Custom Metadata Dialog

It is possible to define one more custom dialogues with input fields for adding metadata information.

Added text in the input fields are automatically stored in a JSON string attached to each subclip which can be viewed directly in raw editor.

Dialog Configuration

Create a folder inside |…|SubclipEditor|MetadataDialogs which will contain your custom dialog settings.
Add following keys:
Key
Config JSON describing the dialog - see below
DisplayIndex Order in the drop-down list, lowest on top
Label Name of the dialog displayed in the drop-down list, e.g. "Ad Insertion"
Enabled True / False

Setting the Config Key

Config contains a list of name / value pairs, mapping metadata fields to UI Components.

Each of them can contain:

Name	Value
label	Label in front of the UI component
input	Currently, "text", "select" and "textarea" are supported
value	Default value
options	For input = "select"; array of options, each containing text representation and value
rows	For input = "textarea"; specifies the number of rows in textarea, default is 2.

Example config with input fields:

Creating a config dialog with input fields

CODE

{
    "adType": { "label": "Type:", "input": "text", "value": "midroll_overlay" },    
    "adCount": { "label": "Number of Ads:", "input": "text", "value": 0 }
}

Example config with text-area:

Creating a config dialog with text area.

CODE

{
    "adType": { "label": "Type:", "input": "text", "value": "midroll_overlay" },    
    "description": { "label": "Description:", "input": "textarea", "rows": 5 ,"value": "" }
}

Example config with static drop-down list:

Creating a config with drop-down list.

CODE

{
    "adType": { "label": "Type:", "input": "select", "value": "midroll_overlay",
      "options": [
        {"text": "none", "value": ""},
        {"text": "Preroll", "value": "preroll_overlay"},
        {"text": "Midroll", "value": "midroll_overlay"},
        {"text": "Postroll", "value": "postroll_overlay"}
      ]
    },    
    "adCount": { "label": "Number of Ads:", "input": "select", "value": 0,
      "options": [
        {"text": "none", "value": 0},
        {"text": "1", "value": 1},
        {"text": "2", "value": 2},
        {"text": "3", "value": 3},
        {"text": "4", "value": 4},
        {"text": "5", "value": 5}
      ]
    }
}

Configuring the default Dialog

To mark a dialog as default which is pre-selected when a meta-data overlay pops up, simply set |SubclipEditor|MetadataDialogs|Default key to the name of the dialog folder.

If Default key is not defined, the first dialog opens which has the lowest DisplayIndex number.

Key
Config	JSON describing the dialog - see below
DisplayIndex	Order in the drop-down list, lowest on top
Label	Name of the dialog displayed in the drop-down list, e.g. "Ad Insertion"
Enabled	True / False