I have a requirement to turn new version or versions added to RV from a source into a stack (with the vzero plate for wiping). The version(s) can come from drag and drop, from opened with shotgun (single version or playlist) or screening room. The newly generated stack should be played instead of …

Hi, I would try to use the source-group-complete event. This is triggered no matter where the source gets added from. This is the first event where it is safe to intercept after adding a source and it should work for your use case. in the event.contents() you can then find the added node and add …

[image] Mirco Tornow: Then set the stack as the view node → should be commands.setViewNode(your_stack) or something similar Thank you @mircotornow . Let’s say I have 3 new sources and for each create a stack with the corresponding plate. Would one of you know if there is sample code/docs th…

hey had some time and threw together a mode that should do it. Just quick and dirty so don’t expect it to be robust but the basic functionality should be there from rv import rvtypes, commands class LoadPlates(rvtypes.MinorMode): def __init__(self): rvtypes.MinorMode.__init__(self) …

[image] Mirco Tornow: hey had some time and threw together a mode that should do it. thank you so much! I look forward to trying it out. RV dev documentation isn’t too available it seems so that looks helpul! [image] Mirco Tornow: I would try to use the source-group-complete event. This …

To see which event you can use; You can try opening rv with rv --debug events to see which events get triggered at which point when adding sources

[image] mircotornow: rv -debug events Thank you @mircotornow that helped. Looks like for “source-group-complete” different mode’s compete for the order and that mine is called before the code that loads the sg data. And that the order of the modes can be tweaked during the init process of …

Best event for auto stacking new sources

patrickwolf May 16, 2024, 8:43pm 8

thank you again so much! i tried it out and it worked and also gave an error which i posted here. would you have an idea? thank you!

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Best event for auto stacking new sources

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