Adding marker to media (like in the trimmer)

Phil_P wrote on 2/21/2024, 4:44 AM

Greetings,

I am starting on a new idea that will save me a lot of time when it is done.

I have a "beep" track that contains surprise, surprise a "beep" sound.

This track is only for that purpose, it contains no other audio, and I trigger the beep using my control panel when I am recording. It is to draw my attention to errors or other things that I need to take extra care about when editing. (it appears as nice big spike on the "beep" track so is very easy to spot).

So, my goal it to place makers (or regions) where the beeps happen.

However, before I even get started with the audio recognition side, I have come to a grinding halt withe the markers. Adding markers to the timeline is easy, I know. But they do not move with the media, as we know, and I do not want to be forced to used ripple edit for this.

The markers that are added in the trimmer are ideal. As they are move with the media and are saved withe media too.

So, is there any way to add specifically those types of markers / regions?

I cannot find it in the SDK.

Thank you in advance.

Comments

Dexcon wrote on 2/21/2024, 4:58 AM

But they do not move with the media, as we know, and I do not want to be forced to used ripple edit for this.

I'm curious to know why not? I find Ripple in Vegas to be excellent and so easy to use, something that DaVinci Resolve Studio lacks in flexibility of use.

Phil_P wrote on 2/21/2024, 5:19 AM

I'm curious to know why not? I find Ripple in Vegas to be excellent and so easy to use, something that DaVinci Resolve Studio lacks in flexibility of use.

I use Ripple Edit regularly and have it assigned to a side button on my mouse. I have no issue with Ripple Edit.

But for this case I do not want to be forced to use it. Some of my edits get very complex, sometimes the beeps get removed completely. I need the beep markers to be totally locked to the exact point where I place them in each media clip. Sometimes as part of my editing I will move a clip somewhere without using Ripple etc. There are lots of reasons why I would like to do this, hence my question about is it possible to add those types of markers / regions using scripting. :-)

I did not mention anything about Resolve. btw. :-)

Dexcon wrote on 2/21/2024, 5:25 AM

I did not mention anything about Resolve. btw. :-)

True ... but you had a long comparison about Resolve vs Vegas Pro here earlier today.

Phil_P wrote on 2/21/2024, 5:32 AM

I did not mention anything about Resolve. btw. :-)

True ... but you had a long comparison about Resolve vs Vegas Pro here earlier today.

Please look again, that’s someone else, not me. I have never used Resolve and have no intention to.

I’ve supported Vegas for many years.

Dexcon wrote on 2/21/2024, 5:38 AM

My apologies ... my bad!

jetdv wrote on 2/21/2024, 8:07 AM

Scripts can read markers that are embedded in events from the trimmer but a script cannot currently add embedded markers to an event.

Phil_P wrote on 2/21/2024, 9:19 AM

Thanks @jetdv that saved me a lot of experimental time. Much appreciated. P

jetdv wrote on 2/21/2024, 12:55 PM

@Phil_P I just tried again just to make sure. The code "looks" like it should work but you get this error:

Phil_P wrote on 2/22/2024, 2:12 AM

Yes @jetdv this was what confused me. The code in Visual studio looks Ok but was still giving many errors.

Back to the drawing board it is. :-)