Automator, iMovie and Applescript problem
Hi,
I'm trying to convert a .mov file to .mp4 using Visualhub and automator, but a step in my automator file uses an applescript step that just causes the automator flow to stop and the end and not gon one with the rest of the actions.
More specifically:-
1. I use my HD camera to film something.
2. Connect the camera to my mac.
3. Import the video using iMovie.
4. My Automator actions ask me to confirm that iMovie has finished the import
5. Then Ask for finder items, which is get the newly imported .mov into VisualHub
6. Run the problematic Applescript:-
on run {input, parameters}
--we need to unset the default timeout length of two minutes, we'll make it 45
with timeout of (45 * 60) seconds
tell application "VisualHub" to set VisualHub to load script (scripts path of main bundle & "/automation.scpt" as POSIX file)
tell VisualHub
LoadSettings("/Volumes/MyBook/hd.cam.settings.vhub")
--SetSaveLocation("YOURHARDDRIVE:Users:YOURNAME:Desktop:iphonemovies:temp")
AddFiles(input)
StartConversion()
QuitApp()
end tell
end timeout
return input
--delay 15
end run
Which I've used from this site (http://professafresh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/fun-with-automator/) and just stopped the two lines with a comment marker.
What is supposed to happen after that is that
7. Automator asks to confirm that VisualHub has finished.
8. VisualHub quits
9. Finder finds the .mov that was created when the film was imported
10. Finder then moves the item to the trash.
So there is something going on with the applescript that causes the process to stop after the conversion.
Some points:-
1. I have used the VisualHub import and convert script step but the default settings are not what I'm after as I want the video resized to 960x540.
2. iMovie recognizes and keeps all the head info as long as the file name is the same. So if you skip over the thumbnail in iMovie the timestamp changes to reflect the time that the video was taken. If you convert the .mov to .mp4 the info is retained but with a much smaller video size.
I've tried to give as much info as possible, sorry if it's too much.
Regards,
iMoive and iPhoto are not free apps. If you purchased them on your iPhone they should available to download again on your new iPhone.
-Doug
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