Renaming Channels In Bulk

[thedementedelf]

I'm going to guess the answer to this is no, but just in case I am wrong.....is there a way to change channels in bulk instead of one at a time.  Right now i have 150 rgb channels named like this....Mega U1 1  Mega U 2  etc....I want to change the names to 1,2 etc.

[PhilMassey]

Do a search and replace on the sequence in a text editor such as Notepad ++.

 

Beware it's easy to break the file, An errant space or lack of will make the file unreadable.

Backup first.

Sometimes needs a bit of practice. Try a change and check the seq still opens in SE before going on.

 

By the way  BACKUP.

[thedementedelf]

Thanks Phil

[jstorms]

I'm actually trying to do the same thing. I'm finding that the default names they went in with are way to generic to find for the visualizer.

 

So I wrote a PERL script that goes line by line, finds the pattern match in the channel element and does the swap. I can get a good match using the DMX universe/channel as a double check. This works well for the R, G, B channel, but the RGB group channel is a little trickier since it is just the name. I'm going to try assuming the RGB group channel always come after the R, G, B channels.

 

Originally, I did this to renumber the DMX Universe/Channel for one of my elements that I wanted to move, but had done a ton of work on (groups and such) in another track. Worked very well for that.