options allows modifications to the various metadata keys and values of the content. These metadata keys can then be embedded in exported or published content (when using the Use Original Media option). This metadata can also be connected to the Source Metadata Timeline FX for further modifications. However, since the Publish Use Original Media option uses the content from the Pre-Processing editor under the Timeline FX, it is recommended to make any metadata modifications from the Pre-Processing editor for this workflow.

If the content has been cached, any modification made to the metadata automatically triggers a re-cache when exiting the Pre-Processing editor.

It is not possible to edit metadata of content in the Pre-Processing editor using the Python API. The metadata keys in this menu can only be edited through the user interface or by using Open Clip. Note that once metadata keys are edited in an Open Clip, they can no longer be modified from the user interface.

In the Format menu, the Metadata tab has been renamed Format Info and shows the general information about the current clip. In previous versions, this section also contained the Attributes, which listed the various metadata fields. These fields are now shown in the Metadata menu.

OpenEXR reserved metadata keys are shown as Read-Only in the Metadata list, in the Status column, since they will be written with the encoder parameters when generating new OpenEXR media files. The following attributes are read-only:

• acesImageContainerFlag
• autodeskColorSpace
• channels
• chunkCount
• chromaticities
• compression
• dataWindow
• displayWindow
• dwaCompressionLevel
• framesPerSecond
• lineOrder
• name
• owner
• pixelAspectRatio
• reelName
• screenWindowCenter
• screenWindowWidth
• tiles
• timeCode
• type
• version

ARRIRAW

ARRIRAW is updated to SDK 9.0.1. This minor SDK update includes fixes that improve compatibility and performance with current ARRI cameras.

Blackmagic RAW

BMD RAW is updated to SDK 5.1. This SDK update adds support for Blackmagic RAW clips recorded with the following cameras:

• Leica SL3-S
• Sony FX3
• Sony FX30

R3D

R3D is updated to SDK 9.1.2. This version offers the following improvements and fixes:

• Added support for Extended Highlights and Broadcast Color to R3DDecoder.
• Fixed OpenCL issues with R3DDecoder or when using multiple GPUs.
• Fixed an issue where the gamma metadata was incorrect for Broadcast clips.
• Fixed an issue where RMD_START_ABSOLUTE_TIMECODE and RMD_START_EDGE_ABSOLUTE_TIMECODE could be missing on old clips or have incorrect digit separator for high-speed timecode clips.
• Fixed an issue where RMD_LENS_APERTURE_LABEL was missing from per-frame metadata.

See R3D release history for more details.

Sony RAW

Sony RAW is updated to SDK 5.3.0. This version adds support for new recording modes from the Sony BURANO camera version 3.0 firmware.

See Sony BURANO Firmware Roadmap for more details.

OpenEXR

OpenEXR is updated to version 3.4.0. This is a minor update, and changes to this SDK should not have any impact on Flame Family products.

Autodesk Subtitle XML

Support for the Autodesk Subtitle XML format has been removed. The Subtitle Timeline FX workflow must be used in its place.

PixSpan

Support for PixSpan encoded media files has been removed.