After Effects: path format of AVLayer->FootageItem->File

[imaginec35607075]

I want to read the file string for a footage item.

This string is listed as "FootageItem file attribute" in http://blogs.adobe.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/48/files/2012/06/After-Effects-CS6-Scripting-Guide.pdf?f...

If I import something like:

c:\assets\myfile.png

into my composition, the Data Browser shows:

/c/assets/myfile.png

How does the "c:" get munged into "/c/" and how can I get the original string back? I need to extract this string programmatically and make use of it elsewhere, but I don't want to guess how to "demunge" it.

[Roland Kahlenberg]

You'll get more traction and better quality replies by posting in the AE Scripting Forum - After Effects Scripting

[Mylenium]

It's a normal URI according to ISO. Not sure what else you need to know. Nothing stops you from rewriting your string, but frankly if you can't even handle this simple task, I'm not optimistic you'll ever get a working script.

Mylenium