Get item name in video processor

[Erdan]

Hi all !

Do you know if it's possible to get the item name in the video processor ?
I think it could be usefull for video with subtitle or lyrics for exemple ?

I've look at the Mespotine list of functions but don't find anything like that...

[Erdan]

I've just dl the last version of reaper and the feature is in it ! (new text overlay) cool improvement thanks !

[EpicSounds]

Originally Posted by Erdan

I've just dl the last version of reaper and the feature is in it ! (new text overlay) cool improvement thanks !

please explain, I haven't seen anything in the changelogs or discussion about this

[Erdan]

In v5.972 the preset text overlay has been modified (code before : text="", now #text=""). If this variable is not filled with a string and remain empty (you keep #text="") it will get the name of the item as text overlay.

A big time saver.

[Justin]

5.97 changelog line:

+ Video: add processor functions: gfx_getpixel(), input_get_name(), on_parameter_change(), time_precise(), ui_get_state(), fft()

[EpicSounds]

yep totally missed that, and now I see it's even implemented in the default text overlay.
Any way to do line breaks?

besides item properties and "Xenakios/SWS: Rename takes..." is there a quick way to rename takes?

[Eliseat]

Oh, this sounds great. And I also totally missed it.

Many thanks

[nellipalooza]

FYI:
To get the item name to be picked up by input_get_name, make sure to add the FX to the media item... not the track.

Looks like if you add the FX to the track, it will take the track name.

I spent a bit of time on this, so hopefully this helps someone.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by nellipalooza

FYI:
To get the item name to be picked up by input_get_name, make sure to add the FX to the media item... not the track.

Looks like if you add the FX to the track, it will take the track name.

I spent a bit of time on this, so hopefully this helps someone.

Unless the media item is a video file or dedicated video item (insertable via action) or has a video processor on it, in which case you can use input_get_name(input_next_item(-1),#text) to get its text.

[Eliseat]

Hmm ...

I never tested it but always wanted to. And now I see it doesn't work as expected. Didn't use Jon this feature in one of his videos to create some kind of a subtitle show from item names?

If I use a video processor (on track) with text overlay and keep the get name variable untouched, it shows the first item name correctly but doesn't change it if a new item name follows. Wasn't it intended to do so?

I don't know. But I thought so.

[EpicSounds]

Originally Posted by Eliseat

Hmm ...

I never tested it but always wanted to. And now I see it doesn't work as expected. Didn't use Jon this feature in one of his videos to create some kind of a subtitle show from item names?

If I use a video processor (on track) with text overlay and keep the get name variable untouched, it shows the first item name correctly but doesn't change it if a new item name follows. Wasn't it intended to do so?

I don't know. But I thought so.

for that it would be best to put the fx on the items IMO.

Watch out for line breaks in the item names. Might look right in the project but will be unformatted in on export, or reopening the project later.
I put a bit too much trust in that earlier this week.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

Watch out for line breaks in the item names. Might look right in the project but will be unformatted in on export, or reopening the project later.
I put a bit too much trust in that earlier this week.

Hmm, going to fix this actually for track/take/marker names.

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

Originally Posted by Justin

5.97 changelog line:

+ Video: add processor functions: gfx_getpixel(), input_get_name(), on_parameter_change(), time_precise(), ui_get_state(), fft()

Oh, good to know, I should update this then...

[amagalma]

Originally Posted by Justin

... or dedicated video item (insertable via action)

Oh! I didn't know that such a thing existed!

"Insert dedicated video processor item" (action 41932)

[Javier Robledo]

Wonderfull ¡¡¡

Yesterday I realized about this ¡¡¡

Much esay

GREAT ¡¡¡

[Kite]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

Any way to do line breaks?

Jon, if you look at the code for my guitar chords grid effect, you'll see I loop through the input string and parse it character by character. So I can e.g. turn "b" into a flat sign. You could do the same -- you could mod the text overlay effect to have a special character, perhaps "/", which represents a line break. When the code finds that character, instead of writing it on the screen, it resets xpos back to the start and increments ypos. So "line break/demo" becomes

line break
demo

[maczook]

Okay so I'm absolutely loving this as I was about to have to make an individual title card for every song in an After Effects/ Premiere project.... it's ridiculous that these "Industry Standard" Video editing softwares do not have the capability to do a procedurally generated "Now Playing" thing.... lmao :'D

One issue I'm having is that the ".mp3"/ file extensions show up in the overlay; is there any way I can disable this? I'd like it to just say "Artist - Song" rather than "Artist - Song.mp3"

[EpicSounds]

batch rename items to remove the last 4 characters

[Infrabass]

The dedicated video processor item is so underrated, I love it!
Any way to access user presets with it?

This is a bit a dealbreaker for now because having to change every time a lot of settings like x & y text position, bg alpha, border is not very efficient.

[papagirafe]

Originally Posted by maczook

Okay so I'm absolutely loving this as I was about to have to make an individual title card for every song in an After Effects/ Premiere project.... it's ridiculous that these "Industry Standard" Video editing softwares do not have the capability to do a procedurally generated "Now Playing" thing.... lmao :'D

One issue I'm having is that the ".mp3"/ file extensions show up in the overlay; is there any way I can disable this? I'd like it to just say "Artist - Song" rather than "Artist - Song.mp3"

To remove the .mp3, in the "Text overlay" preset just replace the line

strcmp(#text,"")==0 ? input_get_name(-1,#text)

by

strcmp(#text,"")==0 ? ( 
  input_get_name(-1,#item_name);
  strncpy(#text,#item_name,strlen(#item_name)-4); //assuming 4 chars extensions
);

string functions reference: https://www.cockos.com/EEL2/index.php#string_funcs

[profquad]

I'm getting the track name with input_get_name(-1,#text) not the item or take name.

[profquad]

wooop, just figured it out! add FX to the item or take, not the track.

[papagirafe]

Originally Posted by profquad

wooop, just figured it out! add FX to the item or take, not the track.

Exactly! But sometimes doing so is not practical especially if you are copying a text overlay preset to a large number of items and then change your mind about the presentation of the text (font, size etc) then the solution I presented in this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=271655 is more practical