Trim

The trim node allows you to trim your source file, creating a new file containing only a portion of your source file.

Use target directory to specify the directory where you want your trimmed file written and in the name pattern field you can specify the new name for your trimmed file. By default the new name is set to [filename]_trimmed which refers to the name of your source file. For the name pattern you can either replace the file name entirely or if you want to append it you can simply modify the text after [filename]. By default the new filename has _trimmed at the end but that can be removed if you’d like. So if your source file is named “Weekend_Performance” and you use the name pattern [filename]_2024, your trimmed file will be named Weekend_Performance_2024.

Your in point should be the timecode where you want the new file to begin and your out point should be where you want it to end. Note that if your source file is drop frame you will need to replace only the last set of colons with a semicolon.

Lastly, for audio setup, if you choose “leave as source” your audio config from your source file will merely carry over into the trimmed file. If you choose “import from,” you’ll want to click browse and go to the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Cinedeck\ConneX-(current version number)\audioPresets

In this folder you’ll find audio configuration files for discrete, interleaved, mono, stereo and 5.1 mix. Choose the audio config that you’d like your new trimmed file to have. Keep in mind that this will reconfigure the audio layout but it will not delete or reassign tracks. So for example if you have a file with 6 mono channels and you rewrap it to stereo, it will then have 3 stereo channels, each with two tracks.

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