How can we add multiple media representations via Python in RV please? :pray: The docs state that addSourceMediaRep or an overload for addSourcesVerbose could be used The overload of addSourcesVerbose directly taken from the example docs rv.commands.addSourcesVerbose([“image_sequence.195-215#.jp…

Hi, I think there are some misconseptions about how the SourceMediaReps work. It basically (to my understanding) just creates a switch node for your convenience and adds all sourceMediaReps to this switch node. So you will see both sources in your session, but they are both represented by your swit…

[image] mircotornow: Just adding a media rep to a source without a MediaRepName also doesn’t work very well, rv.commands.addSourcesVerbose([[src1, "+mediaRepName", "Small"]]) thank you this works great. just out of curiosity how did you find out that this needs to be done since its not in…

I tested the code you provided and tried setting the second mediaRep. That worked and I could switch to the other(original) one but not back. So I figured it’s because this one doesn’t have a mediaRepName and rv checks for that. I guess a combination of testing and experience with how RV works (or …

[image] mircotornow: I guess a combination of testing and experience with how RV works (or doesn’t) sometimes I started a cookbook for RV for those that come behind us :slight_smile: and added some of your solutions :wink:

The documentation is definitely misleading ! Sorry about that. We are going to fix it today. Thanks to both of you !

[image] bernie: The documentation is definitely misleading ! Sorry about that. We are going to fix it today. Thank you and where you can please add full examples like this one [image] mircotornow: import rv src1 = "https://assets.mixkit.co/videos/preview/mixkit-very-close-shot-of-the-l…

How to add multiple media representations in Python for RV?

patrickwolf May 22, 2024, 10:35pm 5

I started a cookbook for RV for those that come behind us and added some of your solutions

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