QuickTime Export to WMV droplet…

[mhjames99]

Hey all,

I’m trying to create a script that will allow me to export QuickTime movies from a selected folder to a Windows Media files through QuickTime. QuickTime does a great job of it now, but I’ve got a fairly large number of videos and I’d like to avoid having to export and save one at a time.

I’ve found some script examples here like the one below, but can’t find the right tags for WMV’s. I’m wondering if anyone knows the proper script, or how to change the script below to help me out. Any suggestions?

@Bruce Phillips

property exportFolder : (path to documents folder as Unicode text) & "Your Folder:"

on run
	choose folder with prompt "Change video files from these folders:" with multiple selections allowed
	open (result)
end run

on open droppedItems
	tell application "QuickTime Player"
		activate
		close every window
	end tell
	
	repeat with thisItem in droppedItems
		if (folder of (info for thisItem without size)) is true then
			list folder thisItem without invisibles
			
			repeat with thisFile in (result)
				tell application "QuickTime Player"
					PrivoxyWindowOpen((thisItem as Unicode text) & thisFile)
					
					if (can export (front movie) as DV stream) is true then
						try
							export front movie to (exportFolder & thisFile & ".dv") as DV stream
						on error errorMsg number errorNum
							display dialog "Error (" & errorNum & "):" & return & return & errorMsg buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
						end try
					else
						display dialog "QuickTime Player can't export "" & (thisFile as Unicode text) & "" as DV stream." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
					end if
					
					close front movie
				end tell
			end repeat
			
			try
				tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
			on error errorMsg number errorNum
				display dialog "Error (" & errorNum & "):" & return & return & errorMsg buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
			end try
		end if
	end repeat
	
	quit application "QuickTime Player"
end open

[Bruce_Phillips]

Hello mhjames99, and welcome to our forum.

I’ve been looking into this myself for a project I’m working on. Unfortunately, I don’t think formats provided by third-party components (such as WMV thru Flip4Mac) can be accessed through AppleScript.

[capitalj]

Forgive me if this is a silly idea (it took me longer to post than it did to try it, so I can’t claim that it was well considered) - it seems as though it would be faster to batch change the extensions.

I have QuickTime Pro and Flip4Mac, but as an experiment I selected a short .avi clip in Finder and changed the extension to .WMV, clicked “Use .WMV” when I got the warning that the file might open in a different application, then used VLC because, unlike a .WMV exported with Quicktime, it wouldn’t open in QuickTime after changing the extension.

I didn’t go as far as trying to script the change. Am I way off base?

j