Body: <p>I am producing timelapses from 12 megapixel photos taken with a GoPro, each timelapse with up to 50,000 images.<br />
  I rename all JPGs in sequence, e.g. <code>[00001-49999].jpg</code> and place them in a single folder.<br />
  In the Media tab, if &quot;Show individual frames&quot; of the three-dot menu within &quot;Media Storage&quot; panel is <strong>dis</strong>abled, all images show up as a image sequence and can be added to the Media pool just like that.</p>
  <p>My goal is: Using Davinci Resolve's &quot;Data Burn-in&quot; functionality, I would like to display the date of a shot burnt into each video frame on the lower left corner.</p>
  <p>In &quot;Data Burn-in&quot; I check &quot;Custom Text1&quot; and in the text field use <code>%Date Modified</code> (that is, because for some odd reason that field doesn't work -although it is populated- I use <code>%Comments</code> alternatively). The problem is that this metadata seems to be available at Media Pool level only, so that there is only <strong>one</strong> metadata dataset for the whole &quot;Image sequence&quot; instead of many datasets, i.e. one per image.</p>
  <p>A workaround is to import thousands of images individually to the media pool, then set still image default duration to one frame. But that makes media asset handling a lot bulkier, especially when talking about several tens of thousands of images.</p>
  <p>To populate all single image's metadata I use Exiftool to create a CSV such as</p>
  <pre><code>File Name,Comments
  0001.jpg,02.04.2021 19:57:20
  0002.jpg,02.04.2021 19:57:50
  ...
  </code></pre>
  <p>and use &quot;Import Metadata to...&quot;.</p>
  <p>To create the CSV file noted above use: <code>exiftool -DateTimeOriginal -d &quot;%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S&quot; -echo &quot;File Name,Comments&quot; -p &quot;${FileName},${DateTimeOriginal}&quot; *.jpg &gt; metadata.csv</code></p>
  <p>How do I make Davinci Resolve respect all single image's metadata while still using them as an &quot;Image Sequence&quot; asset?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I think I saw a thread recently on the BMD forums that mentioned using tokens in fusion text+’s.  I’d try looking into that. I don’t think the data burn window updates every frame for anything other than timecode, but I could be wrong. I know .braw recently added per-frame metadata. That’d be one way to check, if you have access to some.
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Comments.Text: I think EDIUS 8 was able to convert series of still images to clips, or at least handle them as if there were a single clip. Back at that time you could download a demo version of the software. Maybe it still works. See also [Setting Still Image Clips as Sequence](https://wwwapps.grassvalley.com/manuals/edius_pro_9_manual_en/Mync/chapter9/chapter_9_l1_9_l2_9.html).
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Tags: <davinci-resolve><time-lapse><metadata>
Title: Davinci Resolve 17: burn in metadata of still images using image sequence
UserDisplayName: hennzen
ThreadText: # Davinci Resolve 17: burn in metadata of still images using image sequence
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-02)
  
  I am producing timelapses from 12 megapixel photos taken with a GoPro, each timelapse with up to 50,000 images.  
  I rename all JPGs in sequence, e.g. `[00001-49999].jpg` and place them in a single folder.  
  In the Media tab, if "Show individual frames" of the three-dot menu within "Media Storage" panel is **dis**abled, all images show up as a image sequence and can be added to the Media pool just like that.
  
  My goal is: Using Davinci Resolve's "Data Burn-in" functionality, I would like to display the date of a shot burnt into each video frame on the lower left corner.
  
  In "Data Burn-in" I check "Custom Text1" and in the text field use `%Date Modified` (that is, because for some odd reason that field doesn't work -although it is populated- I use `%Comments` alternatively). The problem is that this metadata seems to be available at Media Pool level only, so that there is only **one** metadata dataset for the whole "Image sequence" instead of many datasets, i.e. one per image.
  
  A workaround is to import thousands of images individually to the media pool, then set still image default duration to one frame. But that makes media asset handling a lot bulkier, especially when talking about several tens of thousands of images.
  
  To populate all single image's metadata I use Exiftool to create a CSV such as
  
  ```
  File Name,Comments
  0001.jpg,02.04.2021 19:57:20
  0002.jpg,02.04.2021 19:57:50
  ...
  
  ```
  
  and use "Import Metadata to...".
  
  To create the CSV file noted above use: `exiftool -DateTimeOriginal -d "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S" -echo "File Name,Comments" -p "${FileName},${DateTimeOriginal}" *.jpg > metadata.csv`
  
  How do I make Davinci Resolve respect all single image's metadata while still using them as an "Image Sequence" asset?
  
  **Tags:** davinci-resolve, time-lapse, metadata
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I think I saw a thread recently on the BMD forums that mentioned using tokens in fusion text+’s.  I’d try looking into that. I don’t think the data burn window updates every frame for anything other than timecode, but I could be wrong. I know .braw recently added per-frame metadata. That’d be one way to check, if you have access to some.  
  > **username_2**: I think EDIUS 8 was able to convert series of still images to clips, or at least handle them as if there were a single clip. Back at that time you could download a demo version of the software. Maybe it still works. See also [Setting Still Image Clips as Sequence](https://wwwapps.grassvalley.com/manuals/edius_pro_9_manual_en/Mync/chapter9/chapter_9_l1_9_l2_9.html).  
  
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