Automating splice task. Macros? or by script?

[PeaceGalley]

Hello friendly Shotcut users! I’m still a basic user but have a question for turning footage into something like time lapse.

I recorded myself painting and the smart choice for sharing this process video would be to have about one second per minute of footage. I learned that my camera splits video into 30 minute chunks and I’m embarrassed to tell you how long a simple painting took me but that’s beside the point.

I’ve decided I don’t want to double-press [S] every 59 seconds for the next several days. Is there a method like with some programs where a user can program an automated task? Scripts or Macros? I’m uncertain about the terminology. If it already exists in Shotcut.

Thanks guys!

[daniel47]

There’s no scripting but you can jump exactly 59s using a shortcut, check out Help → Actions and Shortcuts and filter for “jump”.

Probably an Autohotkey (different program, free & open source) script would help you automate it fully.

[brian]

Do you mean like a time lapse?

You can increase the clip speed in the Audio/Video Properties panel. Or, apply the Speed: Forward Only Time Filter to play the clip faster.

[PeaceGalley]

Easy Peasy. This was it. 59 seconds programmed in and one second appears to be page up all by itself so it was just a matter of automating my fingers most of all.