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Note that in both cases, the actual clips are archived: the Cache Versions box only manages the media, not
the clips.
No Media Slate
The No Media slate is displayed whenever a segment has more assigned frames then there is available media.
This prevents the structure of a timeline from changing when changing versions.
■ Open Clip files: In a multi-version Open Clip, every version is timecode aligned. This means that there
are cases where at a given timecode there is no media to display. In this case, the No Media slate is
displayed.
■ .mov files: When both audio and video tracks are present, it can happen that one track is shorter than
the other one. To preserve the integrity of the source, if the audio track is shorter than the video one,
silence is added to fill the gap. If the video track is shorter, No Media slates are added instead.
How No Media frames are handled is defined in different locations:
Export The Export Preferences tab, available from the Export window's Advanced Options, allows you to
define the behavior of the export. Always export black when No Media slate is output, or ask what to do
whenever a clip contains a No Media slate.
Tools Tab The tools available in the Tools tab all share a No Media setting. The No Media Handling box,
available in any tools Setup menu, sets the behavior whenever a No Media slate is encountered: render a No
Media slate, or render a black frame.
Batch Read File and Clip Nodes Read File and Clip nodes allow you to control Head, Tail, and Gap media.
This includes repeating frames, using black, or simply outputting no media at all. In this case, due to the
requirements of the Batch pipeline, instead of a No Media slate, nothing is sent through the Batch pipeline.
OpenEXR Format Settings - Import
Metadata Settings
Tape Name box
Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips. Disabled if Sequence Detection
from the Clip Options menu is set to Frames.
To:Select:
Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files
for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
Enter Tape Name
Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.Tape Name from File Name
Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to
configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
Tape Name from Directory
Level field Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory
structure.
Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film
scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case,
selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>).
Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
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