How can i import and export .chan files?

i have a .chan files that contains a camera animation.

thanks a lot!

In your CHOP network, use File to import. To export, right-click on the node and choose Save Data Channels.

sorry about the stupid questions, this must be really obvious to you. but i'm lost.

but, how do i connect my camera to the imported file?
regarding exporting, when i right click on the camera node i don't have an option for saving data channels…

thanks again!

Ah, screencast time …

http://screencast.com/t/MnWbNN4uP [screencast.com]

Let me know if you have troubles viewing the vid. I'm afraid that I'm not very good at it.

wow, thanks a lot for the video!
still having some problem though.

about the exporting, if i don't already have a file, how would i the export? if i just ad the file nod and going to save data channels i wont get a dialog box for saving.

regarding the import, that was exactly what i was trying. but no luck. i'm attaching the file i'm trying to import.
it's a .dot just to be able to upload it.

thanks a lot!!

Actually, .chan files don't have the channel names so i think you need to figure that out first.

For exporting, you can put down a Fetch CHOP and point it at your camera.

aa thanks, the fetch node works!
so you don't have a sulotion for the importing of the .chan file?

thanks a lot anyway, you've helped me a lot!

Well, after importing .chan files, you need to rename the channel names to match which camera parameters you want to export to. So it all depends on how the .chan files were created in the first place.

i think that the first six channels are TX TY TZ RX RY RZ.

how would i connect this to the camera?

thanks man.

Actually, you can just use the Export CHOP directly, as shown in the attached file.

sorry, but i can't open this file, i'm under osx.
when i load the file a dialog comes up with a warning saying. “skipping unrecognized parameter ”missgingfram"
skipping unrecognized parameter “active”"

and houdini locks up, i can't press ok in the dialog, the hole program freezes.

got it! opend up the file in notepad and removed the exported part.

thank you so much, really helped me out!
perfect!

dam, i was wrong, my first value in the chan file is the frame number.
and i can't type like this in the export node.
$f t r

i also have the FOV as the last value, whats the code for that?

where can i find these codes?

sorry, thanks

Hover your mouse over the parameter name of the camera, a tooltip will appear with the channel names.

As for the Export CHOP, you can do something like chan then. What happens is that for both expanded strings, they get matched in order.

hi,
i am trying to reference a channel loaded like that.
But somehow no result .. anybody can help?