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Marker: Access Media Files in the Finder

Sometimes media files in non-linear editing projects are spread all over the place. Marker makes keeping track of them easy. The Finder Tags that you can set from within Marker help you visualize what's used, and what's not. The app can also select and deselect files in their Finder windows.

Here, a click on one of the buttons would add red Finder tags to the affected media files. The affected files would either be the used, unused or all files in the listed folders.

Marker works with XML information from Final Cut Pro X , Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, as well as with ALE files from Avid Media Composer.

Marker can...

  • show you a list of all folders that contain media files from the XML or ALE in Marker's main window
  • open folders containing used media files in the Finder
  • select and deselect used and un-used files, as well as all files in a folder
  • set or remove File Tags on media files in the Finder
  • save a list of the files in the folders currently loaded in Marker. This can be helpful to create a file inventory, or to import into databases, etc.

Load XML or ALE Files

Marker makes loading XML or ALE files convenient.

Drag XML or ALE files to the Marker icon in the dock...
... the drop target in the Status Bar...
... or Marker's main window.
Final Cut Pro X lets you send XML of the timeline straight to Marker using a Share Destination*
From a free extension panel in Premiere Pro XML can be sent straight to Marker**
Get XML from Final Cut Pro 7 just by the click of a button in Marker***

*FCP X only shares projects/sequences that are loaded in the timeline. To work with events and clips in Marker export and load XML files manually.

**The panel is available for free download here.

***With this button Marker can only get sequences that are loaded in the timeline from FCP 7. To work with bins and clips in Marker export and load XML files manually.

Used, Un-Used, All, None

What Marker does to the affected files depends on the big switch in the main window, as well as the plus/minus buttons in the lower right. Which files are affected by Marker depends on the button you click.

Here, a click on one of the buttons would remove any green Finder tags from the media files. The affected files would either be the used, unused or all files in the listed folders.
Here, a click on one of the buttons would select the media files in their Finder windows. The affected files would either be the used, unused or all files in the listed folders. But if the None button is clicked, all files in their Finder windows would be de-selected.

Export File Lists
File list export options

Marker exports file listings in two different configurations:

Flat Lists

The flat form lists just the file paths, and is suitable for further processing in scripts or databases.

Pretty Lists

The pretty form is geared for readability.

Demo Videos

Here is a quick video introduction to Marker:

The second video shows Marker's features more in depth:

Marker's Little Helper

There is a small script, which can be installed right from within Marker, that helps overcome some limitations imposed by the OS X sandbox. This AppleScript accelerates some of things Marker does, but using it is optional. Read more about it here.

Changes

Marker version 1.1 runs on Mac OS X 10.9 and newer.

The helper script versions used with Marker version 1.0.x are discontinued, and do not work with Marker 1.1. They are still downloadable here.

Get Marker

Marker is available on Apple's Mac App Store.