Automate Multicam using Scripts - API

[Tom26472067d557]

I'm hoping to automate modifying the camera label of each clip in my project so that it corresponds to the bin they are in. For example:

Bin 1 'Camera 1' contains 514 clips in and I'd like all clips to have the camera label 'Camera 1'

Bin 2 'Camera 2' contains 354 clips in and I'd like all clips to have the camera label 'Camera 2'

and so on for 12 Camera bins.

I'd then like to create a multicam sequence for each camera bin and then one big multicam sequence which contains all the cameras.

I've been having a look at ExtendScript Developer and getting ChatGPT to write the code but it isnt working.

I'd like to know if its possible and has anyone had success in doing it or something similar?

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

There is no API around multicam creation or manipulation. Panels can create a sequence from a sequence preset (.sqpreset file).

Panels can also change the label of a project item, but it doesn't seem like that's what you're hoping to do...? Panels can rename project items.

[Drotsyk98]

So I can't script neither highlight the video with multi-camera, nor make a script that will press ctrl+2 at the stop of the timeline?

[Bruce Bullis]

Correct.