Comments on: Magnum – The Edit Detector

By: scott

scott — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:18:15 +0000

Is there a reason why I can’t get this to work on my SD footage while sitting in an HD comp.

By: Lloyd Alvarez

Lloyd Alvarez — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:56:57 +0000

It was written and designed on a mac, so it definitely works on mac

By: Lloyd Alvarez

Lloyd Alvarez — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:46:48 +0000

Hmm, I have never tried any Avid DNxHD185-Codec compressed footage so it is hard for me to say why it didn’t work. However, the fact that it worked with DV footage makes me think that it might have something to do with the proprietary Avid codec. Magnum uses After Effects sampleImage() function to “view” the frames so one test you could do is try sampleImage() on some footage and see what the result is. If it doesn’t see it then it’s a bug you can file with Adobe here: http://adobe.com/go/wish

By: Sven

Sven — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:41:33 +0000

Hi, I tried it on an imported video in Avid DNxHD185-Codec. It didn’t work. Magnum couldn’t find any edits, no matter which detection-level I chose. Maybe it’s because I could really offer him a drink. But then, the same video in QT DV-PAL worked perfectly. Whereas with the DNxHD-video, the script took only 4 seconds, the DV-video took much longer, I could see it counting up the “processing frames” in a row in the infopanel. Do you have any idea or hint for me to work this out?
Regards, Sven

By: Lloyd Alvarez

Lloyd Alvarez — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:37:00 +0000

Please note that this method does not work in CS4. For instructions on how to switch CS4 to run in English refer to this FAQ: http://aescripts.com/faq/force-after-effects-to-run-in-english/

By: Lloyd Alvarez

Lloyd Alvarez — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:36:20 +0000

Please note that this method does not work in CS4. For instructions on how to switch CS4 to run in English refer to this FAQ: http://aescripts.com/faq/force-after-effects-to-run-in-english/

By: Lloyd Alvarez

Lloyd Alvarez — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:34:37 +0000

In CS4 they changed it a bit so that switching to english requires slightly different syntax. Please refer to this FAQ for instructions on how to switch to english in CS4 http://aescripts.com/faq/force-after-effects-to-run-in-english/ And all language versions include the US English installation so switching is definitely possible. Please let me know if you are not able to switch.

By: Sven

Sven — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:26:31 +0000

Hi, I’m having trouble switching my German CS4-Version to English. The -L EN-trick doesn’t work; I’ve looked in some tutorials and forums, but none knows anything about CS4, they’re all talking about CS3. When purchasing that version, I had to choose a specific language version; maybe thus the switching is not possible. Do you know anything about it? I could definitly use your script, so I’d be happy if it was running on my machine.
Thanks a lot!
Sven, Hamburg, Germany

By: remy

remy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:46:31 +0000

will this ever work on a mac?
brilliant script

By: higgins56

higgins56 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:21:19 +0000

great script. works well in CS3. no luck in CS4. when could we expect the update for CS4?

By: Taylor Rose

Taylor Rose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:51:30 +0000

It says it detects the edits but it won’t add a marker or split the layer? How do I get it to do that?

By: henri

henri — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:02:38 +0000

Thanks for the script, it works great.
However, the script cannot detect any edit even the level is 0.1 after re-installing the windows.

By: henri

henri — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:01:52 +0000

Thanks for the script, it works great.
However, the script cannot detect any edit even the level is 0.1 after installing the system.

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