Targeting video track 2 with script

Hi,

I've created a python script that pulls media into a project, creates a timeline and then puts the media onto the new timeline. The problem I have is that I can only seem to place media on video track 1. What I would like to do is place all our camera 1 clips on track 1, and then go back to the beginning and put all our camera 2 clips on video track 2. Is there some way to do this? Specifically, is there a way to target video track 2?

I thought perhaps locking / enabling tracks might be the way to do it, but it doesn't seem to work.

Thanks,

David

AppendToTimeline([{clipInfo}, ...])

Appends list of clipInfos specified as dict of "mediaPoolItem", "startFrame" (float/int), "endFrame" (float/int), (optional) "mediaType" (int; 1 - Video only, 2 - Audio only), "trackIndex" (int) and "recordFrame" (float/int). Returns the list of appended timelineItems.

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projectManager = resolve.GetProjectManager()
project = projectManager.GetCurrentProject()
mediapool = project.GetMediaPool()
currFolder = mediapool.GetCurrentFolder()
clips = currFolder.GetClipList()

mediapool.AppendToTimeline([{'mediaPoolItem': clips[0], 'startFrame': 0, 'endFrame': 25, 'recordFrame': 90000, 'mediaType': 1, 'trackIndex': 2}])


This code will append the first 25 frames of the first clip in the current bin to frame 90000 of the current timeline on V2.

'recordFrame': 90000 equals to timecode 01:00:00:00 in a 25p timeline

To get the startframe of your timeline:

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timeline = project.GetCurrentTimeline()
print(timeline.GetStartFrame())


That’s brilliant, Christoph. Thanks so much for your help.

Hello,
When I use the trackIndex parameter in CreateTimelineFromClips() to assign a mediaPoolItem to a specific video track (e.g., V2), DaVinci Resolve Studio 19.1.4 freezes and becomes unresponsive. Is this parameter officially supported? If not, what’s the correct way to place clips on different tracks programmatically?