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Purpose

 

When impòrting media files into other Mistika applications, the media files are analyzed and a ".mlnk" file is created in the Mistika project containing useful metadata about them (tapename, timecodes, frame rate, codec, etc). This indexation process only needs to be done one time, and it permits much faster processing from other Mistika applications later.

 

Use this node to generate Mistika .mlnk metadata files.These files are normally created under the DATA folder of a Mistika project during the import processes.

In combination with other filtering and conform nodes this node permits to automate the import process for other Mistika applications, rather than having to manually import media files on those applications.

There is also and inverse node named Import Mlnk, which can read the Mistika .mlnk files and pass the original media files to the node output.

 

Standard properties

Object Name

Color

Bypass

Lock

Dst. Folder

 

Inputs

 

File: File folder or media content coming from another node.

 

 

Outputs

 

Lnk: .mlnk Mistika metadata files created in the destination folder.

 

 

Node specific properties

 

Dst. Folder: This will establish the output folder for the .Mlnk file. From a file explorer, drag a folder on this node, or assign it from the 3 points button of the file property.

 

Create Subdirs: Check this box if you want to replicate the data structure of the file path to the media files.

 

Note: In old versions the .mlnk files were using ".lnk" extension instead, which was later renamed to ".mlnk" to avoid confusion with Windows links.  You may still find them mentioned as Mistika ".lnk" files in older documentation, but they are the same type of files.

 

 

Developer reference (API Rest - node/MistikaMLNK/property/[Property ID])