Grab Marker time stamps and text from Final Cut Pro X XML export and format for youtube timestamps in an output text file

fcpx_markers_import.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, datetime
from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse

xmlfile = raw_input()
if xmlfile == "":
    exit()

# Converts the '64bit/32bits' timecode format into seconds
def parseFCPTimeSeconds (timeString):
    vals = [float(n) for n in timeString.replace('s','').split('/')]
    if 1 == len(vals):
        val = vals[0]
    else:
        val = vals[0]/vals[1]
    return val

class Marker:
    def __init__(self, name, startTime):
        self._name = name
        self._startTime = startTime

    @property
    def startTime(self):
        return self._startTime

    @property
    def name(self):
        return self._name

    @staticmethod
    def scanForMarker(element, time=[]):
        start = offset = 0
        try:
            start = parseFCPTimeSeconds(element.attrib['start'])
        except:
            pass

        try:
            offset = parseFCPTimeSeconds(element.attrib['offset'])
        except:
            pass

        m = []
        if 'marker' == element.tag:
            m.append(Marker(element.attrib['value'], start + sum(time)))
        else:
            time.append(offset - start)
            for el in element:
                m.extend(Marker.scanForMarker(el, list(time)))
        return m


# EXAMPLE:
# Import file and convert it to a list of markers sorted by ID and start time
xmlroot = parse(xmlfile).getroot()
markers = sorted(Marker.scanForMarker(xmlroot), key=lambda s: s.startTime)

for m in markers:
    print ("{1} {0}".format(m.name, datetime.timedelta(seconds=m.startTime)))

timestamps.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

file="$1"
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "No FCPX XML File Specified"
    exit 1
fi

echo "$file" | ./mark.py | awk -F. '{print $1,$2}' | cut -d" " -f1,3- > "YouTube Timestamps.txt"