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POAdd imported files into sequences using Premiere Pro's ExtendScript connection
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    copied!<p>I'm trying to create a script in <code>ExtendScript</code> for Premiere Pro that will load-in specified video files, clip them at specified start and stop times, place them into a sequence and then export the resulting movie.</p> <p>I understand that Adobe doesn't have an official documentation about scripting for Premiere Pro, so I've been working from the data browser (in the <code>ExtendScript Toolkit</code>, or <code>ESTK</code>) and a collection of handy class references I've found <strong><a href="http://cssdk.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sdk/2.1/docs/WebHelp/references/csawlib/com/adobe/premiere/package-detail.html">here</a></strong>. </p> <p>I have successfully loaded in the CSV file that specifies the needed info and also know how to import the video files and create a new sequence (as explained <strong><a href="http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1177191">here</a></strong>). The trouble I'm having now is getting the imported files clipped correctly and placed into the sequence. I see that the activeSequence has methods like setInPoint and setOutPoint, but that doesn't seem to result in the correct trimming upon export.</p> <p>Here is my code with comments to show flow of overall script:</p> <pre><code>#target premierepro var myDir = "G:\\directoryWithVideoFiles\\"; // defined "indexOf" subfunction here // ***** begin main body of script ***** // (dataRuns has fields runName, startVideo, startTime, stopVideo, stopTime) // Import video files listed in dataRuns var vidFiles = new Array; for (i=0; i&lt;dataRuns.length; i++) { if (indexOf.call(vidFiles,myDir + dataRuns[i].startVideo + '.MPG') == -1) { vidFiles.push(myDir + dataRuns[i].startVideo + '.MPG'); } if (indexOf.call(vidFiles,myDir + dataRuns[i].stopVideo + '.MPG') == -1) { vidFiles.push(myDir + dataRuns[i].stopVideo + '.MPG'); } app.project.createNewSequence(dataRuns[i].runName,''); } app.project.importFiles(vidFiles); // at this point, for each run (called runName) I need to: // - take a clip of the startVideo from the startTime to the end of the video // - take a clip of the stopVideo from the start of the video to the stopTime // - put clip 1 at the beginning of the associated sequence, &amp; clip 2 right after // - export the sequence as a new video file </code></pre>
 

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