When your case team needs to present video testimony, Case Builder’s export of clip lists, synchronized transcript files, and videos can expedite the process of creating and exporting clips when used in conjunction with trial presentation software.
A clip list is a file containing a list of page:line pairs for each annotation. When imported into trial presentation software, such as OnCue, TrialDirector, or Sanction, video clips are automatically created.
To export a clip list from Case Builder, navigate to a deposition, click the Export icon, and select Clip list for trial presentation software. This export can be optionally filtered to export only annotations with certain tags applied.
When exporting a clip list, we recommend exporting the synchronized transcript and videos, as all three are necessary to automate clip creation. Synchronized transcripts are provided as an mdb file and videos as mp4 files.
Case Builder provides 3 formats of clip lists:
- .txt
- .txt - optimized for OnCue
- .ccs - optimized for TrialDirector
The .txt format is a simple text file containing a list of page:line pairs for all annotations. The page lines are formatted page:line - page:line and is ordered sequentially, starting with the first appearing annotation and ending with the last. Each annotation appears on its own line.
For example:
14:15 - 16:1
17:22 - 17:23
23:11 - 23:11
The .txt - optimized for OnCue option provides a file mapping Case Builder tags to highlight colors when uploaded to OnCue. Each set of annotations with a certain tag applied will be grouped together in the export, as described below. Each highlight color in OnCue has a label; for best results, we recommend renaming the highlight color labels in OnCue to match the names of tags in Case Builder.
In OnCue, select the option to import designations via text file and select the file exported from Case Builder.
[ID=Doe, John Video Clips]
[transcript=Doe, John 2020-10-31]
[hl=Pl Aff Designations]
14:15 - 16:12
17:22 - 17:23
23:11 - 23:11
[hl=Def Aff Designations]
15:11 - 18:22
19:22 - 27:23
43:11 - 44:1
The .ccs - optimized for TrialDirector creates a clip creation script file that will generate a clip for each Case Builder annotation when imported to TrialDirector.
The clip creation script specifies the transcript and a title and description for each clip.
Transcript name: The name of the transcript in TrialDirector must match the name of the transcript in the file before importing for the import to be successful. The transcript name provided in the file will always be in the following format: Last name, First name YYYY-MM-DD.
For instance, depending on your version, TrialDirector may default the transcript name to “Doe, John - Vol 0” or a user of TrialDirector may have edited the name in the software. If a name that does not match the Case Builder clip list export is in TrialDirector, edit the first line of the .ccs file using any text editing software (such as Notepad) to match the TrialDirector transcript name for the import to succeed.
Example:
| .ccs first line - CaseBuilder default | .ccs first line - edited to match |
!(Doe, John 2020-10-31)
|
!(Doe, John - Vol 0)
|
Clip title: The title provided for each clip is Last name Page:Line - Page:Line.
Clip description: If the corresponding annotation has a title, the title will be used as the description. If no title is provided, the description will be left blank, as in the example below for lines 23:11 - 23:11.
In TrialDirector, select the option to import clips from script and select the file exported from Case Builder.
!(Doe, John 2020-10-31)
C(Doe 14:15 - 16:12)
D(Doe admits to reading email)
14:15 - 16:12
C(Doe 15:11 - 18:22)
D(Doe’s education)
15:11 - 18:22
C(Doe 23:11 - 23:11)
D()
23:11 - 23:11
C(Doe 43:11 - 44:1)
D(Doe was on vacation during breach)
43:11 - 44:1