QuickTime Settings File Help

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#1

Hi guys,
I have a QT export settings file. I need a droplet that when a video is is dropped on it it does all the settings stuff and then exports the new file to the desktop.
Any help or links would be great!

Thanks a lot,

Max

#2

Ok, I tried this, but it didn’t seem to work…

on open theFiles
	tell application "QuickTime Player"
		export theFiles to "Macintosh HD/Users/max/Desktop" as AVI using settings "Macintosh HD/Users/max/Desktop/iPodSettings"
	end tell
end open

Any help would be great.
Thanks,

Max

#3

Mac-style paths are delimited by colons, not slashes. Try replacing that with one of these:

"Macintosh HD:Users:max:Desktop:iPodSettings"

((path to desktop as Unicode text) & "iPodSettings")
#4

Thanks for the help.
It still doesn’t seem to be working though. Quicktime opens up but then nothing happens.

on open theFiles
	tell application "QuickTime Player"
		export theFiles to "Macintosh HD:Users:max:Desktop" as AVI using settings "Macintosh HD:Users:max:Desktop:iPodSettings"
	end tell
end open

Thanks,

Max

#5

How about something like this?

on open theFiles
	tell application "QuickTime Player"
		activate
		close every window
		
		repeat with thisFile in theFiles
			open thisFile
			export thisFile to "Macintosh HD:Users:max:Desktop" as AVI using settings "Macintosh HD:Users:max:Desktop:iPodSettings"
			close front window
		end repeat
		quit
	end tell
end open
#6

I’ll do this properly by adapting one of my previous export droplets.

on run
	choose file with prompt "Export these video files to AVI:" with multiple selections allowed without invisibles
	open result
end run

on open droppedItems
	tell application "QuickTime Player"
		activate
		close every window
	end tell
	
	repeat with thisItem in droppedItems
		set thisName to name of (info for thisItem without size)
		
		tell application "QuickTime Player"
			open thisItem
			
			if (can export front movie as AVI) then
				try
					export front movie to ((path to desktop as Unicode text) & this_name & ".avi") as AVI ¬
						using settings ((path to desktop as Unicode text) & "iPodSettings")
				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 AVI." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
			end if
			
			close front movie
		end tell
	end repeat
	
	quit application "QuickTime Player"
end open

See also:
QuickTime Export Droplet [DV]
Export QuickTime movie to image sequence