Rename clips by markers in Pro Tools

Hello Maggy,

I think this was my code, and has a fundamental mistake, maybe it worked when I made it, but I can see now how it could fail.

Here's the fixed code, and made it faster.

Let me know how it goes.

function getMemLoc() {

    // Functions to grab start and end time on any counter
    //( because its runnign on clipDoForEachSelectedClip it should be Samples, but will work on any)
    const getSelectionStart = () => sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionStart.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '');
    const getSelectionEnd = () => sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionEnd.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '');

    // filter mem locs within selection
    const memLocFromSelection = sf.proTools.memoryLocationsFetch().collection['list'].filter(m =>
        m.mainCounterValue.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '') >= getSelectionStart() &&
        m.mainCounterValue.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '') <= getSelectionEnd()
    );

    // return first memory location within selection
    return memLocFromSelection[0]
};


function renameClip() {

    // Get First Memory Location Name from selection
    const memLocFromSelection = getMemLoc()

    if (memLocFromSelection) {

        //Open Rename window
        sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

        //Reference for Rename Window
        const renameWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Appear" }).element

        const nameClipOnlyButton = renameWin.groups.first.radioButtons.first

        ///  Set Clip Name Only
        if (nameClipOnlyButton.exists)
            renameWin.groups.first.radioButtons.first.checkboxSet({ targetValue: "Enable" });

        //  Set the clip name to Track name
        renameWin.groups.first.textFields.first.elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: memLocFromSelection.name });

        // Click OK
        renameWin.buttons.whoseTitle.is('OK').first.elementClick()
        //  Wait for window to cloce
        renameWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" })
    }
}


function main() {

    //  Acivate Pro Tools
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow()
    //  Do For Each 
    sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachSelectedClip({
        action: renameClip,
        onError: "Continue"
    })
}

main()

Hey Samuel, thanks a lot for your help

Looks like a bit faster and it allows me to use it with clips I have already cut
but the names what it start to put are ramdom
ie
clip 1 have a marker with 101 but the script ended naming like 123 (what is another marker in another place)

Sure
Have a look here https://filebin.net/6scqrnqeeugvtp1h
I did try to consolidate each clip before run the script and the result is exactly the same

Oh man, I feel this is super close but .. haha

Hey Samuel, this one definetly works a lot better, pretty happy about it :) again, thanks so much for you help
Still, I can see even I made sure each clip is near to his marker, at some point just stop to rename (but still does the process like copying the name from the marker, and still at some point takes from the marker 2 clips away
I also notice that It doesnt name correctly if I do a huge selection

I am still trying to figure all the little glitches
I will so another little video soon

Have a look

https://filebin.net/vxw9vrnb5e448q8e

there are bit even I am inside the rules I was following for the others clips, (as you said for the new script, select markers and clips to rename) still, it will not rename correctly, even if I consolidate again
I am on PT 2020.12.0 and OSX 10.15.6

Hello, I have a need to use this exact functionality in Protools sessions with multiple clips. I'm using Protools version 2022.9.0 for reasons of plugin compatibility. The script below is not working for me. I'm selecting all the clips in the session, including the markers bar and then running the script but in Protools the only thing that happens is Protools becomes the active top application. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,
WK

function getMemLoc() {

    // Functions to grab start and end time on any counter
    //( because its runnign on clipDoForEachSelectedClip it should be Samples, but will work on any)
    const getSelectionStart = () => sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionStart.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '');
    const getSelectionEnd = () => sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionEnd.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '');

    // filter mem locs within selection
    const memLocFromSelection = sf.proTools.memoryLocationsFetch().collection['list'].filter(m =>
        m.mainCounterValue.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '') >= getSelectionStart() &&
        m.mainCounterValue.replace(/[:.+| ]/g, '') <= getSelectionEnd()
    );

    // return first memory location within selection
    return memLocFromSelection[0]
};


function renameClip() {

    // Get First Memory Location Name from selection
    const memLocFromSelection = getMemLoc()

    if (memLocFromSelection) {

        //Open Rename window
        sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

        //Reference for Rename Window
        const renameWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Appear" }).element

        const nameClipOnlyButton = renameWin.groups.first.radioButtons.first

        ///  Set Clip Name Only
        if (nameClipOnlyButton.exists)
            renameWin.groups.first.radioButtons.first.checkboxSet({ targetValue: "Enable" });

        //  Set the clip name to Track name
        renameWin.groups.first.textFields.first.elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({ value: memLocFromSelection.name });

        // Click OK
        renameWin.buttons.whoseTitle.is('OK').first.elementClick()
        //  Wait for window to cloce
        renameWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" })
    }
}


function main() {

    //  Acivate Pro Tools
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow()
    //  Do For Each 
    sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachSelectedClip({
        action: renameClip,
        onError: "Continue"
    })
}

main()

Hey guys, I've been trying to use this script and it doesn't seem to be renaming the clips. Everything else seems fine though

Hi all, I've been looking through this post as it exactly what I'm hoping to do. However, I haven't been able to get a script working for me yet.

Here's what I'm hoping to achieve:

Rename a number of clips based on the marker before them and up until the next marker. Then repeat with the next marker. I would ideally like to do it within a selected section if at all possible:

So you'll see how I'd like it to be sectioned out with each red box containing a number of clips that are to be renamed based on the marker before them and up until the next marker.

I'd also like them to include numbers are the end of each clip - 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11....etc

So ideally:

1. I select a group of clips
2. SoundFlow renames the clips based on the marker before the clips and adds (01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11....etc) to the end of each clip

Is it possible?