Example
by: | Sebastian Beutel |
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published: | August 2018 |
description: | Set a playback's fade-in time |
remarks: |
This is also an example how time:x
is parsed into a time value.
See Playback - Set fade-in time - modular for a more versatile version using newer syntax.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <avolites.macros> <macro id="Wiki.Macros.Fadeintime3" name="PB Fade-In Time 3s"> <sequence> <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step> <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", null)</step> <step>Handles.SetSourceHandle("PlaybackWindow", 0)</step> <step condition="Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)"> ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", Handles.SourceHandle)</step> <step>Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()</step> <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime", time:3)</step> <step>Handles.SetSourceHandle("PlaybackWindow", 1)</step> <step condition="Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)"> ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", Handles.SourceHandle)</step> <step>Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()</step> <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime", time:3)</step> <step>Handles.ClearSelection()</step> <step>ActionScript.SetProperty("Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback", null)</step> </sequence> </macro> </avolites.macros>
This explains the functional steps within the sequence. For all the other XML details please refer to Formats and syntax
Handles.ClearSelection()
and ActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback”, null)
make handle and playback selection empty so that no other handle/playback is affected by accident.Handles.SetSourceHandle(“PlaybackWindow”, 0)
selects a playback as source handle<step condition=“Playbacks.IsCueHandle(Handles.SourceHandle)”>
: only if this is a cue playback handle (and not maybe a macro or group handle which would break the macro)…ActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback”, Handles.SourceHandle)
derive the playback from the given handle (the playback holds the time, not the handle)Playbacks.Editor.EnsurePlaybackCueSelected()
is required for single-cue playbacks to make sure the cue itself is selected/in the editorActionScript.SetProperty(“Playbacks.Editor.Times.CueFadeInTime”, time:3)
finally sets the fade-in time to the value. time:3
tells the parser what to do with the number 3, i.e. parse it as time value.
Note that this requires the first playback to be a single cue. If it is e.g. a cue list or a macro then the property Playbacks.Editor.SelectedPlayback
isn't set and the macro fails.