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It was already possible to create Sound and Image strips that reference
non-existing files. Now it's also possible to create Movie strips
referencing missing files via the Python API call
`Sequences.new_movie()`. In this case, the duration of the strip will be
set to 1 frame.
Note that this commit does not change anything in the user interface.
The Python API of the `MovieStrip` class is extended with a function
`reload_if_needed()`. This function only performs disk I/O if the movie
strip cannot produce frames, that is either when its filepath points to
a non-existing file, or when the video sequence editor has not been
shown yet (for example because it is in an inactive workspace).
This allows for the following:
```
import bpy
scene = bpy.context.scene
vse = scene.sequence_editor_create()
filepath = bpy.path.abspath('//demo.mkv')
strip = vse.sequences.new_movie("movie", filepath,
channel=2,
frame_start=47,
file_must_exist=False)
strip.frame_final_end = 327
```
This will create a new movie strip, even when `demo.mkv` does not exist.
Once `demo.mkv` has appeared at the expected location, either
`strip.reload_if_needed()` or `strip.filepath = strip.filepath` will
load it.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8257
Reviewed By: Sergey, ISS
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