January 2012 - Pro-apps-dev

Re: FCPX parameterChanged crash
by Paul Schneider 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Paul, There's a bug in FCPX which will cause this crash when an FxPlug changes parameter 63, and only parameter 63. It should be fixed in an upcoming update. If you need to work around it, avoiding ID 63 should do the trick. This is radar 10504317 if you need to check on the status in the future. - Paul On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Paul Miller wrote: > I have an effect with about a hundred parameters (works fine in Motion), but only two of them are published in my .moef. One of the parameters is a checkbox, that when clicked, causes parameterChanged: to get called. > > The first thing I do is turn the checkbox back off (it acts as a button). Then I launch a separate application with my custom UI and wait for it to exit. Then I call CustomParamAPI->startAction:self and start setting all the parameter values from values returned by my external application, using the FxParameterSettingAPI_v2. > > It gets to paramID 63 and then crashes way down in setFloatValue, in a bunch of notification code which ends up calling "FFMotionEffect channelParameterChanged:". > > I've been able to successfully update a single parameter this way, but not for this effect. > > Is there a limit on the number of parameter ids (mine start at 1 and go up from there)? Anything else that would prevent this from working? > > Darrin - can I send you the plugin to try? > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > This email sent to pschneider(a)apple.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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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FCPX parameterChanged crash
by Paul Miller 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 Darrin - can I send you the plugin to try? _______________________________________________ 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 an effect with about a hundred parameters (works fine in Motion), but only two of them are published in my .moef. One of the parameters is a checkbox, that when clicked, causes parameterChanged: to get called. The first thing I do is turn the checkbox back off (it acts as a button). Then I launch a separate application with my custom UI and wait for it to exit. Then I call CustomParamAPI->startAction:self and start setting all the parameter values from values returned by my external application, using the FxParameterSettingAPI_v2. It gets to paramID 63 and then crashes way down in setFloatValue, in a bunch of notification code which ends up calling "FFMotionEffect channelParameterChanged:". I've been able to successfully update a single parameter this way, but not for this effect. Is there a limit on the number of parameter ids (mine start at 1 and go up from there)? Anything else that would prevent this from working? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP X XML question
by Andreas Kiel 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Rainer, It's not really a bug - it's a feature. Happy weekend Andreas On 06.01.2012, at 18:50, Rainer Standke wrote: Rainer On Jan 5, 2012, at 17:27, Andreas Kiel wrote: Simple thing, There is no fps any more. Just time. Regards Andreas On 05.01.2012, at 23:53, Rainer Standke wrote: Hello all, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE fcpxml> What am I over-looking? 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/site_archiver%40lists.a… The thing with FCPXML is that if you got a project XML all clips are conformed to the sequence timebase. To figure out the timebase of a special clip you additionally need the event XML(s) to search. You need find the involved event(s) by name, then you have to export them one by one, then search for the common file paths of project end event (s). If a clip is found in one of the events you can step backwards from the found asset (in the XML lines) until you've found a format node this allows you to extract the frame rate from the name attribute. Then you can convert the start time of your asset to TC - if you're sure it's NDF. Otherwise you have to go to the clip node and extract the tcFormat attribute entry to make sure. So it's really easy and innovative ;) Other thing you can do is to use the path url and extract all values from the original file. That becomes a major problem when you need to deal in frames, or counting schemes that are based on frames, e.g. timecode. There are circumstances under which the same clip has the correct format listed in the XML - namely when it has not been broken apart in the timeline. This begins to smell like a bug, unless there is something here that I don't yet get. I have a question about parsing FCP X XMLs. I have a simple 30 fps sequence that has one source clip in 24 fps. The XML looks like this: <fcpxml version="1.0"> <project name="seq30 source24 - daddel" uid="6B4E2FB5- D3BD-41D1-8914-55E6A8F7EE2E" eventID="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA- CC26967FD193" location="file://localhost/Volumes/160/Final%20Cut% 20Projects/seq30%20source24%20-%20daddel/"> <resources> <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" frameDuration="100/3000s" width="1920" height="1080"/> <projectRef id="r2" name="daddel" uid="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193"/> <asset id="r3" name="bars 24" uid="AE03DB97FAC016F4ED1C71D493C3D8F3" projectRef="r2" src="file://localhost/Volumes/160/bars%2024.mov" start="7200s" duration="60s" hasVideo="1" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000"/> </resources> <sequence duration="1103600/48000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k"> <spine> <gap offset="10800s" name="Gap" duration="166400/12000s" start="3600s"/> <video offset="129766400/12000s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - v1 - break away" duration="27300/3000s" start="7209s"> <audio lane="-1" offset="7200s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - a1 break away" duration="870000/48000s" start="7200s" role="dialogue"/> </video> </spine> </sequence> </project> </fcpxml> I can tell that the sequence format is 30 fps, but I can't find a clue that the source clip's frame rate is 24fps. Rainer _______________________________________________ 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/kiel% 40spherico.com This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.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/kiel% 40spherico.com This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP X XML question
by Rainer Standke 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com That becomes a major problem when you need to deal in frames, or counting schemes that are based on frames, e.g. timecode. There are circumstances under which the same clip has the correct format listed in the XML - namely when it has not been broken apart in the timeline. This begins to smell like a bug, unless there is something here that I don't yet get. Rainer On Jan 5, 2012, at 17:27, Andreas Kiel wrote: > Simple thing, There is no fps any more. Just time. > > Regards > Andreas > > On 05.01.2012, at 23:53, Rainer Standke wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a question about parsing FCP X XMLs. I have a simple 30 fps sequence that has one source clip in 24 fps. The XML looks like this: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> >> <!DOCTYPE fcpxml> >> >> <fcpxml version="1.0"> >> <project name="seq30 source24 - daddel" uid="6B4E2FB5-D3BD-41D1-8914-55E6A8F7EE2E" eventID="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193" location="file://localhost/Volumes/160/Final%20Cut%20Projects/seq30%20source24%20-%20daddel/"> >> <resources> >> <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" frameDuration="100/3000s" width="1920" height="1080"/> >> <projectRef id="r2" name="daddel" uid="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193"/> >> <asset id="r3" name="bars 24" uid="AE03DB97FAC016F4ED1C71D493C3D8F3" projectRef="r2" src="file://localhost/Volumes/160/bars%2024.mov" start="7200s" duration="60s" hasVideo="1" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000"/> >> </resources> >> <sequence duration="1103600/48000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k"> >> <spine> >> <gap offset="10800s" name="Gap" duration="166400/12000s" start="3600s"/> >> <video offset="129766400/12000s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - v1 - break away" duration="27300/3000s" start="7209s"> >> <audio lane="-1" offset="7200s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - a1 break away" duration="870000/48000s" start="7200s" role="dialogue"/> >> </video> >> </spine> >> </sequence> >> </project> >> </fcpxml> >> >> >> I can tell that the sequence format is 30 fps, but I can't find a clue that the source clip's frame rate is 24fps. >> >> What am I over-looking? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rainer _______________________________________________ >> 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/kiel%40spherico.com >> >> This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP X XML question
by Rainer Standke 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Thomas, thanks for your mail. You are right, the format ref is positively missing. This seems to happen for clips that have been broken apart. The very same clip shows up as expected if not broken apart. The source clip's format is FFVideoFormat1080p24, it is standart. Even if it was non-standart, I would expect to see it listed as FFVideoFormatRateUndefined, or something like that. The assumption that the source clip's format is the same as the sequence's would be incorrect. So, since FCP X knows about the format and seems to not put this into the XML, are we looking at a bug? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Rainer On Jan 5, 2012, at 23:52, Thomas - Mindtransplant wrote: > Hi Rainer, > > it looks like the <format /> Node for your 24fps footage is missing in the <resources /> section. That only occurs when your footage-format equals the sequence-format. What resolution is your footage at? Is your resolution supported by the videoFormats listed in the fcpxml-docs? > > I found out that if I use iPhone videos with strange fps-values like 23.01fps FCP X uses 1080p30 as substitute-format. So question is: what happens when unsupported resolutions are used? > > > Thomas. > > MINDTRANSPLANT > Audio & Video Produktion > www.mindtransplant.com > > > > > Am 05.01.2012 um 23:53 schrieb Rainer Standke: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a question about parsing FCP X XMLs. I have a simple 30 fps sequence that has one source clip in 24 fps. The XML looks like this: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> >> <!DOCTYPE fcpxml> >> >> <fcpxml version="1.0"> >> <project name="seq30 source24 - daddel" uid="6B4E2FB5-D3BD-41D1-8914-55E6A8F7EE2E" eventID="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193" location="file://localhost/Volumes/160/Final%20Cut%20Projects/seq30%20source24%20-%20daddel/"> >> <resources> >> <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" frameDuration="100/3000s" width="1920" height="1080"/> >> <projectRef id="r2" name="daddel" uid="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193"/> >> <asset id="r3" name="bars 24" uid="AE03DB97FAC016F4ED1C71D493C3D8F3" projectRef="r2" src="file://localhost/Volumes/160/bars%2024.mov" start="7200s" duration="60s" hasVideo="1" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000"/> >> </resources> >> <sequence duration="1103600/48000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k"> >> <spine> >> <gap offset="10800s" name="Gap" duration="166400/12000s" start="3600s"/> >> <video offset="129766400/12000s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - v1 - break away" duration="27300/3000s" start="7209s"> >> <audio lane="-1" offset="7200s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - a1 break away" duration="870000/48000s" start="7200s" role="dialogue"/> >> </video> >> </spine> >> </sequence> >> </project> >> </fcpxml> >> >> >> I can tell that the sequence format is 30 fps, but I can't find a clue that the source clip's frame rate is 24fps. >> >> What am I over-looking? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rainer _______________________________________________ >> 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/thomas%40mindtransplant… >> >> This email sent to thomas(a)mindtransplant.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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP X XML question
by Andreas Kiel 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Simple thing, There is no fps any more. Just time. Regards Andreas On 05.01.2012, at 23:53, Rainer Standke wrote: Hello all, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE fcpxml> What am I over-looking? 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/site_archiver%40lists.a… I have a question about parsing FCP X XMLs. I have a simple 30 fps sequence that has one source clip in 24 fps. The XML looks like this: <fcpxml version="1.0"> <project name="seq30 source24 - daddel" uid="6B4E2FB5- D3BD-41D1-8914-55E6A8F7EE2E" eventID="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA- CC26967FD193" location="file://localhost/Volumes/160/Final%20Cut% 20Projects/seq30%20source24%20-%20daddel/"> <resources> <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" frameDuration="100/3000s" width="1920" height="1080"/> <projectRef id="r2" name="daddel" uid="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193"/> <asset id="r3" name="bars 24" uid="AE03DB97FAC016F4ED1C71D493C3D8F3" projectRef="r2" src="file:// localhost/Volumes/160/bars%2024.mov" start="7200s" duration="60s" hasVideo="1" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000"/> </resources> <sequence duration="1103600/48000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k"> <spine> <gap offset="10800s" name="Gap" duration="166400/12000s" start="3600s"/> <video offset="129766400/12000s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - v1 - break away" duration="27300/3000s" start="7209s"> <audio lane="-1" offset="7200s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - a1 break away" duration="870000/48000s" start="7200s" role="dialogue"/> </video> </spine> </sequence> </project> </fcpxml> I can tell that the sequence format is 30 fps, but I can't find a clue that the source clip's frame rate is 24fps. Rainer _______________________________________________ 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/kiel% 40spherico.com This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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FCP X XML question
by Rainer Standke 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello all, I have a question about parsing FCP X XMLs. I have a simple 30 fps sequence that has one source clip in 24 fps. The XML looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE fcpxml> <fcpxml version="1.0"> <project name="seq30 source24 - daddel" uid="6B4E2FB5-D3BD-41D1-8914-55E6A8F7EE2E" eventID="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193" location="file://localhost/Volumes/160/Final%20Cut%20Projects/seq30%20source24%20-%20daddel/"> <resources> <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p30" frameDuration="100/3000s" width="1920" height="1080"/> <projectRef id="r2" name="daddel" uid="866117F1-0D1D-4E05-BDCA-CC26967FD193"/> <asset id="r3" name="bars 24" uid="AE03DB97FAC016F4ED1C71D493C3D8F3" projectRef="r2" src="file://localhost/Volumes/160/bars%2024.mov" start="7200s" duration="60s" hasVideo="1" hasAudio="1" audioSources="1" audioChannels="2" audioRate="48000"/> </resources> <sequence duration="1103600/48000s" format="r1" tcFormat="NDF" audioLayout="stereo" audioRate="48k"> <spine> <gap offset="10800s" name="Gap" duration="166400/12000s" start="3600s"/> <video offset="129766400/12000s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - v1 - break away" duration="27300/3000s" start="7209s"> <audio lane="-1" offset="7200s" ref="r3" name="bars 24 - a1 break away" duration="870000/48000s" start="7200s" role="dialogue"/> </video> </spine> </sequence> </project> </fcpxml> I can tell that the sequence format is 30 fps, but I can't find a clue that the source clip's frame rate is 24fps. What am I over-looking? Thanks, Rainer _______________________________________________ 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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: An XML question
by Andreas Kiel 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

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getInputBitmap in FCPX - giving me the drop source arrow icon instead of image?
by ganga 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 _______________________________________________ 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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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FCPX: Alert dialog and FPS issues
by ganga 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 _______________________________________________ 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… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Hi all, I'm working on FxPlug filter for FCPX. I noticed that, FCPX hangs most of the times if I call NSRunAlertPanel from parameterChanged method (some times it worked perfectly). Same code works in Motion 5 all the time. Does anyone know about this issue? I also noticed that timingAPI returns fps of motion template instead of current FCPX project. I am using timelineFpsNumeratorForEffect and timelineFpsDenominatorForEffect APIs. Is there any other way to get fps associated with FCPX project? Regards Gangaraju

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