Quicktime MPEG4 export

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#1

I am trying to create a script which converts Quicktime movies to MPEG4 but for some strange reason I can’t get it working with custom settings.

This works fine:
export to ((path to desktop as text) & exportMP4_name) as MPEG4 using most recent settings with replacing

but I want this to work where the settings file is stored earlier in the used file (This works fine when I use settings to create a quicktime movie with a certain codec)

set exportSettingsPath to (path to applications folder as Unicode text) & “QTcoder:mp4”
set exportMP4_name to current_name & “.mp4”

export to ((path to desktop as text) & exportMP4_name) as MPEG4 using settings file exportSettingsPath with replacing

Anyone with some advice ?

#2

I get this message after trying to create an MPEG4. There is a file but I can’t open it :frowning:

An invalid sample description was found in the movie.

#3

Hi,

I guess, the settings file must have a .settings extension

#4

Hello

It might be helpful to read the thread Export Quicktime Pro to multiple mp4 formats at Applescript users list

Best Regards

McUsr

#5

Unfortunately the mentioned thread and .settings top did not help me at all. Thanks anyway.

The strange thing is this works :

export to ((path to desktop as text) & exportH264_name) as QuickTime movie using settings file exportSettingsPath with replacing

:frowning:

#6

It’s not strange. The QuickTime dictionary says
using settings optional file the file containing the export settings
file means alias or file specifier