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Notify automatable param info change
by Isaac Carasso 25 May '14

25 May '14

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Re: XML Question
by Gregory Clarke 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hi Andreas, You can't put the text-style at the root (it'll not validate against the dtd) but you can define a single text-style for your subtitle in the first title element and then reference it using text-style-def element's id attribute. I'm pretty sure that's the default way that FCPX produces XML when you've got repeating styles for multiple titles. On May 23, 2014, at 2:59 AM, Andreas Kiel <kiel(a)spherico.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Maybe I'm to blind to see or to figure out the below. > > Creating (sub)titles I do have the option to have a "<text-style ... /> " inside the "<text>" node and apply these styles ("<text-style-def id = XXX") to parts of the text. > What I'm looking for is whether there is any option to define these "text-styles" at the "root level" like the "<effect>" or so. > At the current state (of my knowledge) it isn't possible and does blow up XMLs with 1000 or 2000 or more subtitles to quite a good amount of non needed data and not needed references. > > Any ideas or comments are highly appreciated. > > - Andreas > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/greg%40intelligentassi… > > This email sent to greg(a)intelligentassistance.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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XML Question
by Andreas Kiel 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hi all, Maybe I'm to blind to see or to figure out the below. Creating (sub)titles I do have the option to have a "<text-style ... /> " inside the "<text>" node and apply these styles ("<text-style-def id = XXX") to parts of the text. What I'm looking for is whether there is any option to define these "text-styles" at the "root level" like the "<effect>" or so. At the current state (of my knowledge) it isn't possible and does blow up XMLs with 1000 or 2000 or more subtitles to quite a good amount of non needed data and not needed references. Any ideas or comments are highly appreciated. - Andreas _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Compressor Settings
by Darrin Cardani 15 May '14

15 May '14

Robert, Here’s some more info from the Compressor team: 1) There is a little more documentation in the Compressor Help files. From the Help menu, choose “Compressor Help”. 2) From the contents on the left side of the window, open “Work Smarter,” then “Use Distributed Processing,” then “Use the Command Line”. There are some examples in that section of the docs. Also, I asked them about the XML format for settings files and they had this to say: > There is no other way to easily create them other than using Compressor. That being said, they are XML, and once created in Compressor, an application can modify them in mostly obvious ways (width, height, frame-rate, etc…), however this is undocumented, and not guaranteed to be “future proof”. The best approach is for said 3rd party app to make a variety of settings in Compressor covering their needs, and then offer them in a menu to their users. If the setting is made in Compressor, then it is future-proof. Darrin On May 14, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: > Robert, > > I’m no expert on Compressor, but from the response they gave me, it looks like the only way to supply detailed settings is via the command line interface, and specifying the path to a settings file. > > I’ll have to ask about for more details on the -info flag and the XML settings documentation. > > Darrin > > On May 14, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: > >> Hi Darrin! >> >> I looked at the output, myself. A touch sparse .. :) >> I take it that there is no way to provide detailed settings, like crop, scale, interlace modes, etc. via command line then? >> The -info flag looks interesting, could this be a potential way to push settings into a job? >> I also looked at the settings file, which is a fair bit of XML soup. Is there any docs on it? >> If I were to only provide some of the tags in the settings XML, will the rest be populated by defaults, internally? >> Older FCS3 packages tended to do that... >> >> I really hope to pass stuff using a command line. Sandbox is a pretty significant sink-hole, as development time goes. >> >> Thanks again! >> >> bob. >> >> >> On May 14, 2014, at 10:50, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: >> >>> According to the Compressor team, the command line tool’s interface is documented via the -help option: >>> >>>> cd /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOSUsage: Compressor [Cluster Info] [Batch Specific Info] [Optional Info] [Other Options] >>>> >>>> ./Compressor -help >>>> >>>> -computergroup <name> -- name of the Computer Group to use. >>>> --Batch Specific Info:-- >>>> -batchname <name> -- name to be given to the batch. >>>> -priority <value> -- priority to be given to the batch. Possible values are: low, medium or high >>>> Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch >>>> -jobpath <url> -- url to source file. >>>> -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence. >>>> -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov). >>>> -settingpath <url> -- url to settings file. >>>> -locationpath <url> -- url to location file. >>>> -info <xml> -- xml for job info. >>>> -scc <url> -- url to scc file for source >>>> -startoffset <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- time offset from beginning >>>> -in <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- in time >>>> -out <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- out time >>>> -annotations <path> -- path to file to import annotations from; a plist file or a Quicktime movie >>>> -chapters <path> -- path to file to import chapters from >>>> >>> >>> >>> So I think you can add “-settingpath <url>” to the command and get it to use any settings file you want. (You could put it in the /tmp directory, or have some presets in your app bundle, or whatever.) >>> >>> Darrin >>> >>> On May 14, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. >>>> One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. >>>> For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size. >>>> >>>> I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. >>>> Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> bob. >>>> >>>> >>>> Robert Monaghan >>>> Glue Tools LLC >>>> >>>> P.O.Box 24124 >>>> Santa Barbara, CA, 93121 >>>> United States >>>> >>>> tel: +1 805 456 7997 >>>> fax: +1 805 456 7998 >>>> >>>> www.gluetools.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: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to dcardani(a)apple.com >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. 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Re: Compressor Settings
by Darrin Cardani 14 May '14

14 May '14

Robert, I’m no expert on Compressor, but from the response they gave me, it looks like the only way to supply detailed settings is via the command line interface, and specifying the path to a settings file. I’ll have to ask about for more details on the -info flag and the XML settings documentation. Darrin On May 14, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: > Hi Darrin! > > I looked at the output, myself. A touch sparse .. :) > I take it that there is no way to provide detailed settings, like crop, scale, interlace modes, etc. via command line then? > The -info flag looks interesting, could this be a potential way to push settings into a job? > I also looked at the settings file, which is a fair bit of XML soup. Is there any docs on it? > If I were to only provide some of the tags in the settings XML, will the rest be populated by defaults, internally? > Older FCS3 packages tended to do that... > > I really hope to pass stuff using a command line. Sandbox is a pretty significant sink-hole, as development time goes. > > Thanks again! > > bob. > > > On May 14, 2014, at 10:50, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: > >> According to the Compressor team, the command line tool’s interface is documented via the -help option: >> >>> cd /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOSUsage: Compressor [Cluster Info] [Batch Specific Info] [Optional Info] [Other Options] >>> >>> ./Compressor -help >>> >>> -computergroup <name> -- name of the Computer Group to use. >>> --Batch Specific Info:-- >>> -batchname <name> -- name to be given to the batch. >>> -priority <value> -- priority to be given to the batch. Possible values are: low, medium or high >>> Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch >>> -jobpath <url> -- url to source file. >>> -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence. >>> -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov). >>> -settingpath <url> -- url to settings file. >>> -locationpath <url> -- url to location file. >>> -info <xml> -- xml for job info. >>> -scc <url> -- url to scc file for source >>> -startoffset <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- time offset from beginning >>> -in <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- in time >>> -out <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- out time >>> -annotations <path> -- path to file to import annotations from; a plist file or a Quicktime movie >>> -chapters <path> -- path to file to import chapters from >>> >> >> >> So I think you can add “-settingpath <url>” to the command and get it to use any settings file you want. (You could put it in the /tmp directory, or have some presets in your app bundle, or whatever.) >> >> Darrin >> >> On May 14, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. >>> One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. >>> For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size. >>> >>> I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. >>> Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> bob. >>> >>> >>> Robert Monaghan >>> Glue Tools LLC >>> >>> P.O.Box 24124 >>> Santa Barbara, CA, 93121 >>> United States >>> >>> tel: +1 805 456 7997 >>> fax: +1 805 456 7998 >>> >>> www.gluetools.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: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >>> >>> This email sent to dcardani(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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: 4K templates
by Garrick Meeker 14 May '14

14 May '14

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Re: Compressor Settings
by Robert Monaghan 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hi Darrin! I looked at the output, myself. A touch sparse .. :) I take it that there is no way to provide detailed settings, like crop, scale, interlace modes, etc. via command line then? The -info flag looks interesting, could this be a potential way to push settings into a job? I also looked at the settings file, which is a fair bit of XML soup. Is there any docs on it? If I were to only provide some of the tags in the settings XML, will the rest be populated by defaults, internally? Older FCS3 packages tended to do that... I really hope to pass stuff using a command line. Sandbox is a pretty significant sink-hole, as development time goes. Thanks again! bob. On May 14, 2014, at 10:50, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: > According to the Compressor team, the command line tool’s interface is documented via the -help option: > >> cd /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOSUsage: Compressor [Cluster Info] [Batch Specific Info] [Optional Info] [Other Options] >> >> ./Compressor -help >> >> -computergroup <name> -- name of the Computer Group to use. >> --Batch Specific Info:-- >> -batchname <name> -- name to be given to the batch. >> -priority <value> -- priority to be given to the batch. Possible values are: low, medium or high >> Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch >> -jobpath <url> -- url to source file. >> -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence. >> -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov). >> -settingpath <url> -- url to settings file. >> -locationpath <url> -- url to location file. >> -info <xml> -- xml for job info. >> -scc <url> -- url to scc file for source >> -startoffset <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- time offset from beginning >> -in <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- in time >> -out <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- out time >> -annotations <path> -- path to file to import annotations from; a plist file or a Quicktime movie >> -chapters <path> -- path to file to import chapters from >> > > > So I think you can add “-settingpath <url>” to the command and get it to use any settings file you want. (You could put it in the /tmp directory, or have some presets in your app bundle, or whatever.) > > Darrin > > On May 14, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. >> One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. >> For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size. >> >> I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. >> Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application? >> >> Thanks! >> >> bob. >> >> >> Robert Monaghan >> Glue Tools LLC >> >> P.O.Box 24124 >> Santa Barbara, CA, 93121 >> United States >> >> tel: +1 805 456 7997 >> fax: +1 805 456 7998 >> >> www.gluetools.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: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to dcardani(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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Compressor Settings
by Darrin Cardani 14 May '14

14 May '14

According to the Compressor team, the command line tool’s interface is documented via the -help option: > cd /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOSUsage: Compressor [Cluster Info] [Batch Specific Info] [Optional Info] [Other Options] > > ./Compressor -help > > -computergroup <name> -- name of the Computer Group to use. > --Batch Specific Info:-- > -batchname <name> -- name to be given to the batch. > -priority <value> -- priority to be given to the batch. Possible values are: low, medium or high > Job Info: Used when submitting individual source files. Following parameters are repeated to enter multiple job targets in a batch > -jobpath <url> -- url to source file. > -- In case of Image Sequence, URL should be a file URL pointing to directory with image sequence. > -- Additional parameters may be specified to set frameRate (e.g. frameRate=29.97) and audio file (e.g. audio=/usr/me/myaudiofile.mov). > -settingpath <url> -- url to settings file. > -locationpath <url> -- url to location file. > -info <xml> -- xml for job info. > -scc <url> -- url to scc file for source > -startoffset <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- time offset from beginning > -in <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- in time > -out <hh:mm:ss;ff> -- out time > -annotations <path> -- path to file to import annotations from; a plist file or a Quicktime movie > -chapters <path> -- path to file to import chapters from > So I think you can add “-settingpath <url>” to the command and get it to use any settings file you want. (You could put it in the /tmp directory, or have some presets in your app bundle, or whatever.) Darrin On May 14, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Robert Monaghan <bob(a)gluetools.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. > One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. > For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size. > > I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. > Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application? > > Thanks! > > bob. > > > Robert Monaghan > Glue Tools LLC > > P.O.Box 24124 > Santa Barbara, CA, 93121 > United States > > tel: +1 805 456 7997 > fax: +1 805 456 7998 > > www.gluetools.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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com > > This email sent to dcardani(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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Compressor Settings
by Robert Monaghan 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hi Everyone, I am adding the ability to send a job to Compressor 4, from within my application. One of the abilities I am working through, is to allow the user to select range of options for export. For instance, the user may want to export a scaled movie, rather than the actual size. I see that I would need to provide a settings file, in order to render a job. This is a “.cmprstring” file located somewhere in the users’s home directory. Can I provide this string dynamically via command line? Or, do I have to pre-generate a library of “.cmprstring” files, to include along with my application? Thanks! bob. Robert Monaghan Glue Tools LLC P.O.Box 24124 Santa Barbara, CA, 93121 United States tel: +1 805 456 7997 fax: +1 805 456 7998 www.gluetools.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: FCP X: Problems with FxKeyframeAPI & FxParameterSettingAPI
by Eberhard Ammelt 13 May '14

13 May '14

Ok, will do. Eberhard > It is definitely expected that parameters will change during OSC events. (That’s the point of an OSC!) And you should be able to manipulate keyframes then, too. If you could file a Radar on what you were doing that failed, that would be extremely helpful. > > Darrin > > On May 13, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Eberhard Ammelt <EAmmelt(a)pixlock.com> wrote: > >> >> The problem appeared when changing keyframes and parameter values during OSC mouse event processing. >> It's ok for us to move this code to the -parameterChanged: method, but we need to be able to save some plugin configuration data to a custom parameter during OSC event processing in future versions. >> >> Eberhard >> >> >>> Eberhard, >>> >>> Yes. Anything that changes the data model of the application (like the values of your parameters) will only work in either -parameterChanged: or in OSC code. It definitely won’t work during a render (including set up and teardown of the render). This is something that we have been lenient about in the past, but now with multi-GPU rendering, we have to be much more strict about. >>> >>> Darrin >>> >>> On May 13, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Eberhard Ammelt <EAmmelt(a)pixlock.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello Darrin, >>>> >>>> yes, I'm using the keyframe api and the parameter setting api for setting parameter values. >>>> After some more testing I found that the problems are related to the context where this code is called. >>>> I've moved this code into the effect's "parameterChanged:" method, and this seems to fix both problems. >>>> Is it expected to work only in the "parameterChanged:" method? >>>> >>>> Eberhard >>>> >>>>> Eberhard, >>>>> >>>>> Are you trying to do this with the Keyframe API? Can you file a Radar and attach a simple example that shows the problem? >>>>> >>>>> Darrin >>>>> >>>>> On May 9, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Eberhard Ammelt <EAmmelt(a)pixlock.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm trying to add some parameter keyframes and change some parameter values in the course of an on screen event, latest version of FCP X. >>>>>> This doesn't work reliably, sometimes keyframes are missing, or it fails to adjust a parameter value. >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed that each time when a parameter value is changed the on screen controls are redrawn and the effect renders immediately - multiple times within a single on screen event call. >>>>>> Is there a way to suppress on screen updating and rendering when changing multiple parameter values? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Eberhard >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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: >>>>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >>>>>> >>>>>> This email sent to dcardani(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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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