September 2009 - Pro-apps-dev

Re: 2 FxPlug UI questions
by Paul Schneider 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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2 FxPlug UI questions
by Jay Boyer 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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Re: Launching FCP XML files after Snow Leopard upgrade
by Eryk Vershen 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com A useful tool for examining the LaunchServices database is: -eryk On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Paul Schneider wrote: Hi Martin, http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/Laun… - Paul On Sep 1, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Martin Baker wrote: Hi Paul Martin www.digital-heaven.co.uk www.twitter.com/digitalheaven www.videospaceonline.com www.finalcutters.com www.funkycloud.com/lifeshaker ------------------------------------------------------ Digital Heaven Ltd is registered in England and Wales Company registration number: 3628396 Registered address: 55 Lynwood Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7AE VAT registration number: GB 736 0989 03 On 2 Sep 2009, at 00:21, Paul Schneider wrote: Hi Martin, - Paul On Sep 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Martin Baker wrote: Hi Helena thanks On 1 Sep 2009, at 23:38, Helena Ju wrote: Hi Martin! Sorry for any confusion this change may have caused you. Regards, Helena On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Martin Baker wrote: thanks _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/hju%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pschneider%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/evershen%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… Adjusting the launch in the Finder UI has the effect of altering the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file. It adds to the LSHandler dict. You should be able to alter this with the 'defaults' command. /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/ LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -dump (Yes, that is an awfully long path. I have an alias in my .bash_profile ) It produces a lot of output... So you want to tag these files as "open with Final Cut" as you create them? I believe you want to manipulate the LaunchServices database. Here is some documentation describing how the Finder chooses which application to launch when a particular document is double-clicked, and the API for accessing / modifying this database. Yes, I'm fine with the UI way of reassigning default app but as I'm sure you'll understand expecting our customers to do this tweak for themselves creates usability issues I'd rather avoid, hence the shell script quest. . Is there a shell command that can be used to set FCP as the default app for a particular XML file? You can "Get Info" on the file, twiddle down the "Open With" arrow, and select Final Cut for a specific file, or for all XML files. There is probably a corresponding shell command, but I'd have to look it up. Did you need a shell command, or did you just think there wasn't UI for this? You can also right-click on the file and choose "Open With" rather than double-clicking. And of course you can import or open the file from within Final Cut itself. I'm on FCP7. So to clarify, because FCP is now classed as an XML reader, it won't open it's own XML files by default when running Snow Leopard? I'm just a bit confused about how to get around this. Is there a shell command that can be used to set FCP as the default app for a particular XML file? I had a quick search but couldn't find anything. Martin www.digital-heaven.co.uk www.twitter.com/digitalheaven www.videospaceonline.com www.finalcutters.com www.funkycloud.com/lifeshaker ------------------------------------------------------ Digital Heaven Ltd is registered in England and Wales Company registration number: 3628396 Registered address: 55 Lynwood Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7AE VAT registration number: GB 736 0989 03 Any application indicating they're an XML 'editor' will get launched on XML open. We had many complaints about FCP doing this so we've (correctly, we think) re-categorized the app as a XML 'reader' with the latest release Final Cut Studio (whereas we used to categorize ourselves as an XML 'editor'). Any chance you also recently upgraded your Final Cut Pro? Anyone else seeing FCP XML files opening in applications OTHER than FCP when double clicked? Had a customer reporting the "Loader Send.xml" file we create and launch to send copied files to FCP was opening in Illustrator. On my system it was opening in Dashcode, even though the Type and Creator codes are correctly set for FCP. Martin Baker www.digital-heaven.co.uk www.twitter.com/digitalheaven www.videospaceonline.com www.finalcutters.com www.funkycloud.com/lifeshaker ------------------------------------------------------ Digital Heaven Ltd is registered in England and Wales Company registration number: 3628396 Registered address: 55 Lynwood Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7AE VAT registration number: GB 736 0989 03 This email sent to hju(a)apple.com This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.com This email sent to evershen(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Eryk Vershen 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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Re: Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Bruce Sharpe 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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Re: Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Bruce Sharpe 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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Re: Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Marshall Eubanks 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Sep 2, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Bruce Sharpe wrote: Example: Expected value: <duration>1234567</duration> Exported value: <duration>1.23457e+06</duration> Regards Marshall Bruce _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/tme%40multicasttech.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… I have just discovered that if a project contains a clip that has more than a million frames (4.6 hours at 60 fps would do it), then numbers like duration, in, out, etc. will be exported in the XML in scientific notation. Aside from the fact that it messes up everyone who is expecting an integer there is a loss of precision. The difference between 1234567 and 1234570 frames could be important in some contexts. Is this a known bug? Single precision has 24 bits of precision, or about 6 x 10^-8 fractionally. So, that would be 0.07 for your example, and should be marginally OK. However, in dealing with Julian Dates (about 2,500,000 days since the initial epoch, or an error of 0.15) we found that this is dangerous. With even a little bit of manipulation (subtract this value from that, and add to a third), you run the risk of being off by a day (or, in this case, a frame). So, in my opinion, these really should be double precision if they are going to be real numbers. This email sent to tme(a)multicasttech.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Eryk Vershen 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Yes. We know about that one. -eryk (from my iPhone) On Sep 2, 2009, at 17:29, Bruce Sharpe <bruce.sharpe(a)gmail.com> wrote: Example: Expected value: <duration>1234567</duration> Exported value: <duration>1.23457e+06</duration> Is this a known bug? Bruce _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/evershen%40apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… I have just discovered that if a project contains a clip that has more than a million frames (4.6 hours at 60 fps would do it), then numbers like duration, in, out, etc. will be exported in the XML in scientific notation. Aside from the fact that it messes up everyone who is expecting an integer there is a loss of precision. The difference between 1234567 and 1234570 frames could be important in some contexts. This email sent to evershen(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Big integers exported in scientific notation in XML
by Bruce Sharpe 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

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Re: Launching FCP XML files after Snow Leopard upgrade
by Martin Baker 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

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