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Automating Insertion of External Sound Clips
Hi
Is there a simple script to insert external audio files at specific time points in the compostion?
I have 50 short audio files that last for 5 seconds each. I want to play them with a 5 second gap between each one. So the audio output would look like this:
0-5secs : 01.mp3
5-10secs : <>
10-15secs : 02.mp3
15-20secs : <>
20-25secs : 03.mp3
etcThe filenames are listed in a TXT file, with each filename on a new line.
(This is linked to similar question that I asked last week, but I can’t work out how to amend that script to achieve this requirement: https://forums.creativecow.net/docs/forums/post.php?forumid=227&postid=44792)
Thanks!
Here is the script that Andrei Popa provided for last week's question...var myTextProp = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0]("ADBE Text Properties")("ADBE Text Document");
var myFile = File.openDialog("Select your source file");
if(myFile != null&&myFile.open("r")){
var myString = myFile.read();
myFile.close();
}var arrayOfWords = myString.split('\n');
for(var i = 0; i < arrayOfWords.length;i++){
myTextProp.setValueAtTime(5*i,arrayOfWords[i])
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3 Replies
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Haven’t test this but it should work. Run this with the target composition opened. Also, the sound files must be in the same folder as your text file.
var myFile = File.openDialog("Select your source file");
if (myFile != null && myFile.open("r")) {
var myString = myFile.read();
myFile.close();
}var arrayOfFileNames = myString.split("\n");
for (var i = 0; i < arrayOfFileNames.length; i++) {
mySoundLayer = addFileToProject(new File(myFile.path + "/" + arrayOfFileNames[i]), aoo.project.activeItem);
mySoundLayer.startTime = i * 10;
}function addFileToProject(myFile, myComp) {
var myImportOptions = new ImportOptions();
myImportOptions.file = myFile;
var fileAsItem = app.project.importFile(myImportOptions);
if (myComp != null) {
return myComp.layers.add(fileAsItem);
}
return fileAsItem;
}Andrei
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I had a typo
var myFile = File.openDialog("Select your source file");
if (myFile != null && myFile.open("r")) {
var myString = myFile.read();
myFile.close();
}var arrayOfFileNames = myString.split("\n");
for (var i = 0; i < arrayOfFileNames.length; i++) {
mySoundLayer = addFileToProject(new File(myFile.path + "/" + arrayOfFileNames[i]), app.project.activeItem);
mySoundLayer.startTime = i * 10;
}function addFileToProject(myFile, myComp) {
var myImportOptions = new ImportOptions();
myImportOptions.file = myFile;
var fileAsItem = app.project.importFile(myImportOptions);
if (myComp != null) {
return myComp.layers.add(fileAsItem);
}
return fileAsItem;
}Andrei
My Envato portfolio. -
Again sir, that is genius! Thank you very much in deed!
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