HappyOtterScripts Free Tools

[John Williams]

i did disable the av and whitelisted and did make sure to use the right one

[Wayne Waag]

In that case, I’d suggest “starting over”. Download again, unzip, and immediately unblock the files. Then add to your script menu folder, start Vegas, and try again. If it still isn’t working, then I’d call it a day. Since I’ve had no other users reporting problems with this particular script in nearly a hundred downloads, I’m pretty sure the script is OK. Too bad, since it is pretty useful for quickly inserting freeze frames, unlike using Velocity Envelopes in Vegas. You can also add freeze frames using Vegasaur which I highly recommend, although it’s a paid app. Wish I could be more helpful.

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[John Williams]

My sincere apologies I had the wrong dll. I have Vegas 15. I did not realise that was Magix. I was sure it was Sony

It is working now . Many thanks for your help. Really cool effect

[Wayne Waag]

Glad it’s finally working and more importantly that I’m not the only one known to have made such mistakes. It’s very easy to do. Good luck. Hope you find it useful.

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[Wayne Waag]

Just added a very simple tool, Remove Empty Tracks. Actually, there are two scripts. The first, RemoveEmptyTracks removes “All” empty tracks. The second, RemoveEmptyTracks(unlessHasFx) removes all empty tracks unless the track contains an Fx which may be useful for adding an adjustment layer to child tracks.

Here’s a link to the original thread requesting such a script. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/command-to-delete-all-unused-empty-tracks-at-once–121776/

It can be freely downloaded here. https://tools4vegas.com/library/

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[Wayne Waag]

I’ve added a couple of more tools to the library, TrimToFit and Remove Hidden Events.

TrimToFit is a very simple tool that trims the length of an event so that it does not overlap the next event. It is useful when “pasting” an event into an empty timeline space when the user doesn’t want an overlap created with the next event. Here is the relevant thread. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-to-trim-an-overlapping-event-solved-use-trim-to-fit–121847/#ca759042

Remove Hidden Events is a script that removes events that are “hidden” on lower tracks. Such “covered” events are split so that only the portion that is “covered” is removed. It may be useful for multicam projects when the user wants to remove such “covered” events for final renders. Here is relevant the thread. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/command-to-delete-all-unused-empty-tracks-at-once–121776/#ca759298

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[Wayne Waag]

I’ve added a new tool to the library, Render Quality Metrics (RQM) FFmpeg, and updated an earlier tool, Set Event Length.

RQM FFmpeg is an app that makes use of FFmpeg for computing measures of render quality by comparing a rendered file to a reference file. Three traditional metrics of image quality are produced: mean-squared error (MSE), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and the structural similarity index metric (SSIM). Additionally, the newer Netflix-developed Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion (VMAF) metric may also be computed. Due to decoding differences between Vegas and FFmpeg, it is recommended that those interested in measuring RQ strictly from Vegas renders should use the Vegas Render Quality tool which can be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/render-quality/

In the new version of Set Event Length, the user may enter the new length in seconds or change the length according to a ratio. E.g. a ratio of 2.0 would reduce the length of the event(s) by half while a ratio of .5 would double the length of the event(s). This can be useful for setting event length when using the slow motion Fx in later versions of Vegas. There is also an option to close gaps created by changing event lengths.

Both may be downloaded in the Happy Otter Free Tools library at https://tools4vegas.com/library/

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[Wayne Waag]

I’ve just updated a couple of scripts Points At Markers and Quantize To Frames.

Points At Markers now has a UI and can add add envelope points at markers as before, but now conversely can add markers at envelope points. There is also an option to Quantize to Frames. Both audio and video tracks envelopes are scanned with an option to include event envelopes (E.g. velocity envelopes).

Quantize To Frames has now added envelope points as an option.

Both may be downloaded in the HappyOtterScripts Free Tools library https://tools4vegas.com/library/

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[Wayne Waag]

Just uploaded a couple of new tools to the Free Tools library, Playlist Import and Snapshot Tools.

Playlist Import is a script that enables the import of audio playlists to Vegas. Formats supported include m3u and pls in addition to a textfile of filepaths. This enables the import of audio files in any order. Here’s a screengrab of the UI.

Snapshot Tools consists of three scripts designed for creating and saving images of the timeline at the position of the cursor. For example, the script SnapshotToTrack, saves the image to a subfolder of the Project folder, adds the image to project media in a Bin titled “SnapshotsToTrack” and adds the image as a new event to a new track titled “SnapshotsToTrack”.

The script Vegas Render Quality has now been updated to support the latest versions of the DebugMode FrameServer in addition to the previous version.

Tools may be downloaded at https://tools4vegas.com/library/

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[Wayne Waag]

Just uploaded an update to Snapshot Tools with added features. There is now a GUI for tool settings.

There are now options for setting:

• Where images files are to be saved
• Selection of image format including bmp, jpg, png, and tiff.
• Selection of quality for jpeg images
• Duration of the image on the timeline for use in the SnapshotToTrack tool
• Option to bypass Fx on the video output bus
• Option to add images to the media pool for the SnapshotSave tool

The new package can be download at https://tools4vegas.com/snapshot-tools/

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