Scripting in Premiere

MakePerceive

Is there a way to run my own scripts in Premiere? I'd like to run a script without needing to run it from the code editor

Sir_Ivan

You can use Excalibur's command "Execute script" or find/create a script launcher yourself.

MakePerceive

Thanks, I've tried that (with my scripts copied to the Excalibur folder), and I can see the selected .jsx script in Excalibur UI when I type "script" and navigate to it, but when I run it nothing happens. Do you know where I might be going wrong?

Sir_Ivan

Can you send me the script to support email? (with a bit of explanation what it should do)

MakePerceive

I'm still not able to run scripts, is there some preference that needs to be set for scripts to run in PP?

MakePerceive

I'm on Mac. PP does not show in System Preferences / Automation, but AE does.

Sir_Ivan

There is no need to set a preference to run scripts. Could you send me a script and explain what it should do?
Also did you try to run the script yourself from Extendscript Debugger or VScode?

MakePerceive

Sir_Ivan can you send me a simple script like an alert "testing" or something basic, just so I can test that I can run them. Trying to problem solve where the block is

Sir_Ivan

Of course, here it is:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tenm27o73wy19y1/alert.jsx?dl=1

MakePerceive

Sir_Ivan Thanks, that works. Now I can find where I'm going wrong with my script

Sir_Ivan

Try to add some try/catch blocks that will show alert if error occurs.

Also when using alert with anything but string, always convert value to string (api limitation):

var x = 100;
alert(“”+ x); // without quotes will fail