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1. on one of my libraries i do not use tv, and all my short clips i bring in JRiver tags them as tv, can i set jriver to auto tag them as short, movie, and test clip (anything under 1 minute) and nothing else?

2. Also curios if it's possible to fill in tags like this...

Jake - kneeboards around the lake   jake would auto fill into actor, and Jake - kneeboards around the lake would fill in completely into name. basically i'd like jriver to find the actor but yet leave actor in the name for this library.

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Re: setup auto import to only tag media sub type as short, movie or test clip?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 06:27:02 pm »

1. You can use auto-import rules to set the Media Sub Type value - perhaps you want to base this decision on the folder name?

2. Are you talking about during auto-import?  Where does Actor and Name come from?  Is this stuff you/MC look-up after import?  If so, that's too late.   More info required here...
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Re: setup auto import to only tag media sub type as short, movie or test clip?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 06:58:16 pm »

1. i just use one folder for all video types... Movies 4

2. for this specific library i name all my files like so... Actor - name  i thought maybe there was a way when auto import finds new files that are added to movies 4, it could grab info before the - (Actor) and place it in actor field for me But keep the filename the same for name field tag. maybe this isnt even possible?
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Re: setup auto import to only tag media sub type as short, movie or test clip?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 07:06:15 pm »

1. Great, so just set Media Sub Type when the Filename (path) contains \Movies 4\

2. For Actor, the expression to use is:

    listitem(Filename(,0), 0, / -/ )

and for Name it is:

    Filename(,0)

Glynor's page shows how to conditionally apply rules.
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Re: setup auto import to only tag media sub type as short, movie or test clip?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 01:54:02 pm »

sorry for my ignorance...

1. so i go to each folder being imported, chose edit, then chose add, then chose Media Sub type: Movie? if so, how do i ALSO chose Media subtype = Short, and test clip? When i click on add, it only offers media subtype Movie, TV Show, And Music video. there is no option for short or test clip? if i click on custom field (chose media subtype) then click on value, i cannot seem to find an option for short or test clip?

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Re: setup auto import to only tag media sub type as short, movie or test clip?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 02:10:08 pm »

These are expression you have to enter, as Custom.

As always, use a file list column to workout the expression; this is really the fastest way to work out how the expression will evaluate against many files.  We did this in your Display Text expression.  it is a simple If/Then test, where you check the values of Media Type and Media Sub Type.

You want a LOT of customization to your MC environment.  I think there is no getting around learning some simple expressions, as this is the basis for customizing and automating.  Start Simply.  Create an expression column in a file list, and do some simple If() tests and output.
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