Quicktime replacement?
Quicktime replacement?
- Subject: Quicktime replacement?
- From: Jim Weisbin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:40:02 -0400
I have a bunch of scripts (actually application bundles containing resources)
that I’ve written and maintained over many years. Here’s what they do:
User opens an original movie file from our clients in Quicktime Pro 7 (must be
the “Pro” version to support export function).
User moves the playhead to the first frame of the movie.
User runs the script:
Cut all content up to but not including the frame selected.
Based on the original movie’s frame rate and dimensions (width x height), paste
a similarly sized movie with our own logo at the beginning. This movie is
exactly two seconds long (a “two pop” in movie lingo). The “slugs” are stored
in the application bundle.
Paste a small audio file at the beginning (the “pop” sound).
Export the movie to our size and codec standards (this “flattens” the movie so
that there is just one audio and video track and no time code track). This uses
a settings file which is also stored in the application bundle.
This has been working reasonably well for years, and is certainly faster than
doing everything manually using video editing software. However, with “High
Sierra” or after, it’s likely that Quicktime 7 support will end (or so I’ve
heard), so I need another solution. I can do everything programmatically using
other tools, such as ffmpeg, but the one thing I can’t do is to capture the
playhead position. I need to find a video player that is at least scriptable
enough to do that. Does anyone know of such a thing? I don’t think I can
capture the playhead from Quicktime X, even though it does have some
rudimentary AS capabilities. But QT X only handles a small set of original
movie codecs, so it’s not useful anyway.
I can also do all of the above in Adobe Premier using their “extend script”,
but buying and maintaining that for many users is overkill for this job.
Any help would be appreciated.
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