Get Eval Function [Download]
This plugin provides a new scripting function $get_eval() that allows the user to evaluate specified python code within Picard and return the results as a string for use within scripts.
This allows access to all metadata fields and the ability to use native python processing commands directly from a script without having to create and load additional plugins.
Usage
The following are examples of some of the functionality provided by this plugin.
Example 1
Breaks the parser.context metadata contents into 80-character “chunks” and creates tags named “Metadata 001”, “Metadata 002”, “Metadata 003”… containing the data chunks.
$get_eval(exec\('junk1 = "\%s" \% parser.context\\nfor i in range\(0\, \(len\(junk1\) // 80 \) + 1\, 1\):\\n parser.context["Metadata {0:03d}".format\(i\)] = \(junk1\)[i*80:\(i+1\)*80]\\n'\))
Example 2
Lists composers for the track individually in tags “Composer 01”, “Composer 02” and so on.
$get_eval(exec\('for i\, j in enumerate\(parser.context["composer"].split\("; "\)\): parser.context["Composer {0:02d}".format\(i\)] = j'\))
Example 3
Set the tag variable %number_of_composers% to the number of composers identified for the track.
$set(number_of_composers,$get_eval(len\(parser.context["composer"].split\("; "\)\)))
Technical Notes
Access to the the metadata is provided through the parser.context object. All $some_function() functions and %some_variable% tag variables are expanded prior to evaluating the expression.
You can even execute code by calling the exec() funtion within the $get_eval() call.
Please see the user guide for more information.