Generate List of All Media Files in Project
Jumpcut Jeff
Thanks much!
Chris Ashworth
Rich Walsh
-- Best run as a separate process so it can be happening in the background
-- Explanations
set theExplanation to "This script creates a text file on the Desktop with a list of all the media files used as targets in the current workspace, " & ¬
"removing duplicates and sorting alphabetically. It then opens the file in TextEdit."
-- Declarations
global dialogTitle, startTime
set dialogTitle to "Make a list of media files"
-- Preamble
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5"
display dialog theExplanation & return & return & "It may take a little while to run; are you sure you wish to proceed?" with title dialogTitle with icon 1 ¬
buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK" cancel button "Cancel"
-- Prepare variables for filename
set fileTime to my grabTimeForFilename()
set workspaceName to q number of front workspace -- This actually gets the name of the workspace
my startTheClock()
-- Extract array of File Targets from QLab, skipping duplicates
set mediaFiles to {}
set mediaFilesRef to a reference to mediaFiles
tell front workspace
-- First, the easy ones
set validTargets to file target of cues whose broken is false and (q type is "Audio" or q type is "Video" or q type is "MIDI File")
set countValidTargets to count validTargets
repeat with i from 1 to countValidTargets
set eachTarget to item i of validTargets
set targetFile to POSIX path of eachTarget -- Convert to POSIX
if targetFile is not in mediaFilesRef then
set end of mediaFilesRef to targetFile
end if
if i mod 100 is 0 and (countValidTargets - i) > 50 then -- Countdown timer (and opportunity to escape)
my countdownTimer(i, countValidTargets, "valid Audio, Video or MIDI File Cues")
end if
end repeat
-- Now, broken cues
set brokenCues to cues whose broken is true and (q type is "Audio" or q type is "Video" or q type is "MIDI File")
set countBrokenCues to count brokenCues
repeat with i from 1 to countBrokenCues
set eachCue to item i of brokenCues
set eachTarget to file target of eachCue
if eachTarget is missing value then -- This will be returned by cues whose targets have become invalid
set eachName to q display name of eachCue
set targetFile to "**** Missing file target for cue named \"" & eachName & "\" ****"
else
set targetFile to POSIX path of eachTarget & " [BROKEN]"
end if
if targetFile is not in mediaFilesRef then
set end of mediaFilesRef to targetFile
end if
if i mod 100 is 0 and (countBrokenCues - i) > 50 then -- Countdown timer (and opportunity to escape)
my countdownTimer(i, countBrokenCues, "broken Audio, Video or MIDI File Cues")
end if
end repeat
end tell
-- Check there are some files
if (count mediaFilesRef) is 0 then
activate
display dialog "No media files were found!" with title dialogTitle with icon 0 ¬
buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 60
return
end if
end tell
-- Convert the list to text and sort it
set currentTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to linefeed
set theText to mediaFilesRef as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to currentTIDs
set sortedText to sortTextIgnoringCase(theText)
-- Create a string of the full path of the text file to be created
set newFile to "" & (path to desktop) & "QLab | " & workspaceName & " | Media files in use | " & fileTime & ".txt"
-- Make the file
makeFileFromText(newFile, sortedText)
-- Open it in TextEdit
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
open file newFile
set zoomed of front window to true
end tell
finishedDialogBespoke()
-- Subroutines
(* === OUTPUT === *)
on startTheClock() -- [Shared subroutine]
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5"
display dialog "One moment caller…" with title dialogTitle with icon 1 buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 1
end tell
set startTime to current date
end startTheClock
on countdownTimer(thisStep, totalSteps, whichCuesString) -- [Shared subroutine]
set timeTaken to round (current date) - startTime rounding as taught in school
set timeString to my makeMSS(timeTaken)
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5"
if frontmost then
display dialog "Time elapsed: " & timeString & " – " & thisStep & " of " & totalSteps & " " & whichCuesString & ¬
" done…" with title dialogTitle with icon 1 buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK" cancel button "Cancel" giving up after 1
end if
end tell
end countdownTimer
on finishedDialogBespoke()
set timeTaken to round (current date) - startTime rounding as taught in school
set timeString to my makeNiceT(timeTaken)
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
display dialog "Done." & return & return & "(That took " & timeString & ".)" with title dialogTitle with icon 1 ¬
buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 60
end tell
end finishedDialogBespoke
(* === TIME === *)
on makeMSS(howLong) -- [Shared subroutine]
set howManyMinutes to howLong div 60
set howManySeconds to howLong mod 60 div 1
return (howManyMinutes as text) & ":" & my padNumber(howManySeconds, 2)
end makeMSS
on makeNiceT(howLong) -- [Shared subroutine]
if howLong < 1 then
return "less than a second"
end if
set howManyHours to howLong div 3600
if howManyHours is 0 then
set hourString to ""
else if howManyHours is 1 then
set hourString to "1 hour"
else
set hourString to (howManyHours as text) & " hours"
end if
set howManyMinutes to howLong mod 3600 div 60
if howManyMinutes is 0 then
set minuteString to ""
else if howManyMinutes is 1 then
set minuteString to "1 minute"
else
set minuteString to (howManyMinutes as text) & " minutes"
end if
set howManySeconds to howLong mod 60 div 1
if howManySeconds is 0 then
set secondString to ""
else if howManySeconds is 1 then
set secondString to "1 second"
else
set secondString to (howManySeconds as text) & " seconds"
end if
set theAmpersand to ""
if hourString is not "" then
if minuteString is not "" and secondString is not "" then
set theAmpersand to ", "
else if minuteString is not "" or secondString is not "" then
set theAmpersand to " and "
end if
end if
set theOtherAmpersand to ""
if minuteString is not "" and secondString is not "" then
set theOtherAmpersand to " and "
end if
return hourString & theAmpersand & minuteString & theOtherAmpersand & secondString
end makeNiceT
(* === TEXT WRANGLING === *)
on padNumber(theNumber, minimumDigits) -- [Shared subroutine]
set paddedNumber to theNumber as text
repeat while (count paddedNumber) < minimumDigits
set paddedNumber to "0" & paddedNumber
end repeat
return paddedNumber
end padNumber
on sortTextIgnoringCase(theText) -- [Shared subroutine]
return do shell script "echo " & quoted form of theText & " | sort -f "
end sortTextIgnoringCase
(* === FILES === *)
on grabTimeForFilename() -- [Shared subroutine]
return do shell script "date '+%y-%m-%d %H%M%S'"
end grabTimeForFilename
on makeFileFromText(newFilePath, fileContents) -- [Shared subroutine]
copy (open for access newFilePath with write permission) to theOpenFile
set eof theOpenFile to 0 -- Clear it out first (just in case it already existed)
write fileContents to theOpenFile
close access theOpenFile
end makeFileFromText
micpool
Here's my somewhat shorter version, which is designed to run in a script cue in QLab and puts the list in the notes field of the script cue. (You can copy and paste from there if needed)
It lacks some of the refinements of Rich's script, but should process all the file targets in typical large workspaces in around 10 seconds (on an M1 Mac)
--set the notes of this script cue to a sorted list of files used in this workspace with no duplicates
set fileList to {}
set mytext to ""
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5" to tell front workspace --change id to "com.figure53.QLab.4" for QLab 4
set myCue to last item of (active cues as list)
set theCues to cues
set cuesRef to a reference to theCues
repeat with eachCue in cuesRef
if the q type of eachCue is in {"audio", "video"} then
try
set the end of fileList to (file target of eachCue as alias as text)
on error
set the end of fileList to ("BROKEN FILE TARGET: " & q default name of eachCue)
end try
end if
end repeat
set noDups to {}
repeat with eachItem in fileList
if eachItem is not in noDups then set end of noDups to eachItem as text
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {ASCII character 10}
set myString to (noDups as text)
set newString to do shell script "echo " & quoted form of myString & " | sort -f -V"
set notes of myCue to ""
repeat with eachParagraph in paragraphs of newString
set notes of myCue to notes of myCue & eachParagraph & return
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
end tell
Jumpcut Jeff
Rich Walsh
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5" to tell front workspace
set thisCue to last item of (active cues as list)
set mediaFiles to {}
set mediaFilesRef to a reference to mediaFiles
set mediaFilesRef to file target of cues whose broken is false and (q type is "Audio" or q type is "Video" or q type is "MIDI File")
repeat with eachCue in (cues whose broken is true and (q type is "Audio" or q type is "Video" or q type is "MIDI File"))
set eachTarget to file target of eachCue
if eachTarget is missing value then
set eachName to q default name of eachCue
if eachName is "" then set eachName to q display name of eachCue
set targetFile to "**** Missing file target for cue named \"" & eachName & "\" ****"
else
set targetFile to (eachTarget as text) & " [BROKEN]"
end if
set end of mediaFilesRef to targetFile
end repeat
set currentTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to linefeed
set theText to mediaFilesRef as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to currentTIDs
tell me to set sortedText to do shell script "echo " & quoted form of theText & " | sort -f -V | uniq"
set notes of thisCue to sortedText
end tell
set fileList to {}
set mytext to ""
tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5" to tell front workspace --change id to "com.figure53.QLab.4" for QLab 4
set myCue to last item of (active cues as list)
set theCues to cues
set cuesRef to a reference to theCues
repeat with eachCue in cuesRef
if the q type of eachCue is in {"audio", "video"} then
try
set the end of fileList to (file target of eachCue as alias as text)
on error
set the end of fileList to ("BROKEN FILE TARGET: " & q default name of eachCue)
end try
end if
end repeat
set noDups to {}
repeat with eachItem in fileList
if eachItem is not in noDups then set end of noDups to eachItem as text
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {ASCII character 10}
set myString to (noDups as text)
set newString to do shell script "echo " & quoted form of myString & " | sort -f -V"
(*set notes of myCue to ""
repeat with eachParagraph in paragraphs of newString
set notes of myCue to notes of myCue & eachParagraph & return
end repeat*)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return -- Speed tweak
set notes of myCue to paragraphs of newString as text -- Speed tweak
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
end tell