Implement split into fixed duration segments #469

public/menu.js

@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ module.exports = (app, mainWindow, newVersion) => {
                 mainWindow.webContents.send('createNumSegments');
               },
             },
+            {
+              label: 'Create fixed duration segments',
+              click() {
+                mainWindow.webContents.send('createFixedDurationSegments');
+              },
+            },
           ],
         },
       ],

src/App.jsx

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import {
   getOutPath, formatDuration, toast, errorToast, showFfmpegFail, setFileNameTitle,
   promptTimeOffset, generateColor, getOutDir, withBlur, checkDirWriteAccess, dirExists, askForOutDir,
   openDirToast, askForHtml5ifySpeed, askForYouTubeInput, isMasBuild, isStoreBuild, askForFileOpenAction,
-  askForImportChapters, createNumSegments,
+  askForImportChapters, createNumSegments, createFixedDurationSegments,
 } from './util';
 import { openSendReportDialog } from './reporting';
 import { fallbackLng } from './i18n';
@@ -1631,6 +1631,12 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       if (segments) loadCutSegments(segments);
     }
 
+    async function createFixedDurationSegments2() {
+      if (!checkFileOpened()) return;
+      const segments = await createFixedDurationSegments(duration);
+      if (segments) loadCutSegments(segments);
+    }
+
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('file-opened', fileOpened);
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('close-file', closeFile);
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('html5ify', html5ifyCurrentFile);
@@ -1647,6 +1653,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('batchConvertFriendlyFormat', batchConvertFriendlyFormat);
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('openSendReportDialog', openSendReportDialog2);
     electron.ipcRenderer.on('createNumSegments', createNumSegments2);
+    electron.ipcRenderer.on('createFixedDurationSegments', createFixedDurationSegments2);
 
     return () => {
       electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('file-opened', fileOpened);
@@ -1664,7 +1671,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('openAbout', openAbout);
       electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('batchConvertFriendlyFormat', batchConvertFriendlyFormat);
       electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('openSendReportDialog', openSendReportDialog2);
-      electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('createNumSegments', createNumSegments2);
+      electron.ipcRenderer.removeListener('createFixedDurationSegments', createFixedDurationSegments2);
     };
   }, [
     mergeFiles, outputDir, filePath, isFileOpened, customOutDir, startTimeOffset, html5ifyCurrentFile,

src/util.js

@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ export async function askForImportChapters() {
   return value;
 }
 
-async function askForNumSegments() {
-  const maxSegments = 1000;
+const maxSegments = 300;
 
+async function askForNumSegments() {
   const { value } = await Swal.fire({
     input: 'number',
     inputAttributes: {
@@ -277,9 +277,7 @@ async function askForNumSegments() {
     text: i18n.t('Divide timeline into a number of equal length segments'),
     inputValidator: (v) => {
       const parsed = parseInt(v, 10);
-      if (!Number.isNaN(parsed) && parsed >= 2 && parsed <= maxSegments) {
-        return undefined;
-      }
+      if (!Number.isNaN(parsed) && parsed >= 2 && parsed <= maxSegments) return undefined;
       return i18n.t('Please input a valid number of segments');
     },
   });
@@ -299,3 +297,36 @@ export async function createNumSegments(fileDuration) {
   }
   return edl;
 }
+
+async function askForSegmentDuration(fileDuration) {
+  const example = '00:00:05.123';
+  const { value } = await Swal.fire({
+    input: 'text',
+    showCancelButton: true,
+    inputValue: '00:00:00.000',
+    text: i18n.t('Divide timeline into a number of segments with the specified length'),
+    inputValidator: (v) => {
+      const duration = parseDuration(v);
+      if (duration != null) {
+        const numSegments = Math.ceil(fileDuration / duration);
+        if (duration > 0 && duration < fileDuration && numSegments <= maxSegments) return undefined;
+      }
+      return i18n.t('Please input a valid duration. Example: {{example}}', { example });
+    },
+  });
+
+  if (value == null) return undefined;
+
+  return parseDuration(value);
+}
+
+export async function createFixedDurationSegments(fileDuration) {
+  const segmentDuration = await askForSegmentDuration(fileDuration);
+  if (segmentDuration == null) return undefined;
+  const edl = [];
+  for (let start = 0; start < fileDuration; start += segmentDuration) {
+    const end = start + segmentDuration;
+    edl.push({ start, end: end >= fileDuration ? undefined : end });
+  }
+  return edl;
+}