Parse and convert Pro Tools text exports
Project description
ptulsconv
Read Pro Tools text exports and generate PDF reports, JSON output.
Theory of Operation
Avid Pro Tools can be used to make spotting notes for ADR recording sessions by creating spotting regions with descriptive text and exporting the session as text. This file can then be dropped into Excel or any CSV-reading app like Filemaker Pro.
ptulsconv accepts a text export from Pro Tools and automatically creates PDF and CSV documents for use in ADR spotting, recording, editing and reporting, and supplemental JSON documents can be output for use with other workflows.
Reports Generated by ptulsconv by Default
- "ADR Report" lists every line in an export with most useful fields, sorted by time.
- "Continuity" lists every scene sorted by time.
- "Line Count" lists a count of every line, collated by reel number and by effort/TV/optional line designation.
- "CSV" is a folder of files of all lines collated by character and reel as CSV files, for use by studio cueing workflows.
- "Director Logs" is a folder of PDFs formatted like the "ADR Report" except collated by character.
- "Supervisor Logs" creates a PDF report for every character, with one line per page, optimized for note-taking.
- "Talent Scripts" is a minimal PDF layout of just timecode and line prompt, collated by character.
Adding Detailed Info to Clip Names with Fields
Track names, track comments, and clip names can also contain meta-tags, or "fields," to add additional columns to the output. Thus, if a clip has the name:
Fireworks explosion {note=Replace for final} $V=1 [FX] [DESIGN]
The row output for this clip will contain columns for the values:
... | PT.Clip.Name | note | V | FX | DESIGN | ... |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
... | Fireworks explosion | Replace for final | 1 | FX | DESIGN | ... |
These fields can be defined in the clip name in three ways:
$NAME=VALUE
creates a field namedNAME
with a one-word valueVALUE
.{NAME=VALUE}
creates a field namedNAME
with the valueVALUE
.VALUE
in this case may contain spaces or any character up to the closing bracket.[NAME]
creates a field namedNAME
with a valueNAME
. This can be used to create a boolean-valued field; in the output, clips with the field will have it, and clips without will have the column with an empty value.
For example, if two clips are named:
"Squad fifty-one, what is your status?" [FUTZ] {Ch=Dispatcher} [ADR]
"We are ten-eight at Rampart Hospital." {Ch=Gage} [ADR]
The output will contain the range:
... | PT.Clip.Name | Ch | FUTZ | ADR | ... |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
... | "Squad fifty-one, what is your status?" | Dispatcher | FUTZ | ADR | ... |
... | "We are ten-eight at Rampart Hospital." | Gage | ADR | ... |
Fields in Track Names and Markers
Fields set in track names, and in track comments, will be applied to each clip
on that track. If a track comment contains the text {Dept=Foley}
for
example, every clip on that track will have a "Foley" value in a "Dept" column.
Likewise, fields set on the session name will apply to all clips in the session.
Fields set in markers, and in marker comments, will be applied to all clips whose finish is after that marker. Fields in markers are applied cumulatively from breakfast to dinner in the session. The latest marker applying to a clip has precedence, so if one marker comes after the other, but both define a field, the value in the later marker prevails.
An important note here is that, always, fields set on the clip name have the highest precedence. If a field is set in a clip name, the same field set on the track, the value set on the clip will prevail.
Using @
to Apply Fields to a Span of Clips
A clip name beginning with "@" will not be included in the CSV output, but its fields will be applied to clips within its time range on lower tracks.
If track 1 has a clip named @ {Sc=1- The House}
, any clips beginning within
that range on lower tracks will have a field Sc
with that value.
Using &
to Combine Clips
A clip name beginning with "&" will have its parsed clip name appended to the preceding cue, and the fields of following cues will be applied (later clips having precedence). The clips need not be touching, and the clips will be combined into a single row of the output. The start time of the first clip will become the start time of the row, and the finish time of the last clip will become the finish time of the row.
Installation
The easiest way to install on your site is to use pip
:
% pip3 install ptulsconv
This will install the necessary libraries on your host and gives you
command-line access to the tool through an entry-point ptulsconv
. In a
terminal window type ptulsconv -h
for a list of available options.
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