site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcmNMrdOzMc4IGmETw2in6swmL4T4wA3MhkQ Thanks for your ideas. Last question: is it possible to customize functionality of Final Cut Server, specifically with the same plugin architecture? Suppose, I'd like Final Cut Server to open/ prefetch each clip in my project whenever I open the project with Final Cut Professional client. Can I do it just with the client side plugin, or would it require some kind of server side plugin as well? Thanks again, -V -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Kiel [mailto:kiel@spherico.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:53 AM To: Victor Cc: 'Eryk Vershen'; pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: fcp parsing questions With any project you always - though not automatically - can use the "save project with XML" and go from there. Andreas On 11.02.2009, at 20:59, Victor wrote:
Actually, no- my mistake. The host application should be already running. The plugin must cache clips located on the remote host ( Final Cut Server), before the user will try to open the project.
-----Original Message----- From: Eryk Vershen [mailto:evershen@apple.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:29 PM To: Victor Cc: 'Steve Christensen'; pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: fcp parsing questions
No, a plugin requires the host app to be running.
There is no spec or API for the FCP project file format. The format has never been revealed to any developer.
The way to get information about FCP projects is via the XML interchange format.
You say you want to get the list of clips before that project is loaded - why?
-eryk
On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Victor wrote:
Can plugin have an access to the host application functionality when host application is not running yet? I suppose you could try figuring it out on your own... Do you know where I can find specification? Thanks again, -V -----Original Message----- From: Steve Christensen [mailto:punster@mac.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:58 PM To: Victor Cc: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: fcp parsing questions
I don't believe there is any publicly-available API for reading the contents of a FCP project. I suppose you could try figuring it out on your own but then you're, of course, in the potential position of having to periodically revise your code to handle new project formats.
On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Victor wrote:
Steve, Thanks for the input. In my case I need to obtain the list of video clips before project is loaded ( e.g. while Final Cut is not yet running ), so can't send an event to application. Is there an alternative method for reading project file directly? Thanks again, Victor
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Christensen [mailto:punster@mac.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:12 PM To: Victor Cc: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: fcp parsing questions
On Feb 11, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Victor wrote:
I have to write Final Cut Pro plugin and the first task for it would be to retrieve names of video clips associated with the Final Cut project. My first question is: what SDK can I use to read from project file? So far I couldn't find anything pertinent in FxPlug SDK 1.2. Am I looking in the right place?
The FxPlug SDK is the API for writing a FCP, FCE or Motion plugin that handles some form of rendering to a particular clip with which a particular instance of your effect class is associated. You don't normally worry about other clips in the project.
If you have a reason to need information about various video clips, you would get that by sending an AppleEvent to the host application (FCP, FCE, Motion) and then parsing the returned XML. Documentation on those AppleEvents and the format of the returned XML are available on Apple's website.
The original application I have to base my prospective plugin on has been written in Java. Would it be possible to implement FCP plugin in Java?
The plugin API assumes an Objective-C plugin interface. If there's a way to call your Java code from within an Objective-C plugin wrapper, then I would think you should be able to do so. I've never tried to do something like that so that's the best answer I can give.
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