AUTO-Prep (Pro Tools Flex - May 2022)

Hi there friends! Attaching the error here so we can hopefully continue to move forward with this Macro. Feel free to let me know any questions you may have, but it's a continuation of the following:

Best,

• Vic Cuccia

Hi @viccucciamusic,

In the last thread, I posted asking for you to test the single script that you were having issues with (Assigning selected tracks outputs to the input of their parent Routing Folder). This thread, however, seems to be for a macro containing links to multiple scripts. As I mentioned It's important to be able to isolate the issue so let's try and focus on the script from the previous thread.

See here: Audio Track outputs NOT assigining to Folder Track Input #post-31

Could you follow these steps carefully so that I can get the information I need to investigate the issue.

• Create a new Script and name it "Route Selected Tracks to Parent Routing Folder" (Or whatever you want to call it.)

• Paste the following code into the new script.

function getPreviousFolderTrack(trackName) {
    const track = sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({ name: trackName }).track;

    const trackType = track.title.invalidate().value.split(" - ").pop().trim();
    const inputPath = track.inputPathButton.title.invalidate().value.split("\n").pop().slice(1, -1);

    return {
        trackName,
        trackType,
        inputPath,
    }
}

function main() {
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

    const visibleTrackNames = sf.ui.proTools.visibleTracks.names;
    const selectedTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.normalizedTrackName;

    const priorTracks = visibleTrackNames.slice(0, visibleTrackNames.indexOf(selectedTrackName));
    const priorRoutingFolderTrack = priorTracks.map(getPreviousFolderTrack).filter(tn => tn.trackType === "Routing Folder Track").pop();

    const folderInput = priorRoutingFolderTrack.inputPath;

    sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackOutputSelect({
        outputSelector: items => items.filter(p => p.path[1] && p.path[1].split("(").slice(0, 1).join("(").trim() === folderInput)[0],
        selectForAllSelectedTracks: true
    });
}

main();

• Select a single track or multiple tracks inside a "Routing Folder" in Pro Tools.

• Run the script.

• If the script does not reassign the selected tracks to the Input of the parent "Routing Folder" track, please follow the Script Help (bit.ly/sfscripthelp) steps on the newly created script. Also as mentioned in the last post, It would be great if you could take a screen recording so I can better understand where the issue is occurring. Be sure to tag me @kitch in the newly created post should the script fail.

• If the new script works, we can then reevaluate any other issue that may be occurring where the issue is in the macro.

Thanks in advance Vic.

Hi again @viccucciamusic,

So... I did a little extra digging, as I know you've been wanting a fix for this for a while. And I noticed that if any track above the Select track(s) has no input button, the script would fail, so here is an update that should rectify that.

function getPreviousFolderTrack(trackName) {
    const track = sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({ name: trackName }).track;

    let trackInfo = {};

    if (track.inputPathButton.exists) {
        const trackType = track.title.invalidate().value.split(" - ").pop().trim();
        const inputPath = track.inputPathButton.title.invalidate().value.split("\n").pop().slice(1, -1);

        trackInfo = {
            trackName,
            trackType,
            inputPath,
        }
    }

    return trackInfo;
}

function main() {
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
    sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

    const visibleTrackNames = sf.ui.proTools.visibleTracks.names;
    const selectedTrackName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.normalizedTrackName;

    const priorTracks = visibleTrackNames.slice(0, visibleTrackNames.indexOf(selectedTrackName));
    const priorRoutingFolderTrack = priorTracks.map(getPreviousFolderTrack).filter(tn => tn.trackType === "Routing Folder Track").pop();

    if (priorRoutingFolderTrack !== undefined) {
        const folderInput = priorRoutingFolderTrack.inputPath;

        sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackOutputSelect({
            outputSelector: items => items.filter(p => p.path[1] && p.path[1].split("(").slice(0, 1).join("(").trim() === folderInput)[0],
            selectForAllSelectedTracks: true,
        });
    } else {
        log(`There are no "Routing Folders" available above the selected track`);
    }
}

main();

Hopefully that does the trick :-)

Rock on!