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This file can now be imported into another project file to reattach the metadata to the
same clips.
To import Media Pool metadata:
1 Open a project containing clips you want to populate with imported metadata.
2 Optionally, select which clips in the Media Pool you want to import metadata to.
3 Choose File > Import Metadata To > Media Pool to import metadata to potentially every
clip in the Media Pool, or choose File > Import Metadata To > Selected Clips to only
import metadata to clips you selected in step 2.
4 When the Import Metadata dialog appears, choose a metadata .csv file to import,
andclick Open.
5 When the Metadata Import dialog appears, choose the Import Options you want to
use to match the .csv file’s metadata to the correct clips in the currently open project.
By default, DaVinci Resolve tries to use “Match using filename” and “Match using clip
start and end Timecode” to match each line of metadata in the .csv file with a clip in the
Media Pool, but there are other options you can use such as ignoring file extensions,
using Reel Name, and using source file paths.
6 Next, choose which Merge Option you want to use in the Metadata Import dialog.
There are three options:
–
Only update metadata items with entries in the source file: The default setting.
Only updates a clip’s metadata if there’s a valid entry in the imported .csv file. Other
clip metadata fields are left as they were before the import.
–
Update all metadata fields available in the source file: For each clip that
corresponds to a line of metadata in the imported .csv file, every single metadata
field referenced by the .csv file is overwritten, regardless of whether or not there’s a
valid entry for that field.
–
Update all metadata fields available in the source file and clear others: For each
clip that corresponds to a line of metadata in the imported .csv file, every single
metadata field referenced by the .csv file is overwritten, regardless of whether or not
there’s a valid entry for that field. Furthermore, metadata fields that aren’t referenced
by the imported .csv file are cleared of whatever metadata was there before.
The Metadata Import dialog that lets you choose options
for how to match and merge imported metadata
7 When you’re finished choosing options, click Ok and all available metadata from the
source .csv file will be imported.
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