Settings window

[Kalman Tarr]

Hi pros,

I'd like to solve the following problem.
I write a script which do something.(It doesn't matter what it actually does.) But at the start of the script have to set the Group cue mode paramerter in the Settings window of Qlab app.

A scripit make new group cues at run. But the default group mode in Settings is 'timeline'. It isn't right for me.

I know there are two way to set group mode at Templates.
The first one: open the window manuallly and set the desired  mode.
The second one: you need to write a script.

I wrote a script. It is working good  but I can't avoide to call Settings window. (I do not wanna attach the whole script.)
Well, my question is the next: there is a way to set group mode without having to open Settings window?
Hopefully my question is relevant.
Thanks  in advance to your reply.

Best,
Kalman

[Sam Kusnetz]

It's easier to set the mode of the Group cue after creating it?

make front workspace type "Group"
set newCue to last item of (selected of front workspace as list)
set mode of newCue to start_first

Best

Sam

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[Kalman Tarr]

Thank you Sam! This is an unbelievable never seen for me solution!

What a great job! 

Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Kalman

[Kalman Tarr]

Sam I found a little problem.

 When I choose 'playlist' group mode and want to change the crossfade duration parameter, does not allow setting to less than 3.0 second using script. (3 secs the default value) Manually I can do. In script to set the param  over 3 seconds, it is allowed.
You know, I put video cues in it. Set the duration to 7 secs. The problem stil persist.
Any idea?

Best,

Kalman

[Rich Walsh]

Bug? You can not set the value to below 3 with AppleScript:

tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5"

tell front workspace

repeat with i from 0 to 50

make type "Group"

set newCue to last item of (selected as list)

set mode of newCue to playlist

set playlist crossfade duration of newCue to i / 10

set actualValue to playlist crossfade duration of newCue

log i / 10 & " > " & actualValue

end repeat

end tell

end tell

Example results:

(*2.8,  > , 3.0*)

(*2.9,  > , 3.0*)

(*3.0,  > , 3.0*)

(*3.1,  > , 3.1*)

(*3.2,  > , 3.2*)

Rich

[micpool]

Unless it's been changed to something else, 

and when you reset it to the default it won't go below 3 again,

and you can't set anything below 1s ever using a script

Mic

[Brent Lord]

Thanks for the exploration on this everyone. The 3.0 minimum duration appears to be related to the internal fades that perform the crossfade out and in fades. Their default duration in a new group is each 3.0, which causes the minimum crossfade duration of the new group to be 3.0.

The Group "Playlist" inspector tab does some additional work when you set the crossfade duration that also updates the fade durations. That logic is missing in the AppleScript handler. I've filed an issue to look at fixing up the `playlist crossfade duration` setter to match the inspector behavior.

Thanks!

Brent