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Re: QuickTime - Save Export Settings - script help needed
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Re: QuickTime - Save Export Settings - script help needed


  • Subject: Re: QuickTime - Save Export Settings - script help needed
  • From: revDAVE <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:19:28 -0700
  • Thread-topic: QuickTime - Save Export Settings - script help needed

On 10/24/05 10:16 AM, "revDAVE" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Hello everybody. I am a very novice applescript person.
>
> Currently I am using Panther 10.3.9 - with QT PRO 7.02 -  ( I do not want to
> upgrade to Tiger at this time unfortunately)...
>
> * MY GOAL: to be able to save export preferences in QuickTime pro.
>
> Since QuickTime does not seem to be able to save export presets... I
> downloaded the the script collection from
>
> - - - - -
> From: Scriptable Applications: Quicktime Player
> Location: http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/
> - - - - -
>
> and created export settings and tried ....
>
> Save Export Settings.scpt
>
> ... but the file that got saved will not open in QT PRO - OSX and wants to
> open something from old os9....
>
> what do I do?
>
> ---------
>
> -  as an example  I would like to be able to save some of my particular
> export settings such as ...
>
>
> VIDEO
>
> Sorensen 3
> Size 320 x 240
> fps 29.9
> keyframe = 90
> data rate = 500 kbps
>
> AUDIO
>
> IMA 22.050 stereo
>

= = = (see scripts below)


*** here is my basic workflow ...

-  load a QuickTime movie
-  adjust the QuickTime movie export settings
-  save a test copy ( validating the settings)
-  run the "save export settings.scpt" with name "set1test"

Then

-  open and run the "Export QuickTime movie.scpt" with the name " test
movie"
-   run the new test movie - and when I check info - it does NOT reflect the
desired settings...

= = =

One issue is - this line...

export movie 1 to new_file as QuickTime movie using settings "set1test"

...  It doesn't seem to care what the settings file name is - and if I
change that name to a nonexistent name -  it still exports the movie without
an error.... Therefore  it leads me to believe that it's not using it to
begin with....

-  another issue is that the settings file "set1test" says it is the kind =
"QuickTime settings document" - however it has a blank icon in the Finder -
and there does not seem to be any way to open the file with QuickTime 7.02 -
and it can to open something classic mode when I double click on it.


= = = the  Save settings script...


tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate

    try
        if not (exists movie 1) then error "No movies are open."

        stop every movie

        set the target_file to choose file name with prompt "name & location
for the QT settings file:"
        save export settings movie 1 for QuickTime movie to target_file with
replacing


    end try
end tell



===  the Export QuickTime movie.scpt

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate

    try
        if not (exists movie 1) then error "No movies are open."

        stop every movie


        set the movie_name to "mytest.mov"
        if (can export movie 1 as QuickTime movie) is true then

            set the new_file to ¬
                choose file name with prompt "Enter a name:" default name
movie_name
            export movie 1 to new_file as QuickTime movie using settings
"set1test"

        end if

    end try
end tell





--
Thanks - RevDave
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