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May 30, 2022
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How to Interpret footage for multiple clips?

  • May 30, 2022
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I got a bunch of clips (Not Comps) that are 23.96 fps but I want to bulk interpret the footage to 24 fps, but AE doesn't let me do it, I have to do it one by one and I have over 300 clips.

 

Any way to change this in bulk with a script? Thanks!

Correct answer Mylenium

Change the interpretation once, then use the Rember Interpretation and Apply Interpretation functions from the right-click menu. Basics! You may want to read the online help.

 

Mylenium

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Mathias Moehl
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 31, 2022

With my upcoming extension Automation Blocks you can create these kinds of scripts in no time by combining blocks instead of writing code. Here is one that I just wrote for your task: It shows a dialog where you can enter a new frame rate and then applies this frame rate to all currently selected footage items:

I will add this script to our community library.

We will start a public beta for Automation Blocks this week - most likely already tomorrow.

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
Mylenium
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Legend
May 31, 2022

Change the interpretation once, then use the Rember Interpretation and Apply Interpretation functions from the right-click menu. Basics! You may want to read the online help.

 

Mylenium

Dan Ebberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 30, 2022

I think this works:

var myFootageItem;
for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
	if (app.project.item(i) instanceof FootageItem){
		myFootageItem = app.project.item(i);
		if ((myFootageItem.mainSource instanceof FileSource) && ! (myFootageItem.mainSource.isStill)){
			myFootageItem.mainSource.conformFrameRate = 24;
		}
	}
}