Automating creation of MobileMe Gallery from audio files in iTunes

Hi
I am wanting to create a MobileMe Gallery of a few songs in my iTunes library. The only option to do this is to wrap MP3 files in a .mov container as MobileMe gallery doesn't support audio files. I have worked out all the necessary steps to do this and would now like to automate the process. Here is the sequence I follow manually:
1. Select tracks in iTunes
2. Convert these Apple Lossless files to MP3
3. Add MP3 files to playlist
4. For each track in playlist:
5. Convert album image (.jpg) in album folder to max 640 width (so movies will play on iPhone)
6. Open resulting image in Quicktime Pro
7. Open Audio File in Quicktime Pro
8. Copy Image and Paste into Audio File in Quicktime Pro
9. Share File to Email using Quicktime Pro (this is the best way I've found of creating a small .mov file which just creates a container the same size as the image file and the audio file - presumably there's a way of exporting in the same way)
10. Drag .mov file created from Email created to MobileMe Gallery in iPhoto.
11. Repeat for each track
So I am looking for a way of automating this as much as possible, and wondering if applescript or automator would be the best way to go.
Ideally I would also like the script/automation to be able to create a .mov file slideshow of all images in the album folder (sometimes there is more than one image there), dividing the number of images by the length of the track (perhaps using the 'Add to selection and scale' feature in Quicktime Pro).
Finally one issue I am experiencing - converting the image file to max width 640 does allow the movie file to be played in the MobileMe Gallery from an iPhone, but the file that opens in the Movie Player on the iPhone doesn't show the image(s) in the .mov file, it just plays the audio. I wonder why this is happening?
Any advice on any of this would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Nick

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