is there an OSC address for In/out playhead points?

[Zoltán]

I'm trying to figure out the address for the in/out playhead markers, but can't seem to find them.
do they exist?

[Joris]

The in and outpoint will be set when you send 3 floats to the /activeclip/video/position/values address.

So, for instance,

/activeclip/video/position/values 0.25 0.5 0.75

will set the in point to 1/4th of the timeline, the playhead itself halfway, and the outpoint on 3/4ths.

Before you ask, yes, this does require you to know the playhead value as well, which is silly.

Ticket #6632 "setting in point and outpoint of the timeline via OSC as part of a three value message including the playhead is silly"

[Zoltán]

ok, thanks
and can I query the current state,or is it sent on activeClip selection?

[Joris]

From the top of my head, I think you get playhead messages for each clip in a layer, the clip in the active layer and the active clip.

[Joris]

To be honest, I'm not sure if and when the in and out points states get sent.

[Joris]

Looks like they're not

[Zoltán]

when selecting a clip I get the correct playhead position, but it seems to be a single float.

I assume there is no way I could send a bogus value to the parameter I don't want to overwrite.
for example I only want to update the in point, but know the playhead position, and don't want to affect the Out point, I could send { 0.25f, 0.5f, -1f } where -1f would be invalid. thus not processed.
-1f doesn't work by the way, it sets the out point to the in point - minimum available position.

[Joris]

All these are reasons why the three value approach is silly.