Set scene director length via script?

Graphics & Virtual
1

I have a scene built in XPression that has a material that is replaced by a clip. This plays fine in a frame buffer, but I’d like to have it play out on a server channel. The clip only plays the length of the scene director that way. How would I script the changing of a scene director to match the length of the clip assigned to the material? This is the script I have now at onPreviewRender:

dim baseobj as xpBaseObject
dim mat as xpMaterial
dim mshader as xpVideoShader
dim sdir as xpSceneDirector

self.GetObjectByName(“Drop Clip Here”,baseobj)
baseobj.GetMaterial(0,mat)
mat.GetShader(0, mshader)

mat.SeekTo(mshader.PreviewFrame)
mat.UpdateThumbnail

2

You shouldn’t have to change the length of the scene director.

Do not drag the material in the scene to define the start of play. Instead add a script event. You grab the material as mat, you can do mat.Play()

You even have a PlayRange(start,finish) command.

Check out xpMaterial in the SDK help file.

3

I think you might be after this?