Script idea/help - cut regions according to marker name

I haven't tried to make a cleverish script, but this works for me to do exactly what I think you describe.

sf.keyboard.press({
    keys: "backspace, comma, g, tab, tab, period, d",
});

When nudge is set to one frame, g and d make a one-frame fade, and the commas and tab navigate to put the cursor in the right place.

First, you make a selection on a clip, then run the command. It deletes the selection and makes a single frame fade on the two new clip edges.

EDIT: I read your post wrong. I thought BG out and BG in were just points selected. Moving the cursor to the markers is a more complicated thing. Someone more experienced than me can probably make quick work of this.

Ooooooh, Check THIS out:

The script in the first post... The last line, switching the keyword "yadda" for "BG In" and copying to make a script for "BG Out" and running each script, navigates to the very next marker in the timeline with those names.

As a result, that part is already completed! You can sort out hopefully what you would like to do in between those moves

:-)

Hi, I got this to work alright and not keep running, except it goes past my if statement and does not break. It runs to the last BG out and BG in on timeline instead of just the selection. Perhaps someone with more experience can chime in on why this script does not stop running. Why isn't the very last bit of code and the number comparison working?

code that didn't work deleted

When I run this, my logged numbers show the one number is greater than the other, so it should be valid as far as I know, but it does not stop. It continues one more time.

EDIT: I changed the code since I first wrote this message. It is changed above. I'm still having issues. My log is now showing the comparison as now false at script end. In my testing, I have an additional two pairs of BG markers. There is one extra iteration, and then the script stops and does not run for the last pair of BG markers. I am unsure why it runs one extra time. If you were not dealing with any extra markers in a later clip, it would work for its purpose, but I want to know why I get one extra loop iteration, for my educational self-interest!

EDIT x 2: Got it to stop after exceeding the selection! It navigates to the next BG out marker but does NOT write the fade. I figured out including the conditional check inside the clearCurrentBG function:

// This following function from samuel_henriques is the real genius of this script. I admit to putting it to use!!)
function findLocationNameMatch(locationName) {

    const mainCounter = sf.ui.proTools.getCurrentTimecode().stringValue
    let cleanMainCounter = mainCounter.replace(/[ :\+\|.]/g, '').trim()

    //  if main counter is bars beats, remove last three digits, since memory locations list ignores them
    mainCounter.match(/\|/) ? cleanMainCounter = cleanMainCounter.slice(0, -3) : null


    const memoryLocations = sf.proTools.memoryLocationsFetch().collection.list.filter(x =>
        x.mainCounterValue.replace(/[ :\+\|.]/g, '').trim() > cleanMainCounter &&
        x.name.match(locationName));

    try {
        sf.ui.proTools.memoryLocationsGoto({
            memoryLocationNumber: memoryLocations[0].number
        });
    } catch (err) {
        log(`End of location markers containing:\n${locationName}`)
        let beforeLastBG = false
    }
};


// This separates the clip then makes the 2 frame fade out across the cursor location
function fadeOut() {

    sf.keyboard.press({
        keys: "numpad plus, numpad plus, b, numpad minus, s, numpad minus, numpad minus, g",
    });

};

// This makes the fade in to the next region of background
function fadeIn() {

    sf.keyboard.press({
        keys: "numpad minus, a, numpad plus, numpad plus, d",
    });

};

// This combines above functions is the sequence which will loop in the "while" below
// Change the names of markers BELOW if your session varies
function clearCurrentBG() {

    findLocationNameMatch("BG out");
    cursorLocation = Number(sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.counterDisplay.mainCounter.value.invalidate().value.replace(/[ :\+\|.]/g, '').trim());
    if (cursorLocation > bgSelectionEnd) { throw 0 };
    fadeOut();
    findLocationNameMatch("BG in");
    fadeIn();

};

///////!! Running the script below: !!///////

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

// This gets selectionEnd end point in order to terminate when next BG in/out exceeds initial selection.
const bgSelectionEnd = Number(sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionEnd.replace(/[ :\+\|.]/g, '').trim());
let cursorLocation = Number(sf.ui.proTools.selectionGet().selectionStart.replace(/[ :\+\|.]/g, '').trim());

// After triggering the script, this variable assumes a clip is selected in a timeline containing pairs of markers named "BG in" and "BG out"
let beforeLastBG = true

// Loop the clearing the BGs until the last set of markers
do {
    log("Loc " + cursorLocation); log("Sel End " + bgSelectionEnd); log(cursorLocation < bgSelectionEnd);
    clearCurrentBG();
} while (cursorLocation < bgSelectionEnd);

Give this a whirl and let me know how it goes. This was fun, haha!