Add placeholder footage to render queue via script

When I do the below on a placeholder (import replace usage sequence) nothing happens. Is there something wrong with my code or do placeholders not register as addable items? If I add code to get and alert the name of the placeholder I get the name. The code works on actual footage or comp items. Thanks.
var selected = app.project.activeItem;
app.project.renderQueue.items.add(selected);

Figured it out. You have to add the footage to a comp first and then add the comp to the queue.

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