Media Pool "Script" Menu Entry

To help improve Resolve's workflow automation capabilities, it would be very useful if the Media Pool page had a right-clickable "Script" contextual menu entry added. I could see a Media Pool "Script" menu entry working in an identical fashion to the Resolve Fusion page's Node view based "Tool" scripting contextual menu feature.

When you run one of these scripts with footage selected, information about the currently selected item is passed automatically into the Lua or Python script as a global variable. Then the script is able to carry out an action that is contextually relevant for the user.

This is a mockup image of what a Media Pool Script menu item might look like.

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Any script that is placed into the "Scripts:/MediaPool/" Path-Map location on disk would automatically show up in the Media Pool "Script" menu entry the next time Resolve is started. This would be very useful for allowing 3rd party tools to integrate seamlessly into the Media Pool page.

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I could see pipeline TDs using this type of capability to connect to external project/shot management tools like Autodesk ShotGrid, ftrack, or Prism Pipeline, as well as interconnecting with version control software and asset management tools.

Totally agree with Andrew, this would be very helpful

Sounds like a great idea to me, Hopefully BM are seeing this and will make it happen!

This would be useful for so many things.

Associate stereoscopic/plenoptic media
Parse image file lists
Associate AOVs
Localize media from network or cloud storage
Verify media integrity
Update asset databases
Handle assets that are not Resolve compatible, like text documents or spreadsheets
...


Would like it to support iterating on folder/bins as well as multiple selections.

Oh, and a default script too, that runs on any media when it is added to the pool.

That makes a lot of sense. I haven't done anything of note with Resolve automation yet, but I can see it being helpful to be able to run a script directly from a media item instead of having to scan the entire Media Pool to find the one or two items I want to manipulate.

Excellent idea. +1

I am not sure if to be addressed like that but once a client asked me if it was possible to apply an effect with a specific setting to all the clips - as well as a base Resolve color correction setting (they ingest somehow an EDL from Avid into Resolve).

Pierre

Good idea. It should be added.

+1 - this is an excellent idea. Among many other things it would allow TDs to tailor media handling for specific project needs and would also allow a more adaptable and efficient co-ordination of efforts between editorial, DI and VFX departments. And I'm sure that adding this capability would attract more customers and greatly extend the use of Resolve within existing setups. Let's hope BMD takes note and makes it happen.

+1 This is an excellent idea that would open up a lot of possibilities. Also, since Andrew is suggesting it, you just know great tools will come from it.

That's a great idea.
Plus 10 thumbs from me...

I can think of a couple of ways this would make life easier during some projects and I am sure there will be more that i can't think of.

Let's help Andrew do his magic!

Awesome idea, that will make media management in Resolve even more powerful. Thanks, Andrew for pushing it, and I hope devs will listen and will make it right.

YES, this feature would be a fantastic addition. It would mean we could do away with other archaic apps and keep it all in Resolve. I can see our integration with shot/asset management tools becoming super slick. Thanks, Andrew, for bringing this to the Devs attention!

+1 to anything that opens more doors to scripting inside Resolve!!

+1 for this! I can see a million ways this would supercharge our advanced workflows.

I concur entirely with what's been said. It would be a great feature.

I would also like to add myself to the list of people requesting this feature. Would make post so much quicker.

+1

This would be a great and much needed addition, although may I instead suggest that, instead of passing the selected clip(s) as a global variable, a new method along the lines of MediaPool.GetSelectedClips() be used instead? This would be more in-line with the way the API currently works, and would be a lot more flexible.

Ideally, there would also be a Timeline.GetSelectedClips() method, and something along the lines of Resolve.GetLastFocused() which would allow a script to know if the user's last selection occurred in the media pool or in the timeline (and therefore on which clips to perform any given operation).

MediaStorage.GetSelectedFiles() would also be great: just yesterday I would have saved a few hours if there was a way of writing scripts that are aware of selected clips in both the media storage and media pool.

+10 for this feature request.

There is no doubt that making it simple for users to create and integrate automation scripts for Resolve's different pages would improve the lives of many.

It's incredible what we can do with the right tools. Who wants to see a mini IDE Script editor Panel within resolve? Users could create all sorts automation scripts.

Just for quick examples;
Media Pool: logging metadata, managing media and bins, batch building timelines/multicam clips, Importing media based on include/exclude patterns.
Edit page: Theres tons of little automation function to help editors, Managing Fusion comps in batches across clips would be huge, adjusting common properties of clips or nodes within.
Color Page: Scripts for exporting/importing and conforming of LUTs and grade setups. Managing color versions, markers and notes.
Sharing/Managing presets between databases.

The list is endless.

yes please