AppleScript for QuickTime export of frames

I would like to get an AppleScript to --
1) Take a folder full of QT movies (slideshows), and for each movie create a new folder with the name of the orig movie (e.g. "nelson.mov" --> "nelson" foldername), and for each movie --
2) export a series of frames from each 30 - 200 second QuickTime narrated slideshow movie (typically 4-8 frames per movie), with each frame saved with name nnnnnn.jpg, where "nnnnn" is the TIME for that frame in the movie, into the folder for that movie
3) export the audio track as a .aif audio file into the folder for that movie
Although I have done some AppleScripting, the above is Way Beyond my expertise...
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks

You don't ask for much, do your Donald?
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/
Most of these AppleScripts still work with QT 7 and Tiger. Some are "broken" but fixable.
You may also want to look toward Automator (part of Tiger) that can help you write (no real writing) Workflows and Contextual menu apps that you can invoke with a few mouse clicks.

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<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
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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.
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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")
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set new_file to make_file as alias
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on mergeFilesUsingQT(thisfile, theCount, totalFiles)
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activate
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                              --then it is copied to be added to the next file
open thisfile
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tell document 1
set x to get duration
set current time to x
paste
select all
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end if
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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
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end tell
tell application "QuickTime Player"
set temp_doc to make new document
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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
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end tell
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          tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
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open a_file
delay 1
tell document 1
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set current time to t
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