Bpy.ops.sequencer.scene_strip_add(): No way to make it work

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Hi there!

I’m making a tool to add new scene strips automatically to the sequencer, but it seems impossible to get the command to work.

If I add a new scene strip by hand I get this command in the scripting info console:
bpy.ops.sequencer.scene_strip_add(frame_start=83, channel=2, scene=‘Panel.000’)

But if I write the same command in the Console or in a Python script it doesn’t work. It returns ‘Failed, context is incorrect’ error.

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EDIT: Ok, I just realized the problem is the same with the rest of the strip_add commands. If I add a movie clip, an audio clip, an image or anything as a strip through the menus, then I copy the command from the scripting info, and paste it to the console to execute it, it throws the same ‘Failed, context is incorrect’ error.

Any idea of what’s wrong?

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Scene strips cannot reference there own scene. Maybe this is the issue?

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I’m afraid this is not the case. The video editing scene is different than the one I try to include as strip. In fact, doing it by hand through the menus works fine. It’s the python command what fails.

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You got to make sure that the right area has focus(that command can only be executed when the mouse cursor is in the sequencer area): https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/69114/how-do-i-get-the-correct-context-for-python-operators/69144#69144

Alternatively a poll can be added to a class to make sure that the operator is only run in the sequencer:

@classmethod
def poll(cls, context):
    if context.scene and context.scene.sequence_editor: