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#requires appscript import aem, mactypes #from appscripts aem module from CarbonX import kAE class FcpAe(aem.Application): """Communicates with Apple's Final Cut Pro using Apple Events. Gets and sends XML. """ kFCPEventClass ='KeyG' # event commands # the Open/Foreground a project file command kAEFCPOpenProjectFile ='ofcP' #the Close a project file command kAEFCPSaveAndCloseProjectFile = 'cfcP' #the XML Export command kKGAEGetDocumentXML = 'eXML' #the XML Import command kAEImportXMLToDocument = 'iXML' #Open the item specified in the passed in UUID kFCPOpenItemInProject = 'fcOI' #Select the item specified in the passed in UUID kFCPSelectItemInBrowser = 'fcSI' # event parameters kXMLDataKey = 'xmlD' kXMLDataFileKey = 'xmlF' kXMLDataVersion = 'xmlV' kFCPProjectFileKey = 'fcpP' kFCPItemUUID = 'fcIU' kProjectFileCloseFlagsKey= 'fcCF' kFCPSaveAndCloseProject = 0 kFCPDiscardAndCloseProject = 1 kFindParameters = 'fndP' kFindSearchString = 'fndS' kFindMatchMode = 'fndM' kFindOmitCriteria = 'fndO' kFindColumnName = 'fndC' kFindLogicMode = 'fndL' kFCPFindMatchStartsWith = (1 << 0) kFCPFindMatchContains = (1 << 1) kFCPFindMatchEquals = (1 << 2) kFCPFindMatchEndsWith = (1 << 3) kFCPFindMatchLessThan = (1 << 4) kFCPFindMatchGreaterThan = (1 << 5) kFCPLogicAnd = 0 kFCPLogicOr = 1 def __init__(self): fcpID = 'com.apple.finalcutpro' fcpPath = aem.findapp.byid(fcpID) aem.Application.__init__(self,path=fcpPath) if not self.isrunning(fcpPath): self.launch(fcpPath) def commandEvent(self, fcpEvent): return ''.join([self.kFCPEventClass, fcpEvent]) #fcp event commands below def openProject(self,unixFileStr): proj = mactypes.File(unixFileStr) eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kAEFCPOpenProjectFile) res = self.event(eventkey,{self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj}).send() def closeProject(self, unixFileStr, actionOnClose=0): # !! proj = mactypes.File(unixFileStr) eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kAEFCPSaveAndCloseProjectFile) res = self.event(eventkey,{ self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj, self.kProjectFileCloseFlagsKey : actionOnClose}).send() def exportXML(self, projPathStr, fcpVersionXML=1.0): """Returns XML form of given FCP project""" proj = mactypes.File(projPathStr) eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kKGAEGetDocumentXML) event = self.event(eventkey, { self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj, self.kXMLDataVersion : fcpVersionXML}) # note that fcp returns the XML test using kXMLDataKey #instead of the usual keyAEResult # which is what aem expects # hence we use the lower level approach to wrangle the result # Thanks HAS! eventdesc = event.AEM_event replyeventdesc = eventdesc.AESendMessage(kAE.kAEWaitReply, kAE.kAEDefaultTimeout) paramdict = aem.Codecs().unpack(replyeventdesc) return paramdict.get(aem.AEType('xmlD'), '') def importXML(self, xmlStr, projPathStr=None): """Modifies or creates FCP project based on XML supplied""" if projPathStr: proj = mactypes.File(projPathStr) aedict = {self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj, self.kXMLDataKey : xmlStr} else: aedict = {self.kXMLDataKey : xmlStr} eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kAEImportXMLToDocument) res = self.event(eventkey, aedict).send() def openItem(self, projPathStr, uuid): proj = mactypes.File(projPathStr) eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kFCPOpenItemInProject) return self.event(eventkey, { self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj, self.kFCPItemUUID : uuid}).send() def selectItem(self, projPathStr, uuid): proj = mactypes.File(projPathStr) eventkey = self.commandEvent(self.kFCPSelectItemInBrowser) return self.event(eventkey, { self.kFCPProjectFileKey : proj, self.kFCPItemUUID : uuid}).send() # example testxml = 'Example.xml' testproj = 'test.fcp' f = open(testxml,'r') xmllist = f.readlines() xml = ''.join(xmllist) xmlout= '' fcp = FcpAe() fcp.openProject(testproj) print fcp.exportXML(testproj, 3.0) fcp.importXML(xml) fcp.closeProject(testproj)

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