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Copy+Paste or Duplicate a sequence with a script?
Looking to duplicate a sequence a bunch of times using a script and then label each one for a different language. I saw in a different post that the clone function was available. However, whenever I exectue, I get the exception: "sequence.clone is not a function"
For transparency, here is my script:
// List of languages to use as suffixes
var languages = [
"Chinese (Simplified)",
"Spanish Mexican",
"German",
"Czech",
"Polish",
"Slovak",
"Serbian",
"Portuguese-Brazil",
"Italian",
"Spanish",
"Hindi",
"Kannada",
"Marathi",
"Tamil",
"Arabic",
"Macedonian",
"Korean",
"Romanian",
"Swedish",
"Turkish",
"French",
"Thai",
"Hungarian",
"Japanese",
"Slovenian"
];
// Function to duplicate a sequence and rename each duplication with language suffixes
function duplicateAndRenameSequenceWithLanguages(sequenceName, languages) {
var project = app.project;
var sequence = findSequenceByName(project.rootItem, sequenceName);
if (sequence) {
for (var i = 0; i < languages.length; i++) {
var newSequenceName = sequenceName + " - " + languages[i];
var newSequence = sequence.clone();
if (newSequence) {
newSequence.name = newSequenceName;
$.writeln("Created sequence: " + newSequenceName);
} else {
$.writeln("Failed to create sequence: " + newSequenceName);
}
}
} else {
$.writeln("Sequence not found: " + sequenceName);
}
}
// Function to find a sequence by name in the project
function findSequenceByName(item, name) {
$.writeln("Checking item: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);
if (item && item.name === name && item.type === 1) { // Type 1 corresponds to both clips and sequences
if (item.getMarkers) { // Sequences have markers
$.writeln("Found sequence: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);
return item;
}
} else if (item && item.children) {
for (var i = 0; i < item.children.numItems; i++) {
var found = findSequenceByName(item.children[i], name);
if (found) {
return found;
}
}
}
return null;
}
// Debugging: List all items in the project
function listAllItems(item, depth) {
if (item) {
var indent = new Array(depth + 1).join(" ");
$.writeln(indent + "Item: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);
if (item.children) {
for (var i = 0; i < item.children.numItems; i++) {
listAllItems(item.children[i], depth + 1);
}
}
}
}
// Main script execution
var sequenceName = "Main V1"; // Replace with the name of the sequence you want to duplicate
$.writeln("Listing all items in the project:");
listAllItems(app.project.rootItem, 0);
duplicateAndRenameSequenceWithLanguages(sequenceName, languages);
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