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Interpretation Rules
Interpretation Rules
Interpretation Rules
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# blank lines are allowed, and lines beginning with "#" are comments
# + for each rule that matches, the interpretation is set; wild-cards ("*") allowed
# on both sides; wildcard match matches anything, wildcard set sets nothing
# + multiple rules are allowed to match, later matches override earlier matches
# + all rules are scanned in order, one rule per line
# + rules are applied after pixel aspect ratio, alpha information, and field label
# information is read from a file
# + soft rules will not override values that are specified explicitly by the file
# format or set by previous rules
# to find out the file-type and/or codec FourCC's for a specific type of footage,
# opt-click (Mac) or alt-click (Windows) on the footage in the project window;
# the FourCC codes will appear in the last line of text by the thumbnail
# the field order is a single character, (F=frame, U=upper field, or L=lower field)
# the conform frame-rate is a decimal number
# alpha interp: (I=ignore, S=straight, P=premul/black, W=premul/white)
# alpha interp is ignored for footage without an alpha channel
# NTSC rules
# soft rule; assume 720x480 29.97fps formats are DV NTSC (lower, NTSC D1/DV aspect)
# soft rule; assume 720x480 formats with all frame rates have NTSC DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x486 formats with all frame rates have NTSC DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x480 and 720x486 native mediacore formats are SDTV NTSC
# soft rule; assume 720x480 DVCPro50 files are SDTV NTSC
720, 480, 29.97, *, * ~ 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
720, 480, *, *, * ~ 10/11, *, *, *, *, *
720, 486, *, *, * ~ 10/11, *, *, *, *, *
720, 480, *, *, "dvc " ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 480, *, *, "dv5n" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
# PAL rules
# soft rule; assume 720x576 25fps formats are DV PAL (lower, PAL D1/DV aspect)
# soft rule; assume 720x576 formats with all frame rates have PAL DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x576 native mediacore formats are SDTV PAL
# soft rule; assume 720x576 DVCPro50 files are SDTV PAL
720, 576, 25, *, * ~ 768/702, L, *, *, *, *
720, 576, *, *, * ~ 768/702, *, *, *, *, *
720, 576, *, *, "dvcp" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "dv5p" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
# D16/D4 rules
# soft rules; assume 2880x2048, 1440x1024 formats with all frame rates D16/D4 pixel
aspect ratio
# removed from 7.0 -- remove comments to re-enable
# 2880, 2048, *, *, * ~ 128/135, *, *, *, *, *
# 1440, 1024, *, *, * ~ 128/135, *, *, *, *, *
# HD / HDV rules
# soft rule; Panasonic Varicam is 960x720
# soft rule; Sony HDV is 1440x1080, upper field first
# soft rule; assume HD dimensioned native mediacore formats are HDTV full swing
960, 720, *, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", *, *, *, *, *
1440, 1080, 25, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", U, *, *, *, *
1440, 1080, 29.97, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", U, *, *, *, *
1280, 720, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1280, 720, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1280, 720, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
# soft rule: tag all Cineon files for now with Working RGB
*, *, *, "sDPX", * ~ *, *, *, *, "wRGB", *
# this soft rule should be the last in the list of soft rules
# soft rule: tag all untagged footage with an sRGB profile
*, *, *, *, * ~ *, *, *, *, "sRGB", *
# only adds a custom pixel aspect ratio to the popup in the Comp Settings &
Interpret Footage
# dialog boxes -- uncomment the next line to try it out
# 0, 0, 0, "0000", * = 10/11/"Custom Aspect", *, *, *, *, *