November 21, 2004
'important moments'/timecode patch for max (v1)
i swear, you get rusty with max and it takes some refreshing. but here i have version 1 of my 'important moments' patcher.
right now, it only recognizes a single button press. in the future, i plan to have it allowing for several different types of button presses, to account for different types of moments. its also hardwired for the spacebar and to write to a text file on my desktop. youll have to modify the patch if you want it to do something different.
so how is this all wired up?
well, i take the patch and make it an application. i take the powertrip and plug it in. i use the pref pane it comes with to make the global setting single click to send a space bar command.
this means every time i press the thing, a space bar command is sent. i make sure the max app has focus and im off and running.
when i finish my marking/filming, i am left with a text file of timecodes from the time the patch was open. this time should correlate (give or take a second or 2) with the quicktime movie i just filmed.
add the timecode into the database for the movie and bam! moments marked and synced up.
