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cspears2002
cspears2002
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August 28, 2014
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Exporting from Adobe Premiere using extendscript

  • August 28, 2014
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Hi!

I'm trying to figure out how the exportTimeline() function works.  So far, I have managed to import files and add them to a sequence.  Now I want to export the sequence as a Quicktime movie.  Eventually, I want to be able to set start and end points for an export (i.e. export a work area, export a clip from the timeline, etc.).

I did try to use the function by passing in a path to a file name:

exportTimeline("somepath.mov")

I didn't get an error message, which is good.  I got a 'result:7' (not sure what that means).  I did not see any new files exported to the path though.

Thanks!

Correct answer Bruce Bullis

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4 replies

kenn68121511
kenn68121511
Participant
August 31, 2024

Why can't you guys just answer the question instead of always pointing to your samples?

    Bruce Bullis
    Community Manager
    Bruce BullisCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    September 21, 2014

    I've discussed the issue with Chris; we have better ways of exporting footage than exportTimeline(), which DO respect the work area.

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    filmfym
    Participant
    November 30, 2014

    Why not share what you have in the forum? that way everyone with a similar question will be helped.

    Bruce Bullis
    Community Manager
    Bruce BullisCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    December 1, 2014

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    cspears2002
    cspears2002Author
    Participant
    September 8, 2014

    Ok I'm figuring this out.

    Seems like the trick is to use Adobe Media Encoder to render out the final clips as quicktimes (or whatever format you want).

    I have exported the project as a XML file.  Then I scraped the XML with Python and lxml to get the start and end points I want and wrote that data out as another XML file, which hopefully I can read back into Premiere with ExtendScript.  I will set the in and out points and render with Media Encoder.

    Hopefully this will work! 

    Bruce Bullis
    Community Manager
    Bruce BullisCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    September 7, 2014

    Per the sample reference I already sent you, don't use exportTimeline().

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