Script to set Event Length (useful for stills)

bitman wrote on 1/20/2024, 5:12 AM

Here is a script to SetEventLength of stills or video in an easy way.

There are similar scripts around, such as :

still images panel from Vegasaur, however that one contains a bug when starting it up : « Oops vegasaur bug report (index out range exception) » a fix is unlike to happen, as development on Vegasaur seems halted.
Then there is « SetEventLength » from Happy Otter scripts @wwaag tools4vegas.com, but that one instantly crashes vegas 21.

So I decided to write my own script which does not crash and is in a way even smarter than Vegasaur (more on that later).

It works on events on all Video tracks and prevents audio events selection.

It is very easy to use as it is not a dropdown selection, or type in, but a much faster 8 buttons choice (from 1 second to 8 seconds) for speed editing.

Version 2 : added 4 more buttons to set length in number of frames 1, 5, 10, 15 frames + bugfix

The clever bit is that it only adapts the length of selected events, without the events moving location or changing order when there are events in between which are not selected (like jumping over those not selected and grouping together, as such changing the order of events, Vegasaur will change the order in such cases, which is bad)

The script is based on a reworked and stripped down version of whisper speech to text I made in the past, and some clever bits from @jetdv on the matter of using an array for keeping the order of events in check.

Here is a link to dropbox for the script Version 2:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o3j2zn57niss68obriint/SetEventLength.cs?rlkey=mqmrjdw8xfhf0ydefvp2uebba&dl=0

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wwaag wrote on 1/20/2024, 9:31 AM

@bitman

Then there is « SetEventLength » from Happy Otter scripts @wwaag tools4vegas.com, but that one instantly crashes vegas 21.

That bug was fixed a couple of months ago and it now works correctly with V21. Here's the direct link: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/happyotterscripts-free-tools--118349/?page=5#ca895878

bitman wrote on 1/20/2024, 10:17 AM

@wwaag It still crashes Vegas immediately upon start. By the way I downloaded the file yesterday, so this was anyway probably the one witch contains the fix.

Just to make sure, I downloaded again now with the link you provided in the post above, but still I have the same crash...

Problem Description
Application Name: VEGAS Pro
Application Version: Version 21.0 (Build 208)
Problem: Unmanaged Exception (0xe0434352)
Fault Module: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Address: 0x00007FFA333D567C
Fault Offset: 0x000000000006567C

Fault Process Details
Process Path: C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 21.0\vegas210.exe
Process Version: Version 21.0 (Build 208)
Process Description: VEGAS Pro
Process Image Date: 2023-11-30 (Thu Nov 30) 05:19:46

wwaag wrote on 1/20/2024, 10:34 AM

I can't repo the problem. Here's a link to my post on the HOS Free Tools Thread. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/happyotterscripts-free-tools--118349/?page=5#ca903459

bitman wrote on 1/21/2024, 11:17 AM

Version 2 : added 4 more buttons to set length in number of frames 1, 5, 10, 15 frames

and bugfix: no longer delete of the selected event if closing the window by the X (aka do nothing message).