Worked a little more on it yesterday. I finally just ended up just breaking it down to a simple command to see if I could even get a return. This is what I got.
tell application "cleaner 6.5.1" to GetEncoderStatus
I need to create a loop that either says if the ProcessingState=ProcessRunning, or if the PercentDone<100.0, then loop back and check again.
If the ProcessingState=ProcessStopped , or the PercentDone=100.0, quit cleaner 6.5.1
I just don’t know how to write a script for a loop, or which would be the more stable variable to go by.
this checks all 3 seconds if Cleaner is still processing
repeat
if not check_cleaner_is_compressing() then exit repeat
end repeat
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
return ProcessingState of GetEncodingStatus is ProcessRunning
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
set myFolder to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "Render")
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to activate
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Clear
tell application "Finder"
set Afolder to (myFolder) as alias
try
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias list
on error -- only one item present
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias as list
end try
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in a_list
set a_file to (item i of a_list)
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Add a_file
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Setting "web"
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Start encoding Destination "upload"
repeat
if not check_cleaner_is_compressing() then exit repeat
end repeat
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
return ProcessingState of GetEncodingStatus is ProcessRunning
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
I realized part of the script was miss spelled. It should be “GetEncoderStatus” ← Origninal command that gave me the return, or “EncodingStatus” not "GetEncodingStatus. SO I ran the following script:
set myFolder to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "Render")
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to activate
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Clear
tell application "Finder"
set Afolder to (myFolder) as alias
try
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias list
on error -- only one item present
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias as list
end try
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in a_list
set a_file to (item i of a_list)
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Add a_file
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Setting "web"
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Start encoding Destination "upload"
repeat
if not check_cleaner_is_compressing() then exit repeat
end repeat
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
return ProcessingState of GetEncoderStatus is ProcessRunning
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to quit
and I got he following error:
Expected expression but found command name.
Should that command be in there somewhere or should it be the other option of “EncodingStatus” that I should be working in there?
Right, Sorry. And thank you again for sticking through this with me.
When i replace “GetEncodingStatus” with "GetEncoderStatus I get the following error:
Expected expression but found command name. And GetEncoderStatus is highlighted
When I replace “GetEncodingStatus” with “EncodingStatus” I get the following error:
Can’t get ProcessingState of EncodingStatus. And ProcessingRunning is highlighted
Script I worked off of:
set myFolder to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "Render")
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to activate
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Clear
tell application "Finder"
set Afolder to (myFolder) as alias
try
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias list
on error -- only one item present
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias as list
end try
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in a_list
set a_file to (item i of a_list)
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Add a_file
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Setting "web"
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Start encoding Destination "upload"
repeat
if not check_cleaner_is_compressing() then exit repeat
end repeat
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
return ProcessingState of GetEncodingStatus is ProcessRunning
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to quit
tell application "cleaner 6.5.1" to set x to ProcessingState of GetEncoderStatus
then maybe also this works
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
set x to ProcessingState of GetEncoderStatus
return (x is ProcessRunning)
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
When I ran the following script solo while something was compressing, I got the following error:
tell application "cleaner 6.5.1" to set x to ProcessingState of GetEncoderStatus
Syntax Error:
Expected expression but found command name. “GetEncoderStatus” is Highlighted
When I plugged your second script to the following I got the same error. And “GetEncoderStatus” is again highlighted.
set myFolder to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "Render")
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to activate
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Clear
tell application "Finder"
set Afolder to (myFolder) as alias
try
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias list
on error -- only one item present
set a_list to every file in Afolder as alias as list
end try
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in a_list
set a_file to (item i of a_list)
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Add a_file
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Setting "web"
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1" to Start encoding Destination "upload"
repeat
if not check_cleaner_is_compressing() then exit repeat
end repeat
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
set x to ProcessingState of GetEncoderStatus
return (x is ProcessRunning)
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
I don’t know if this helps, but when I got then return with the GetEncoderStatus, All the text was blue (I underlined all of it) except for the following bolded characters. They were black:
tell application "cleaner 6.5.1" to GetEncoderStatus
to check_cleaner_is_compressing()
delay 3
tell application "Cleaner 6.5.1"
set theEncoderStatus to GetEncoderStatus
return (ProcessingState of theEncoderStatus is ProcessRunning)
end tell
end check_cleaner_is_compressing
if this doesn’t work either, I give up.
Maybe here there are some folks who use Cleaner and can help
