Time Selection Script

[karbomusic]

Is there a script or group of actions that can do the following:

1. Select from the left most edge of the first chronological item in the project.

2. Expand that to the right most edge of the last chronological item in the project.

3. Expand that selection by 1 second to the left and right.

I tend to need to export end of day mixes (rendering time selection) and with lots of songs and would be nice if I could just click a toolbar button and get the same consistent selection each time which would include 1 second at the beginning and the ending of the project.

I can set up markers/regions etc. but due to other needs, I add/delete all markers from time to time (and project start/end may change a tad) and so on and it would be really, really nice to automate this selection for rendering. Just realized that I'm not sure if I chose the right forum.

[nofish]

Not sure if I got this right, but try this Lua script and tell me if it does what you need:

reaper.Undo_BeginBlock()

reaper.Main_OnCommand(40182, 0) -- Item: Select all items
reaper.Main_OnCommand(40290, 0) -- Time selection: Set time selection to items
startOut, endOut = reaper.GetSet_LoopTimeRange(false, false, 0, 0, false) -- get cur. time sel. values
reaper.GetSet_LoopTimeRange(true, false, startOut-1, endOut+1, false) -- expand start/end of time sel. by 1 sec.
reaper.Main_OnCommand(40289, 0) -- Item: Unselect all items

reaper.Undo_EndBlock("Script: Set time sel. to items and expand time sel. by 1 sec.", -1)

(Currently it unselects all items at the end, if that's a problem I could do a version which preserves item selection state.)

[karbomusic]

Originally Posted by nofish

Not sure if I got this right, but try this Lua script and tell me if it does what you need:

reaper.Undo_BeginBlock()

reaper.Main_OnCommand(40182, 0) -- Item: Select all items
reaper.Main_OnCommand(40290, 0) -- Time selection: Set time selection to items
startOut, endOut = reaper.GetSet_LoopTimeRange(false, false, 0, 0, false) -- get cur. time sel. values
reaper.GetSet_LoopTimeRange(true, false, startOut-1, endOut+1, false) -- expand start/end of time sel. by 1 sec.
reaper.Main_OnCommand(40289, 0) -- Item: Unselect all items

reaper.Undo_EndBlock("Script: Set time sel. to items and expand time sel. by 1 sec.", -1)

(Currently it unselects all items at the end, if that's a problem I could do a version which preserves item selection state.)

Thanks man! I can't test until tonight but certainly will, item selection isn't a concern at all.

[karbomusic]

Kudos... This appears to work perfectly. Thanks again!

[nofish]

Nice, you're welcome.

[Reno.thestraws]

You don't even need a script

CAE!

[karbomusic]

Originally Posted by Reno.thestraws

You don't even need a script

CAE!

That's more actions than 7 lines of code LOL.

[Reno.thestraws]

yes but CA can report toggles states which can make a HUGE difference (toolbar on/on, IF/IFNOT,..)

[karbomusic]

Originally Posted by Reno.thestraws

yes but CA can report toggles states which can make a HUGE difference (toolbar on/on, IF/IFNOT,..)

Gotcha.

I just needed the project +/-1 second selected. I have nofish's script setup now, works wonderfully.

[israeltandrade]

Could someone make a simple script to expand time selection edge left 1 frame/pixel/64th note? I need something of this sort.

[israeltandrade]

Well, I did something along the lines what I need/want. But is very big and clunky (that is the price for not knowing scripting... xD )
Anyway, if it helps someone, it will be necessary some python scripts. The custom action is on the picture attached.
My aim is to make the midi item a little bigger to the left, but with some tweak it could serve other purposes.

[hopi]

nice one nofish... will be handy to have, thanks

[karbomusic]

Originally Posted by hopi

nice one nofish... will be handy to have, thanks

It is, I still use it daily. I also added one so that I have a button that makes that selection then immediately renders with current settings which is great for getting to a stopping point and it's a single press to render out a test mix.