Different values for ES and AE (AME BrigeTalk)

[Andrew56s]

Hi! 

This is the code for checking if the render is done. I run it throught ESTK (After Effects) and wait when the render stops. But the problem is when I run it through ESTK (chosen ExtendScript Toolkit CC) it works fine: when the script starts, it writes true values in the console. BUT if I run it throught AE (chosen Adobe After Effects 2020) it just catch only the first "callback", only the first value of "isBatchRunning()". If I pause or stop the render, nothing happens, only the first value of "result" is displayed in the console. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

var isRendering = true;
var myResult;
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "ame-14.0";
bt.body = "app.getEncoderHost().isBatchRunning()";
function infoFromAME() {
    bt.onResult = function(msg){
        resultFunction(msg.body)
        }
    bt.send();
}
function resultFunction (result){
        myResult = result;
    }
while (isRendering) {
    infoFromAME()
    if (myResult == "true"){
        $.writeln('render is in progress');
        }
    else {
        $.writeln('render is done');
        }
}

GIF file is attached.

[Andrew56s]

Here's an example. 

[Bruce Bullis]

Odd. We'll have a look.

[bbb_999]

When the connection is ESTK <--> script host, the messages seem to come back just fine. 
When the connection is ESTK --> interim host --> BridgeTalk target, I don't think messages get returned appropriately.

[Andrew56s]

Thank you! 

Can't imagine how to do the next task with ESTK:

• open AE project (done), customize it (done), send to the AME (done), get the information when it's rendered(?????), close AE project (done) and open another one... and so on.

[Bruce Bullis]

Hrrmmnnn...

Not sure how you'd do that, without scripting AME directly, before and after adding your render job (so you know which ones were new/added), and getting render status from AME directly...