Check for frames on local storage before loading. If exist load those instead

[alexaz]

Hey K!

Thank you for using the community!

You can write a package that binds on source-group-complete event (Event Reference HERE), where you can cycle through media and replace the paths with what you need. The core code would look something like this:

    # Rough logic, please don't use as is!
    from rv import commands, extra_commands
    info = extra_commands.sourceMetaInfoAtFrame(rv.commands.frame())
    metadata = commands.sourceMediaInfo(info['node'])
    filename = metadata.get("file")
    sourceFrame = info['frame']
    files = commands.existingFilesInSequence(filename)
    frames = commands.existingFramesInSequence(filename)
    framesToFiles = dict(zip(frames, files))
    framesToFiles[sourceFrame]

You can set the path by modifying media.movie property on RVFileSource node by running commands.setStringProperty("%s.media.movie" % sourceNode, "/new/path/.1001-1004.exr").

If you need help writing your first package, we have some reference her:

How do I write my first package in RV?

RV can be nearly infinitely customizable but it can be difficult finding documentation for where to begin developing your own plugins. There are a couple of things that you should know. RV offers a couple of ways to write plugins: Mu, Python, PySide and GLSL. The best way to start with RV scripting is to use Python. Unfortunately, Python is not native to RV and most of “Python” commands that you will find in RV are bindings on top of Mu. However, this means that you can use nearly all command…

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Alexa