Applescript and quicktime

Hi,
I am new to AppleScript.
I am trying to create a script that runs an automated "speakers corner".
I am using an iMac with built-in EyeSight camera, OSX 10.6.8 and QuickTime X.
The problem that I am having is in finishing the script.
I want the user to be able to end the video recording by pushing a button, but if the user does not end the recording, I want it to automatically stop/save/quit after 5 minutes.
I have been able to get it to automatically stop/save/quit after the 5 minutes, but have not been able to get it to save & quit if the user stops the recording.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
close every window
          set recording to false -- Don't think this is doing what I want it to...
new movie recording
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke "f" using command down
delay 2
          start document "movie recording"
          if recording = false then -- This is the part that does not work
       save
       quit -- End part that doesn't work
          else
                         try
                                        delay 300
                                        stop document "movie recording"
            save
            quit
                         end try
          end if
end tell

Camelot,
How can I poll the duration to see if it is increasing? While it may be a poor solution, given the limited options in QuickTime, this may be the only option.
I seem to have everything else working now and have modified my code as below.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
close every window
new movie recording
present document 1
delay 2
start document 1
          repeat 299 times
                    if document 1 is not playing then
save
quit
                              exit repeat
                    else
                              delay 1
                    end if
          end repeat
          try
stop document 1
save
quit
          end try
end tell
Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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Biggest challenge here is getting an accurate "cue-in" and "cue-out" time reference for each individual subtitle, so I tried a few off-the-shelf solutions like AVIDemux from SourceForge hoping they might at least give me this info (and leave the OCR translations for me to worry about), but I had nothing but install errors or crashes 100% of the time with this 3rd party software.
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            end tell
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     end tell
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Obviously the example code is hard-wired to give info for frame 3 only (and eventually needs a looping function), but the SubtitleCount and FrameStart code work perfectly. Unfortunately however, FrameLength simply gives me the time interval between the start of frame 3 and start of frame 4, rather than the required duration on-screen.
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Camelot,
How can I poll the duration to see if it is increasing? While it may be a poor solution, given the limited options in QuickTime, this may be the only option.
I seem to have everything else working now and have modified my code as below.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
close every window
new movie recording
present document 1
delay 2
start document 1
          repeat 299 times
                    if document 1 is not playing then
save
quit
                              exit repeat
                    else
                              delay 1
                    end if
          end repeat
          try
stop document 1
save
quit
          end try
end tell
Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Applescript with quicktime and excel2004

I would appreciate any help on the following.
I have a lot of quicktime videos I need to look at. Each movie contains many subjects doing diffferent things. Subject A say begins to talk, and I can get the time code of this point by looking at the quicktime time info window.
When this subject finishes, I can do the same. And, I can get the time this subjectA was talking. The subject A might speak at different times in the movie, and I need to record all this start-end times, and the differences each time, and get a cumulative sum.
I know to get the time stamp using applescript from a currently open movie.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
try
--I check if i have qt pro -not shown here
set this_movie to the name of movie 1
set this_time to the current time of movie 1
set movie_scale to the time scale of movie 1
set this_timecode to my time2timecode(this_time, movie_scale)
display dialog "Current time of “" & this_movie & "”:" & ¬
return & return & this_timecode buttons {"Clipboard", "OK"} default button 2
if the button returned of the result is "Clipboard" then
set the clipboard to this_timecode
display dialog "The timecode is now on the clipboard." buttons {"•"} default button 1 giving up after 2
end if
end try
end tell
Now, the time stamp is in the clipboard, How can I take it into columns in Excel2004 -- using applescript.
subjA startTime endTime diff
subjA startTime endTime diff
subjB startTime endTime diff
subjA startTime endTime diff
subjC startTime endTime diff
subjA startTime endTime diff
Any help is appreciated. Right now, I want to do this for a ppc running osx tiger and using excel for office 2004, and quicktime 7.x pro.
Will the script be differrent if this were performed on an intel-mac?
Rand on PowerMac PPC G5
PowerMac PPC G5- excel 2004- qtpro7 -- Tiger Mac OS X (10.4.7)

tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate -- Launch and / or bring forth 'QuickTime'.
set tList to {} -- List to contain obtained date.
tell movie 1 to copy name to end of tList -- Place name of current movie into tList.
repeat
set {tFlag, tResult} to {0, display dialog "(Start Time) ... Subject letter: " default answer "A" buttons {"OK"} default button 1}
-- Place Subject Name and scaled Start Time into tList.
tell movie 1 to set {tSubject, movie_Name, start_time, time_scale} to {text returned of tResult, name, current time, time scale}
copy {tSubject, start_time / time_scale} to {end of tList, end of tList}
if ((button returned of (display dialog "End time of Subject: " & tSubject buttons {"Completed", "Continue..."} default button 2)) is "Completed") then set tFlag to 1
tell movie 1 to set end_time to current time
copy (end_time / time_scale) to end of tList -- Place scaled End Time into tList.
if (tFlag = 1) then exit repeat -- Exit infinite loop when 'Completed' button is selected.
end repeat
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
activate -- Launch and / or bring forth 'Excel'.
if (not (document 1 exists)) then make new document -- Create a new document, if needed.
-- Add header information to Worksheet.
set (value of cell 1 of row 1) to "Movie Title: "
set Column_Titles to {"Subject", "Start Time", "End Time", "Difference"}
repeat with i from 1 to (count Column_Titles)
set (value of cell i of row 3) to (item i of Column_Titles)
end repeat
-- Add contents of tList to the worksheet.
set tInc to 1
repeat with i from 1 to (((count tList) - 1) / 3)
repeat with j from 1 to 3
set tInc to (tInc + 1)
set (value of cell j of row (i + 4)) to (item tInc of tList)
end repeat
set (value of cell (j + 1) of row (i + 4)) to ((item tInc of tList) - (item (tInc - 1) of tList))
end repeat
end tell
end tell
Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I recently updated to snow leopard version 10.6.3 and quicktime isn't working. What do I need to do?

I recently updated to snow leopard version 10.6.3 and quicktime player isn't working. What do I need to do to get it working again? I have quicktime player version 10.0.

Mac OS X 10.6 includes QuickTime versions 10.0 and 7.6.3. The QuickTime 7 player will only be present if a QuickTime Pro key was present at the time of installation, or if specified as part of a custom install, or individually downloaded:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl923
Snow Leopard update 10.6.4 included an update to 7.6.6 (if installed). You can install it from the above link even though it says for 10.6.3. It's the same version of QuickTime Player 7.6.6.
(Only QuickTime Player 7.6.3 or 7.6.6 can be updated to "Pro".)
A Mac OS X v10.6, OS X Lion, and OS X Mountain Lion-compatible version of QuickTime Player 7 is available for use with older media or with AppleScript-based workflows. QuickTime Player 7 can be used to playback formats such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime Movies, and MIDI files. Also, it supports QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes for access to QuickTime Pro functionality.
How to install Quicktime Player 7 on Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion when it is not already present:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Applescript for quicktime player 7 in 10.6

I've been using an applescript that can take a bunch of movie clips and merge them into a single file. (see script below) now with 10.6 and quicktime x. this script no longer works. Can anyone help me to get quicktime player 7 to launch and start doing it's trick. any help most appreciated.
on open these_items
          tell application "Finder" to set sorted_items ¬
                    to sort these_items by name
          repeat with i from 1 to the count of sorted_items
                    set this_item to (item i of sorted_items)
                    tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
                              if i is equal to 1 then
make new document
                              end if
open this_item
                              tell document 1
rewind
select all
                                        copy
select none
                              end tell
close document 1 saving no
                              tell document 1
                                        add
select none
                              end tell
                    end tell
          end repeat
end open

The scripts below work for me, using Mac OS 10.4.11 and QuickTime Pro v. 7.6.4.
Note that my version of AppleScript (v. 2.1.1) doesn't recognize application QuickTime Player 7. Hence, application "QuickTime Player" was used throughout. Your needs may vary; if you can or must use the "7" by all means do so.
The first is based on the script Craig Williams posted in this thread: http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=31674 (in post #6). I modified the script a bit so that a new file is created on the front end, and the merged file gets written to it once the script finishes:
set file_name to text returned of (display dialog "A new merged QuickTime file will be created on the desktop. Please choose a name:" default answer "Enter Name")
tell application "Finder"
try
set make_file to make new file at (path to desktop folder as string) with properties {name:file_name & ".mov"}
set new_file to make_file as alias
on error
                    display dialog "A file with the name " & "“" & file_name & "”" & " already exists on the desktop. Please try again." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 cancel button 1 with icon stop
end try
end tell
set theCount to 1
set theFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose the folder with QuickTime files you want to join together."
tell application "Finder"
set theFiles to every file of folder theFolder
set totalFiles to (count the theFiles)
repeat with i from 1 to totalFiles --to 1 by -1
set thisfile to item i of theFiles as alias
                    --QT Pro
my mergeFilesUsingQT(thisfile, theCount, totalFiles)
set theCount to theCount + 1
end repeat
end tell
delay 1
tell application "QuickTime Player"
tell document 1
rewind
                    delay 0.5
save as self contained in new_file
close
end tell
end tell
on mergeFilesUsingQT(thisfile, theCount, totalFiles)
          tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
                    --the first file only gets copied
                    if theCount = 1 then
open thisfile
                              delay 0.5
tell document 1
select all
                                        copy
end tell
close document 1 saving no
else
                              --these files get the previous file added to it and
                              --then it is copied to be added to the next file
open thisfile
                              delay 1
tell document 1
set x to get duration
set current time to x
paste
select all
                                        copy
end tell
end if
end tell
end mergeFilesUsingQT
My own version, below, creates a new file and then opens a temporary QuickTime document to which each file is copied in turn. Once copying is complete, the temporary file is written to the file that was created at the beginning of the script:
set file_name to text returned of (display dialog "A new merged QuickTime file will be created on the desktop. Please choose a name:" default answer "Enter Name")
tell application "Finder"
try
set make_file to make new file at (path to desktop folder as string) with properties {name:file_name & ".mov"}
set new_file to make_file as alias
on error
                    display dialog "A file with the name " & "“" & file_name & "”" & " already exists on the desktop. Please try again." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 cancel button 1 with icon stop
end try
end tell
tell application "QuickTime Player"
set temp_doc to make new document
end tell
set fol to choose folder with prompt "Choose the folder containing QuickTime files to be merged:"
tell application "Finder"
set the_files to every file of folder fol
repeat with i from 1 to count of the_files
set a_file to item i of the_files
my merge_files(a_file, temp_doc)
end repeat
end tell
delay 1
tell application "QuickTime Player"
tell document 1
select none
save as self contained in new_file
close
end tell
end tell
on merge_files(a_file, temp_doc)
          tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
make new document
open a_file
delay 1
tell document 1
set t to get duration
set current time to t
select all
copy
close
end tell
activate document temp_doc
delay 1
tell document 1
paste
end tell
end tell
end merge_files
Hope this helps. Good luck.

I am traveling with my macbook pro and I forgot to install final cut express and quicktime pro before I left. How can I in a way download them for free on my laptop from where I am

I am traveling with my macbook pro and I forgot to install final cut express and quicktime pro before I left. How can I in a way download them for free on my laptop from where I am? I need them and don't want naturally to buy them again!!!
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Assuming you purchased QT Pro, you can always download it again at no extra charge by logging in to your Apple account.
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ITunes and Quicktime will not launch

I cannot get my iTunes or Quicktime to launch. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, upgraded, and tried several fixes that I found on this discussion board. No Luck! I'm using XP Pro SP3. When I first installed iTunes, it worked, but then quit working about 4 weeks later. I'm using the latest versions of both iTunes and Quicktime.

The error message you are getting suggests that you do have one of the problem codec packs installed on your system or you have had in the past.
Quicktime does not install Quicktime.cpl in the system32 directory.
It is possible that one of them was installed without you knowing with other software, I think Storm may get installed with other things although I can't name anything.
You must look for the things on my list and uninstall them if you find them. Check in Add/Remove programs to see if there is an entry there.
When you have uninstalled the problem items go on to the next stage. If you can't find anything you had better go on as well.
Download the stand alone Quicktime (the one without iTunes):
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
Now Remove Quicktime using the method in this article (just Quicktime):
XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Vista
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
When you come to your C:\Windows\system32\ folder you can delete any file or folder with Quicktime in the name.
Restart you computer
Install the stand alone Quicktime and check if it starts.
If it does you are in a position to find out if iTunes is OK.

ITunes and QuickTime will not work..Yeah, another one

Despite my best efforts to try to solve my problem on my own and not both you kind people, I've been working on and off at trying to get my iTunes working, with no positive results at all. It's honestly been so long, I don't recall what might have sparked the issues, but every time I try to open iTunes or QuickTime they will begin to open but fail, bringing up the common windows error message:
iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
QuickTime Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
So far, I have totally deleted both iTunes and QuickTime twice from my computer- first just through Add/Remove Programs pathways, then more in depth with Registry Crawler to try to remove any traces of the programs- all before re-installing the two programs. Both times have failed, still leaving me unable to open either program, so I've broken down and come here- hoping to find anyone willing to lend a hand to help fix this issue so that I can finally listen to my music the way I used to.

Perfect information, thanks.
That combination is almost always caused by some application stashing old QuickTime componentry down in your system files. (Codec packs and video converters are the usual suspects, although some Games might do it too.)
Let's go looking for the old stuff.
1. Open My Computer from the desktop or Start menu.
2. In the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. Click the View tab.
4. In the "Advanced settings" pane under "Hidden files and folders" make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected, and the "Hide extensions for known file types" option is unchecked.
5. Click OK.
Now in My Computer, open your C drive.
Open the "Windows" folder.
Open the "system32" folder.
What files and/or folders can you see in there with QuickTime in the file/folder name? (In a standard installation of QuickTime, you should see precisely two files ... QuickTime.qts and QuickTimeVR.qtx ... and no QuickTime folders whatsoever.)

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I upgraded to iTunes 7.0.1 and the installation went fine. However, when I try to open iTunes by double-clicking on the desktop icon, a page pops up for less than a second and then goes away. I think the page might have something to do with a license agreement. I get no error messages. I also tried to open QuickTime to see if it works, but it does not. When I try double-clicking on the desktop icon, a page (different than the one that pops up for iTunes) comes up for less than a second. No error messages for QuickTime come up either. What can I do to get my iTunes and QuickTime to work?
Dell Dimension 8200 Windows XP

... i think i might have already replied to you in a different thread, BNT ...
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My itunes freezes when opening and quicktime say there is a run time error. I have uninstalled everything and quicktime does not go away. then re-installed both and they still do not work. not sure what to do.

I have uninstalled everything and quicktime does not go away
what's the precise wording of the message that you're getting when you try to launch itunes?
what is the wording on the message that you get when you try to uninstall QuickTime?
(include error message numbers if you're getting any.)

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So I currently have a new labtop with windows vista. I have been runining iTunes for the pass 3 months already no problems. The Apple automatic update has never caused any problems till now. Quicktime needed to be updated today, and I accecpted the update, prior to that iTunes and Quicktime was working properly. Once the quicktime update was complete, it restarted my computer like usual. Then when I tried to open iTunes this error came up:
"iTunes cannot run because it has detected a problem with your audio configuration"
Now I checked the audio configuration and nothing was changed or anything, that has not been touched at all, so I still think it had to do with the update. The next error was came up when I tried to open Quicktime and it read:
"Runtime Error!
Program C://ProgramFiles/QuickTime/QuickTimePlayer.exe
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information"
So as long as I have been using Quicktime and iTunes I have never encountered this, I tried to re-install but the error kept coming up after it was installed. Please help me out!

try doing following the steps in these articles
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and
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Error Messages for iTunes and Quicktime, what do I do?

Hello, I'm in need of some help.
Let me walk you all through what I did for the last 4 hours:
(important note: I suck at far too much computer stuff, so I am fully aware that as you read the following, at certain points I probably made the problem much worse than it needed to be, I am not proud of this, but everything you read did happen, stupid as it probably was for me to pursue the problems in the particular way that I did. Hindsight is 20/20.)
I updated my iTunes v7.7 to v8.0 today, and after trying it out for a while decided that I didn't like it and wanted to go back to what I was using before.
So, because I didn't know what else to do, I tried to re-install the original iTunes software that came with my iPod (a 20gig classic I bought in 2004). That version of iTunes was v6.0 (again, 3 years ago).
Part way through the installation process, I got a message that said that, because I had a newer version of iTunes on the computer already, it wouldn't install the version on the disk.
So I uninstalled v8.0, restarted my computer, and installed the v6.0 from the CD-ROM I had.
It was then that I found I had NONE of the 6000+ songs in my iTunes window. I checked my computers files to find that they were still in the library, but my iTunes screen was completely devoid of all my music.
So I tried to get it all back on the player. I discovered that by right-clicking "Play" for the individual files from the folders in my iTunes that they would come up on the player, but that meant that I'd be clicking in 6000+ songs, one by one, till they were all back. I didn't want to do that.
So I tried a system restore (again, read "important note" at top of post). After that happened and I was looking at my desktop again, tried opening iTunes, and it gave me a message that said:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
And it asks if I wanna send an error report. I decline, then try opening Quicktime. Same message. So I try to uninstall both programs (i know, i know, "important note"), and iTunes uninstalls, Quicktime does not, because, as my computer puts it, "a fatal error occurs."
But since I have iTunes uninstalled, I go to apples site and download iTunes v8.0 again. After waiting for all that to get done, I get the same error message.
So I peruse this very discussion forum, and after looking for a good while at what is being recommended I go to a site and download v7.7 again.
Again, I get the same error message.
So here I am. I've tried working it out myself for the last 4 hours, and I seem to have made things worse.
So please, please, PLEASE, I ask for any help you can provide.
Can I get my iTunes back?
Is my Quicktime corrupted now?
Am I totally screwed?

I had the same problem when I went to upgrade to 8 and then downgrade back to 7.7. To fix this is a little involved, but you can do it. Let me put it this way, I talked my mother through it on the phone, and she has a hard time finding the power button So no worries, I'll help you get back up and running. I am running Vista now, so I am going off of memory for Vista, so bear with me.
I would do the following:
1. Uninstall both iTunes and Quicktime by going to Control Panel-Add Remove Programs, and choosing first Quicktime then iTunes.
2. Clean your registry. Easy now, it is not that hard. To do it, go to http://www.ccleaner.com/download and download CCleaner. It is free and has NO spyware. Install it and run the registry cleaner. It will remove any trace of both programs from the registry. Now you have 2 choices.
3a. Now I would install iTunes 8. Because you already installed it once, it converted its database file that it uses to track the library and play lists up to the iTunes 8 standard.
3b. If you have no problem loosing your playlists and library settings, you can go back to iTunes 7.7. To do this, first search for "itunes.ttl". To do this, go to Start-Search Files and Folders- and type in "iTunes.ttl" Once the search finishes, it will tell you where it is located. Navigate there using Windows Explorer or My Computer and delete it. Now you can install iTunes 7.7 with out any errors. You will not loose any files! just your playlists and it will not remember what is in your library.
As far as adding your songs again, did you try to re-importing your music? If you go to the file menu-add folder to library. It will bring up a dialogue box that will allow you to browse to the folder with your music.
Let me know if this works. I will help in anyway I can.
Good Luck,
linesma

When i try to update itunes and quicktime, it stops me and says " The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" please help.

when i try to update itunes and quicktime, it stops me and says " The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" please help.

Before trying the update again, use Microsoft's Fix it solution at http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall. Use it to uninstall iTunes and Quicktime. It bypasses this not uncommon problem. When the solution finishes, the selected program will be uninstalled. It can take several minutes and I have seen as much as half an hour.
After iTunes & Quicktime are uninstalled, try the update again.

ITunes and QuickTime doesn't open up on Windows Vista

Hi! I will apreciate all who tries to answer this question.
I have Windows Vista on my HP laptop and I dowloaded iTunes and QuickTime.
I had no problem downloading it, but then opening it came a box.
It said:
iTunes has stopped working
Windows can check online for a solution to the problem
-> Check online for a solution and close the program
-> Close the program
View problem details
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 10.1.1.4
Application Timestamp: 4d06bba9
Fault Module Name: StackHash_fd00
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 00227d80
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Then I press close the program and a speech bubble appears at the
bottom right corner of the screen.
It said:
iTunes was closed.
To help protect your computer, Data Execution Prevention
has closed iTunes.Click to learn more.
I have no idea whats hapening.
HELP!

excellent information, sparkly.
Fault Module Name: StackHash_fd00
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
... and:
To help protect your computer, Data Execution Prevention has closed iTunes
... and the QuickTime Player not launching either (it's a "QuickTime has stopped working" error?).
With that combination, we need to check on some other application (apart from QuickTime itself) stashing old QuickTime componentry on the PC in an unorthodox location. (Codec packs and video converters are the usual suspects with that, although some games might do the same.)
So we'll go looking for the older QuickTime componentry in the most common locations for it to be stashed.
First we'll need to change some view settings.
In your Start menu, open Computer.
In your Organise menu, select Folder Options.
In the View tab, make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is selected, and "Hide extensions for known file types" is unchecked.
Click OK.
Now in Computer, open your C:\ drive (or whichever drive you have your operating system installed on).
Open the "Windows" folder.
*If you have a 32-bit version of Windows,* open the "System32" folder.
*If you have a 64-bit version of Windows,* open the "SysWOW64" folder.
What files and folders can you see in there with QuickTime in the title? (In a standard installation of Quicktime you should be seeing precisely two files ... QuickTime.qts and QuickTimeVR.qtx ... and no QuickTime folders whatsoever.)

On OXS 10.8.2, difference between Quicktime and Quicktime 7 Pro ?

I just bought Quicktime 7 Pro however having a hardtime activating and getting it to work. Before buying it, I noticed the default install of OSX 10.8.2 had a Quicktime player. However, to get Quciktime 7 Pro, I read somewhere that I needed to install Quicktime 7, then plug in the registration code.
So after purchasing, I downloaded Quicktime 7. I could see the Quicktime Pro items in its menu ( with "HD" prefixes). I then went into the registration window and plugged in my name and code - exactly as shown on the store receipt - nothing happens. The Registration popup window shows a Quicktime Pro logo, but all the menu items for Quicktime Pro has disappeared. The menu items looks exatly like the old quicktime 7! with no new items.
Did I miss something?
What is the difference between the Quicktime Player installed by default with OSX 10.8.2 and Quicktime 7?

The menu items looks exatly like the old quicktime 7! with no new items.
No new menu options are added by keying QT 7 for "Pro" use. However, some options that were previously unaccessible (grayed out) will now be accessible. For instance, can you now open the "Properties" window (under the "Windows" menu) when a file is loaded in the QT 7 player app? If so, then the app is correctly keyed for "Pro" use.
Did I miss something?
Hard to say without actually seeing your system. Did you follow the instructions listed under the "Additional Information" heading on this web page?
What is the difference between the Quicktime Player installed by default with OSX 10.8.2 and Quicktime 7?
QT X is Apple's attemt to modernize QT by completely rewriting it to make better use of newer and more efficient video tecnologies—unfortunately, at the cost of compatibility with "legacy" video technologies and editing features developed over a two decade period of QT evolution. As such, QT X is still in its infancy and, on the one hand, still lacks many of the features and capabilities now taken for granted in QT 7 Pro (like layer compositing of content at the track level), and, on the other, adding new features (like the playback of "transport stream" files or native support for MPEG-2 GOP and AC3 content) which are not possible in QT 7.

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