Not working – Region text to be the file name in a batch render

[Edward Troxel]

If you’re rendering regions, you should see a line of code like this:

String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}[{1}]{2}”,
filename,
regionIndex.ToString(),
renderItem.Extension);

At this point, you should get a filename which begins with a base filename plus the region number. Instead, you want to combine the PATH of the filename plus the NAME of the region which could be done like this:

String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}\\{1}{2}”,
Path.GetDirectory(filename),
region.Label,
renderItem.Extension);

The above will take the path of the base filename, add the necessary backslash, and then add the label of the region name. See if this works for you.

Edward Troxel

[Craig Scime]

Thanks ed for trying to help but I am still not have any luck. I went into the program files in vegas, then script menu, made a copy of the batch render file (so I would not ruin the working file), then I copied the text as you had, but as soon as I click on file under scripting in vegas i get an error this is what I have, I have even kept it lined up like it was under the “, (can’t show exactly below due to space:
// need to strip off the extension’s leading “*”
String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}[{1}]{2}”,
Path.GetDirectory(filename),
region.Label,
renderItem.Extension);
// Render the region

WHat am I doing wrong??????

[Edward Troxel]

[craig scime] “String.Format(“{0}[{1}]{2}”,”

You didn’t change this as I indicated. Get rid of the square brackets [ and ] and add two back-slashes between {0} and {1} “\”. I noticed my above post got reduced to a single backslash but there should be two.

Edward Troxel

[Craig Scime]

thank you ed for you time and patience, however i am still not having any luck, and I thought I was very good with this stuff. I am getting this error:
C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 7.0\Script Menu\Copy of Batch Render.cs(93) : ‘System.IO.Path’ does not contain a definition for ‘GetDirectory’

C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 7.0\Script Menu\Copy of Batch Render.cs(95) : ‘EntryPoint.RenderItem’ does not contain a definition for ‘Extension’

…and here is what i have in the script

String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}\\{1}{2}”,
Path.GetDirectory(filename),
region.Label,
renderItem.Extension);

[Edward Troxel]

Sorry, it’s GetDirectoryName

Edward Troxel

[Craig Scime]

I must be a retard, ugh.
Down to one error:

C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 7.0\Script Menu\Copy of Batch Render.cs(95) : ‘EntryPoint.RenderItem’ does not contain a definition for ‘Extension’

this is what I currently have:
String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}\\{1}{2}”,
Path.GetDirectoryName(filename),
region.Label,
renderItem.Extension);

[Edward Troxel]

[craig scime] “MenuCopy of Batch Render.cs(95) : ‘EntryPoint.RenderItem’ does not contain a definition for ‘Extension'”

WHAT is on line 96? In the original file, it is this:

status = DoRender(regionFilename, renderItem, region.Position, region.Length);

What is on YOUR line 96? It seems to be you might possibly have a capital “R” instead of a lowercase “r” on one of your “renderItem” variables?

Edward Troxel

[Craig Scime]

String regionFilename = String.Format(“{0}\\{1}{2}”,
Path.GetDirectoryName(filename),
region.Label,
renderItem.Extension);
// Render the region
status = DoRender(regionFilename, renderItem, region.Position, region.Length);
if (RenderStatus.Canceled == status) break;
regionIndex++;

[Craig Scime]

hi ed thank again… do you have the script or know where one is posted that works and does what I need it to do?

[Edward Troxel]

Here it is:

https://www.jetdv.com/scripts/BatchRender-Regions.cs

It contains exactly the changes I gave you above. Just run it, pick the output type you want, pick a default folder (just leave the “untitled” file name – it will be ignored) and you’ll end up with a bunch of files in that folder – one named for each region name.

Edward Troxel