Track Command
User Guide

Installation

Track Command is a single .py file that runs inside DaVinci Resolve. No installer required.

1. Download Track Command 1.0.py from the suite download page.
2. Copy it to: ~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Utility/
3. Open DaVinci Resolve and open a project with a timeline.
4. From the top menu choose Workspace → Scripts → Utility → Track Command 1.0.
5. The window opens and reads your current timeline's audio and video tracks immediately.

The Main Window

The window has three zones: the Rename Operations panel at the top, the Track Panels side-by-side in the center, and the Apply Changes controls at the bottom.

Track Command floating above a timeline — Audio tracks on the left, Video tracks on the right, rename controls at top.

Header & Toolbar

The top strip shows the connected project, timeline name, and track count. Below it are the four global controls.

Header bar (project, timeline, track count) and the Clear / Refresh / Undo / Restore Original button row.

• Clear — resets all rename operation fields without touching any tracks.
• Refresh — re-reads the current timeline's tracks. Use this after switching timelines in Resolve.
• Undo — reverses the last apply operation.
• Restore Original — puts every track back to the name it had when the app was opened or last refreshed.

In context on a large multi-track timeline — the app floats above Resolve and stays out of the way.

Rename Operations

The RENAME OPERATIONS panel works the same way as Clip Renamer Pro. All operations apply in a single pass to the tracks you've selected in the track panels below.

The full Rename Operations panel — Find/Replace, Add, Trim, Counter, and case options — plus Load Tracks and Save Tracks below.

Find & Replace

• Find — literal text to search for in track names.
• Replace with — the substitution text. Leave blank to delete occurrences.
• Replace entire name — replaces the full track name with the Replace text regardless of Find.

Add Text

• Add — text to insert.
• Position — Before name, After name, or After counter.
• After counter checkbox — shortcut to "After counter" position.

Trim

• Begin / End — strip a fixed number of characters from either end of the name.

Counter

• Digits — zero-padded width (2 → 01).
• Start × Step — first counter value = Start × Step.
• Position — where the counter appears in the name.

Case Conversion

• UPPERCASE / lowercase / Title Case — applied after all other operations.
• Remove digits — strips all numerals from track names.

A rename operation in progress — the preview column on the right shows the result before anything is applied.

Track Panels

The center of the window is split into two panels: Audio Tracks on the left and Video Tracks on the right. Each panel lists every track in the timeline with its current name and a preview of the new name.

Selecting Tracks

Click any track row to select it. Hold ⌘ to add individual tracks to the selection, or hold Shift to select a range. Rename operations apply only to the selected rows.

Search within Panels

Each panel has its own search field at the top. Type to filter the track list by name — useful for finding specific tracks in a large timeline.

Preview Column

The right-side column in each panel shows a live preview of what the track name will become after the current operation is applied. The preview updates as you type, before you commit to Apply.

Apply Changes

Track Command shows you a live preview of every rename — but nothing in Resolve changes until you click Apply Changes. The preview column is exactly that: a preview. Apply Changes is the button that turns it real.

The Apply Changes button at the bottom of the window — the one click that writes your changes to the timeline.

The bottom of the window has three apply modes that control what happens to the renamed tracks.

Save & Load Track Sets

Track Command lets you save a named set of track names to a .txt file and reload it later — making it easy to apply your studio's standard track layout to any new timeline.

Save Track Set

Once you're happy with the track names in the panels, click Save Tracks. Choose a location and filename for the .txt file. Both the audio and video track lists are saved.

Load Track Set

Click Load Tracks and select a previously saved .txt file. The track names from the file will populate the panels, ready to preview and apply.

Undo

The Undo button (and ⌘Z) reverses the most recent rename operation applied to the timeline. It restores the track names to what they were before the last Apply Changes was pressed.

Pro Tips

Set up your audio template first

Start every project by running Track Command with Create New Timeline using your standard audio track layout. From that point on, every timeline you create can inherit the same structure — no more renaming 24 tracks by hand in the Resolve timeline panel.

Rename in bulk, then tweak individually

Use the rename panel to set a base name across all tracks, then double-click individual cells in Resolve's track header to fine-tune the two or three that need custom names. Track Command handles the 90% case; Resolve handles the edge cases.

Use search to isolate track types

If your timeline has 30 audio tracks and you only need to rename the music stems, type "Mx" in the audio panel search to filter down to just those tracks before applying.

Large timeline context

Track Command on a large production timeline — the app sits in the center while the full timeline is visible underneath.

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