import files with getFiles – multiple extensions/file types

[Scott Mcgee]

I’m not sure if there is another way of doing it, but I use regex. I’ve tried it a few other ways with no success.

Now I’ve not tested below out, but with my plugin this works.

your script with amend
var importVideoExtension = (/\.(mp4|mpg)$/i);
var a = Folder(filePath);
if(a != null){
var b = a.getFiles(importVideoExtension);
var c = b.length;
for(var i = 0; i < c; i++){
imported[i] = importAFile(b[i]);
imported[i].parentFolder = footage;
}
}

my script that works incase you can you modify this if the above doesn’t work.
var file_type = (/\.(mp4|mp3)$/i);
var sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog(“Select folder with source files”);

var sourceFiles = sourceFolder.getFiles(file_type);
var footage;

for (var i = 0; i < sourceFiles.length; i++) {
footage = app.project.importFile(new ImportOptions(sourceFiles[i]));
}

[Goran Hanzek]

Thanks for fast reply and solution!

In the meantime I also managed to solve it in a different way.
I just have to tweak indexOf a little bit so that it doesn’t import files that have mp4 in their filename.
I added couple of parameters besides fileObj instanceof File

Here is my solution:

var a = Folder(filePath);
if(a != null){
var b = a.getFiles(importVideoExtension);
var c = b.length;
for(var i = 0; i < c; i++){
imported[i] = importAFile(b[i]);
imported[i].parentFolder = footage;
}
}

function importAFile(fileObj){
try{
if((fileObj instanceof File) && ((fileObj.name.indexOf(".mp4") != -1) || (fileObj.name.indexOf(".mpg") != -1))){
currImport = app.project.importFile(new ImportOptions(fileObj));
return currImport;
}else{
return false;
}
}catch(e){}
}