Re: QuickTime Pro 7

Subject: Re: QuickTime Pro 7
From: "Saunders, Eric" <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:15:53 -0400

Not all applications are recordable. If you get no result after pushing the record button, the application is likely not recordable.

Eric

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Philip Ershler <email@hidden> wrote:

On Mar 28, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Gil Dawson <email@hidden> wrote:

I have a manual procedure, using QT Pro 7, which works, and I wish to automate it.

So I tried

Using AppleScript Editor Version 2.3 (118) AppleScript 2.1.2 running under 10.6.8 in a MacBook Pro,

Open a new window "Untitled"

Click the "Record" Button --> "Record" Button darkens and "Stop" button lights up.

Launch QuickTime from the Dock

File > Open File... an .scc file --> An new window appears with the movie ready to play

Quit --> AppleScript's "Untitled" window becomes frontmost

Click "Stop" button --> "Record" Button lights up and "Stop" button dims.

But nothing appears in AppleScript's "Untitled" window.

I tried clicking on "Events", "Replies" and "Result", but nothing showed up at all.

I tried a similar exercise using TextEdit with identical results

I've actually never used AppleScript's recording feature before. What am I missing?

--Gil
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I have QT 7 Pro extensively in a project I'm responsible for. I have always used straight up AppleScript. If you look at the dictionary for QT 7, you can find all the AppleScript information for building AppleScripts to control QT 7. Of course this is going to require a fair amount knowledge of AppleScript. Below is just a bit of the QT 7 Pro's AppleScript Dictionary.

HTH,

Phil

document n [see also Standard Suite] : A movie document

elements
contains annotations, chapters, internet locations, nodes, tracks, windows.
properties
aperture (unconformed/‌classic/‌clean/‌encoded pixels/‌production) : the aperture mode of the movie

auto close when done (boolean) : will the movie automatically close when done playing? (saved with movie)

auto play (boolean) : will the movie automatically start playing? (saved with movie)
auto present (boolean) : will the movie automatically start presenting? (saved with movie)
auto quit when done (boolean) : will the player automatically quit when done playing? (saved with movie)

bass gain (integer) : the bass setting for the track (-256..256) (not saved with movie)
close when done (boolean) : close the movie when it is done playing? (not saved with movie)
controller type (standard/‌qtvr/‌qtvr panorama/‌qtvr object/‌none) : the type of controller associated with the movie

current chapter (chapter, r/o) : the chapter containing the current time
current chapter track (track, r/o) : the currently active chapter track (may differ by language)
current matrix (list of real) : the matrix of the movie
current node (node) : the current node of the VR movie

current time (integer) : the current time (can be set by name as well as number)
data rate (integer, r/o) : the data rate (bytes/sec) of the movie
data size (integer, r/o) : the data size (in bytes) of the movie

default node (node, r/o) : the default node of the VR movie
dimensions (point) : the current dimensions of the movie, not including the controller
display state (normal/‌presentation, r/o) : the display state of the movie

done (boolean, r/o) : is the movie done playing?
duration (integer, r/o) : the duration of the movie

fast start (boolean, r/o) : is this a fast-start movie?
field of view (real) : the field of view of the current node
href (text) : the internet location to open when clicking on the movie (overrides track hrefs)

id (integer, r/o) : the ID of the movie
index (integer, r/o) : the index of the movie

language (integer or string) : the current language of the movie
live stream (boolean, r/o) : is this a live streaming movie?
load state (load state unknown/‌load error/‌loading/‌loaded/‌playable/‌playthrough okay/‌complete, r/o) : the current state of an asynchronously loading movie

local playback (boolean, r/o) : is this a local movie?
looping (boolean) : keep playing the movie in a loop?

max time loaded (integer, r/o) : the amount of time loaded in a fast start movie
modified (boolean, r/o) : has the document been modified since the last save?
muted (boolean) : is the movie muted?

name (text, r/o) : the movie's name.
natural dimensions (point, r/o) : the dimensions the movie has when it is not scaled

original file (file, r/o) : the file containing the movie

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