So I wrote some code that would paste the clips at the given track or paste it lower if it intersects. The prerequisite is that the length of the clips (if multiple) should go from highest to lowest. I'm sure I can code something that checks if the clip at a given time is length "x" but this is enough for my purposes. Here's the piece of code:
// Kamran Maharramli April 2nd, 2023
//Necessary prerequisites
//Premiere File with all the sequences properly named (i.e "Zoom", "Glitch", "Pop" etc), most likely grabbed by exporting After Effects file to premiere with the proper compositions
//Clips themselves need to be present in the project file
//Clip length is the last object (index=3)
//Offset value (i.e. paste 10 frames previous to current point) is index=2
//Clip name for the loop to check (index=1)
var list = [
["Zoom", "Trans1", 24, 55],
["Glitch", "GlitchSFX", 24, 39],
["Pop", "popEffect", 11, 24],
["Arm", "Whoosh_1_Basic", 8, 17],
["popHead", "Whoosh_1_Basic", 8, 17],
["InfoBox","Whoosh_1_Basic",17,17]
]
//Function to transform ticks to frames (hardcoded to "30")
function toTicks(frames) {
newval = frames * 254016000000 / 30
return newval;
}
//"Function checks if there's a clip at the given time. PreRequisite is that the order of clips to be imported is sorted from high to low depending on their clip length."
//This one is only for Audio Imports/tracks
function checkIfOccupied(curTime, durat, track) {
var val = false;
//if there are clips on track
if (track.clips.length != 0) {
//go through every clip on the track
for (var clp = 0; clp < track.clips.length; clp++) {
$.writeln("curTime: " + curTime + ", Op: " + track.clips[clp].end.ticks + ", IP: " + track.clips[clp].start.ticks + " , curTime + durat: " + (curTime + durat))
//if start point of the "to-be-inserted" clip is in between start and end points of the existing clip->return false
if (curTime <= track.clips[clp].end.ticks && curTime >= track.clips[clp].start.ticks) {
val = false;
break;
//if end point of the "to-be-inserted" clip is in between start and end points of the existing clip->return false
} else if ((curTime + durat) >= track.clips[clp].start.ticks && (curTime + durat) <= track.clips[clp].end.ticks) {
val = false;
break;
//otherwise it does not intersect
} else {
val = true;
}
}
//if track has 0 clips
} else {
val = true;
}
return val
}
app.enableQE();
//For Loop that goes through the "list" object and assigns the marker name value ("obj") and clip that is present in the project ("myClip") and assigns those values back to undefined at the beginning
for (var idx = 0; idx < list.length; idx++) {
var obj = undefined;
var myClip = undefined;
for (var i = 0; i < app.projects[0].rootItem.children.length; i++) {
clip = app.projects[0].rootItem.children[i]
if (clip.name == list[idx][0]) {
$.writeln(clip.name)
obj = clip
}
if (clip.name == list[idx][1]) {
myClip = clip;
}
}
//if obj and myClip have proper values
if (obj != undefined && myClip != undefined) {
//get all markers from the nested sequence
allMarkers = obj.getMarkers()
seq = app.project.activeSequence
//go through each marker on the sequence
for (var j = 0; j < allMarkers.numMarkers; j++) {
//convert duration to ticks
var durat = toTicks(list[idx][3]);
//skip the first 2 tracks and go through each track
for (var g = 2; g < seq.audioTracks.length; g++) {
//if not occupied
if (checkIfOccupied(allMarkers[j].start.ticks - toTicks(list[idx][2]), durat, seq.audioTracks[g]) == true) {
//paste the clip and then break
seq.audioTracks[g].insertClip(myClip, (String(allMarkers[j].start.ticks - toTicks(list[idx][2]))))
break;
}
}
}
}
}
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