RE: Reading TC from FCP
RE: Reading TC from FCP
- Subject: RE: Reading TC from FCP
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:10:58 -0700
> Or are you trying to add a new window to FCP's user
> interface, and have it display the time code to the user of the
> application?
Yap, that one :)
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Reading TC from FCP
> From: Darrin Cardani <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu, June 07, 2007 12:03 pm
> To: email@hidden
> Cc: email@hidden
>
> I'm still not clear on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to
> display the time code (possibly with conversion to feet or frames) on
> the video? Or are you trying to add a new window to FCP's user
> interface, and have it display the time code to the user of the
> application?
>
> FxPlug is for manipulating frames of video data. It isn't for adding
> functionality to the application. It doesn't provide any way to add
> windows or menu items to the host application. In fact, an FxPlug
> won't even be instantiated until the user applies it to some footage.
> So unless you're planning on burning the timecode into a frame of
> video (possibly after converting it to feet/frames), you probably
> don't want to use FxPlug.
>
> You'd probably be better off writing a stand-alone application that
> does what you need. You might see if you can get the current playhead
> position via AppleEvents and use that to do what you need. You can
> make your application's window be an "always-on-top" window so that
> it is in front of FCP's windows and still usable when your app isn't
> the front-most application. (Or maybe there's some other better way -
> that's just an idea off the top of my head.)
>
> Darrin
>
> On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:53 AM, email@hidden wrote:
>
> > Basically, I want to be able to read the current TC value from the
> > timeline (dynamically updating in my panel) for the plug-in. Then
> > I can implement TC calculation functions such as +-/* as well as
> > convert to feet/frames etc. That kind of thing.
> >
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: Re: Reading TC from FCP
> >> From: Darrin Cardani <email@hidden>
> >> Date: Thu, June 07, 2007 11:46 am
> >> To: email@hidden
> >> Cc: email@hidden
> >>
> >> On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:32 AM, email@hidden wrote:
> >>
> >>> I posted to another FXPlug group and was told that the FXPlug API
> >>> does not expose any of the TC data in the current FCP project. My
> >>> intent was to create a simple TC calculator/converter plug in as an
> >>> exercise to learn FXPlug. However, I see that Digital Heaven reads
> >>> the TC out of FCP with their app "Big Time". Admittedly, it's not
> >>> an FXPlug application. Does anyone have a good idea how they might
> >>> be doing this?
> >>
> >> Mike,
> >> FxPlugs can get some timing information starting with FCP 6 and
> >> Motion 3, but it's not clear what you mean when you say you want time
> >> code data. Can you describe in more detail what you're trying to
> >> accomplish? It may be possible to do what you want.
> >> Looking at DigitalHeaven's website for BigTime (<http://www.digital-
> >> heaven.co.uk/bigtime/>), it appears that it's probably making itself
> >> available as a MIDI device, and rather than sending the data out to
> >> some actual MIDI hardware, it's displaying the information. That's
> >> just speculation on my part, though. It's an interesting idea!
> >> I believe that FCP 6 also has some AppleScript capabilities. I
> >> haven't worked with them, but it may be possible to get some
> >> information out of FCP via that route, too.
> >> But if you're just trying to learn FxPlug, definitely have a look
> >> through the FxPlug sample code, and feel free to ask questions about
> >> what you're specifically trying to do or learn.
> >>
> >> Darrin
> >> --
> >> Darrin Cardani
> >> email@hidden
>
> --
> Darrin Cardani
> email@hidden
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