One stick I’ve been whittling recently is using Avid Log Exchange (ALE) files.

What started with, “Can I edit ALEs directly in a spreadsheet app?”, turned into:

  • What’s the text encoding of an ALE?
  • Why does Media Composer ignore the “Tape” column in my ALE?
  • How does Media Composer decide how to relink Clips to Managed Media?

Among other questions only Avid Media Composer users care about. πŸ˜„

I may publish more findings later, but you can find a portion of those here:

Avid Community - Clips in Bins Generated From Avid Log Exchange (ALE) Files Won’t Relink to Managed Media Anymore