Hi everyone!
I´m new to this forum and applescript. so thanks for all the informatioin i alresady gathered here !!!
what i want to do is quite simple: I want a folderaction script to open the added items in quicktime and export them as dvstream.
so far so good. the only problem i have is that quicktime doesn´t export the mov files as dvstream. i also tried some scripts from apple but don´t work aswell. i´m using osx 10.4.3 and quicktime 7.0.3 ; and here´s the apple script. i really can´t figure out whats wrong! thanks!!
global CurrentFileSize, LastFileSize, StillBusy, StillGrowing
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
try
-- get the name of the folder
tell application "Finder"
set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
-- find out how many new items have been placed in the folder
set the item_count to the number of items in the added_items
end tell
ProcessAddedItems(this_folder, added_items, item_count)
end try
end adding folder items to
on ProcessAddedItems(this_folder, added_items, item_count)
-- loop through the files looking for finished files to process
repeat with x from item_count to 1 by -1
set File2Check to (item x of added_items) as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"
set TheFileName to text item -1 of File2Check
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set LastFileSize to -1
set Ready2Rock to false
beep
--loop waiting for the file to finish writing
repeat until Ready2Rock is true
-- modify the path accordingly - point to isDone().scpt on your machine
set testResults to run script alias "mac osX:Library:Scripts:isdone.scpt" with parameters {File2Check, LastFileSize}
set CurrentFileSize to item 2 of testResults
if item 1 of testResults is true then
set Ready2Rock to true
else
set LastFileSize to CurrentFileSize
end if
delay 1
end repeat
-- now that the file has finished writing,
-- process the file while it's in this folder
-- because the file is so big
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open added_items
try
if not (exists movie 1) then error "No movies are open."
stop every movie
-- CHECK FOR THE CORRECT VERSION
set QT_version to (QuickTime version as string)
set player_version to (version as string)
if (QT_version is less than "5.0") or ¬
(player_version is less than "5.0") then
error "This script requires QuickTime 5.0 or greater." & ¬
return & return & ¬
"Current QuickTime Version: " & QT_version & return & ¬
"Current QuickTime Player Version: " & player_version
end if
-- CHECK FOR QUICKTIME PRO
if QuickTime Pro installed is false then
set the target_URL to "http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"
display dialog "This script requires QuickTime Pro." & return & return & ¬
"If this computer is currently connected to the Internet, " & ¬
"click the "Upgrade" button to visit the QuickTime Website at:" & ¬
return & return & target_URL buttons {"Upgrade", "Cancel"} default button 2
ignoring application responses
tell application "Finder"
open location target_URL
end tell
end ignoring
error number -128
end if
-- get the name of the movie
set the movie_name to the name of movie 1
-- check to see if the opened movie can be exported
if (can export movie 1 as DV stream) is true then
-- prompt the user for a name and location
set the new_file to ¬
choose file name with prompt "Enter a name and choose a location for the new file:" default name movie_name
-- export the movie as DV stream movie
export movie 1 to new_file as DV stream using settings preset "NTSC 44.1 kHz"
-- close the movie
close movie 1
else
error "This movie cannot be exported as a DV stream."
end if
on error error_message number error_number
if the error_number is not -128 then
beep
display dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
end if
end try
end tell
end repeat
end ProcessAddedItems