Converting a Log File to an ALE File (Windows)
To convert a log file to an ALE file:
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Select Start > All Programs > Avid > Avid Log Exchange.
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The Avid Log Exchange window opens.
The Open dialog box opens.
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Double-click the file you want to convert.
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Depending on the type of file you are opening, one of the following
occurs:
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If the file type is recognized by the ALE utility, the file appears in
the Avid Log Exchange window.
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If the file does not contain the Windows line-ending format, the
Line Endings dialog box opens. Select one of the following:
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Display & Save: Open the file in the Avid Log Exchange window
and change the file to the Windows format.
Display Only: Open the file in the Avid Log Exchange window
but do not save the file.
Ignore: Display the file as is without changes.
The file appears in the Avid Log Exchange window.
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If the file type is not recognized, the Select File Type dialog box
opens. Select the type of file you are converting, and click OK.
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The file appears in the Avid Log Exchange window.
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Use the Options menu to select the tracks to include in the Tracks
column of the log. The default track selections are Log V, Log A1, and
Log A2.
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After you import the log into an Avid bin, the system captures all
tracks shown in this column when batch capturing.
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Select Options > Clean if you want Avid Log Exchange to clean the
ALE output file to eliminate overlapping timecodes for clips. By
default, Clean is selected.
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When you select Clean, the utility removes the end timecode from any
clip that overlaps the start of the next clip.
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If you selected Clean, you can also select Options > Relaxed to prevent
deleting events that come earlier in the transfer. Relaxed is not set by
default.
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For example, if you transfer film footage with a timecode of
2:00:00:00 and then add some clips at the end with a timecode of
1:00:00:00, Relaxed prevents the Clean function from deleting the
clips. This occurs when you shoot footage across the midnight hour
and the first half of the film has 24 hours and the second half has
0áhours.
The default output selection is the Avid Log Exchange (ALE) format.
This is the required format for import into an Avid bin.
The Avid Log Exchange window displays the converted ALE file. The
converted file has the same file name as the original file, except the file
name extension matches the converted file format.
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(Option) Select the original file from the Window menu if you want to
convert the file again, using different options.
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If you made changes in the editor, a message box opens.
The converted file is stored in the same folder as the original log file.
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