Scripts for Quicktime Player ???

Whatever happened to the Apple Scripts for Quicktime player that worked with Quicktime Pro so that you could merge two movies, cut out segments, etc. The old set I have worked with Quicktime 6.5.5 but are dead now.
TIA.

Ironic, isn't it.
Today is QuickTime version 7's fifth birthday. 5 years without any additional Apple involvement in the AppleScripts that worked so well in version 6.
The move from version 6 to 7 also lost support of other features found in version 6. No more .swf files. No editing MIDI instruments. No more "free" rotation of video tracks. No more "transparency" for colors (no more color wheel, either). No "sprites" editor.
Features found in QuickTime 3 and 4 are also gone in later versions. Simple things like cross fades and transitions require 12 year old PPC apps that are hard to find.
Those of us that answer questions here do not work for Apple. We are just users like you.
It seems like Apple is moving toward Automator "actions" and away from AppleScript. But the dictionary for QuickTime Player is pretty slim.

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Script for Quicktime Closed Caption

Help please-
Using the basic script I've found online to produce closed captions, I seem to have problems with timecode-for example, captions don't always appear or disappear on time(some do and some don't).
Is there a trick to the script layout to improve caption performance?
thanks!

Do you want to be able to have them both recording at the same time?
I have had a little look through quicktimes dictionary and there doesnt really seem to be much there in regards to changing the source of the sound for recordings.
So i would suggest at looking to altering the preferrence file for quicktime player before you send it the activate command.
What you are going to have to do is to get the InputID line from within the preference file. Use the little script below to get the information about the inputId. So open quicktime, set the input to one of the two you want. Close it run the script and save the information somewhere, so you can compare it later on. Then open quicktime again change the preference to the other input you want and run the script again. Then you can compare the preference files and see what is needed to be altered to get it to record from the different locations.
set quickpref to (do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults read com.apple.quicktimeplayer CapturePreferenceDefaultMovieAudioDevice")
The script should work but i have only tested it on my computer, if it fails either spotlight for com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist or get it from users/library/preferences
A little tricky i know but hopefully shoulnt be too hard once you have narrowed down the items that need to be changed.
If you dont know how to alter your preference file with a script post the results and the items that change from what and to what and i will give it ago.

Is there any codec for QuickTime Player ?

Is there any codec for QuickTime Player ?

Do you mean are there other codecs you can install and play in QT, yes there is, just this and it will take care of them all just about.
http://perian.org/
If you don't have Flash, install it here
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Others are Silverlight (free) and Flip4Mac (payware) for protected Windows media files.
You can also install the free VLC player, it plays a lot too.
DivX, I don't know about, VLC likely can play that.
There is also RealPlayer, but I think that's dropped off the face of the planet

Trying to work on a script for QuickTime X, need help

So, I've been working on scripts to restore some functionality back to QuickTime X (mainly the preferences part of QuickTime).
http://web.me.com/celebi23/QuickTimeXScripts/Main.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2135161
I'm now trying to implement the "Recent Items" selection.
I almost have it all set up. It still won't make the selection though >_< The script won't open when I'm in QuickTime (via the script menu. all of the others open just fine. Have to run it from the AppleScript Editor to test it out). All of the individual Terminal commands work just fine though. Oh & there's an invalid connection with QuickTime apparently >_<
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"set recentItems to {"None", "5", "10", "15", "20", "30", "50"}
display dialog (choose from list recentItems with prompt "Select the amount of Recent Items.")
if recentItems is "None" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0"
else if recentItems is "5" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 5"
else if recentItems is "10" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 10"
else if recentItems is "15" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 15"
else if recentItems is "20" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20"
else if recentItems is "30" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 30"
else if recentItems is "50" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 50"
end if
display dialog "Please restart QuickTime Player for the preference changes to take effect." & return buttons {"Restart QuickTime Player"} default button 1 with icon alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:QuickTimePlayerX_128.icns" as string)
copy the result as list to {restartButton}
if restartButton is "Restart QuickTime Player" then
tell application "QuickTime Player" to quit
tell application "QuickTime Player" to open
end if"
Still trying to figure out how to include the "Restore Defaults" button. The code would be something like this. It would go before the restart dialog. Not sure where in the code to include the "Restore Defaults" button though >_<
"defaults delete com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit"
end if"
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you. The script now loads but, the preference never stays set. I chose "5" & the recent items still continue to be added to the recent items list. I've got 10 items in my "recent items" list even though I chose "5". The Terminal commands themselves work fine though
set recentItems to {"None", "5", "10", "15", "20", "30", "50"}
display dialog (choose from list recentItems with prompt "Select the amount of Recent Items.")
if recentItems is "None" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0"
else if recentItems is "5" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 5"
else if recentItems is "10" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 10"
else if recentItems is "15" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 15"
else if recentItems is "20" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20"
else if recentItems is "30" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 30"
else if recentItems is "50" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 50"
end if
set buttonClicked to button returned of (display dialog "Please restart QuickTime Player for the preference changes to take effect." & return buttons {"Restart QuickTime Player"} default button 1 with icon alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:QuickTimePlayerX_128.icns" as text))
if buttonClicked is "Restart QuickTime Player" then
tell application "QuickTime Player" to quit
delay 3 -- give the app time to quit, otherwise the next command may fail
tell application "QuickTime Player" to activate
end if
I took out the "Restore Defaults" because, according to the Terminal
There is no (NSRecentDocumentsLimit) default for the (com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX) domain.
Defaults have not been changed.
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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
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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.
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.

What is the most recent upgrade for Quicktime player for Mac OX 10.7.5

I have iOS 10.7.5 on my iMac. Recently my quicktime player won't play a slideshow created in Quicktime.
Can I upgrade my quicktime player application? If so, how?
Thank you. Mrs. D

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But it doesn't tell you which to install because it doesn't actually "read" the file. It only knows that something is missing.
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I am (very) new to mac things, and it looks like in theory I could use Automator to handle to conversion process, and perhaps even the re-import into iPhoto. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this? Where would be a good site to post this as a project that I could pay some one to help me, provide an automator script/workflow?
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My existing movies are all the following types straight from FinalCut
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Apple ProRes 422, 1920 x 1080
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And a movie size of 6.48 Gb
It seems obvious from other forum posts this is a planned move so that everything is the "new mobile device" ready state/format. To use Marc Speth's post as material....
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23749558#23749558
this is probably about dumbing down desk top OS to that pf iPhones and iPads. This is not what I paid good money to own a Mac Book Pro for....
Today I rolled all the back to Snow Leopard. Really good move...... All those new features hey? I lost the ability to work in spaces and of course the whole Quicktime debacle.
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I have a Quicktime pro license.
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I have had this happen to both my Mac Mini and my Mac Pro.

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I noticed that in my user preferences folder there are multiple (79) preference files for Quicktime player X. They all have the following format:
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Any information would be great-
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Discovered this when trying to open a movie via iPhoto library.
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I would like to add some metadata to a batch of quicktime movies and then make the files unable to be altered and re-saved so that I can post them on the web. If I open a movie in quicktime and run the following apple script I can then perform save as of movie A into movie B and movie B cannot be altered.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
set saveable of movie 1 to false
-- save self contained
end tell
I would love to be able to do this on a batch level in automator however I cannot figure out how to pass automator items to the apple script so that their saveable can be set to false, and after this I cannot figure out how to have to movies re-saved so the changes will take effect.
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how are you passing files to apple script? as finder items?
the following should work then
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
repeat with cur_file in input
set fname to (name of (get info for cur_file) as text)
tell application "QuickTime Player"
open file (cur_file as text)
set saveable of document 1 to false
tell application "Finder" to set new_item to (path to desktop as string) & fname
save self contained document 1 in new_item
delay 1
close document 1
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end run
</pre>
the above will dump the modified files onto your desktop and give them the same names they had before. You can adjust that as you like of course.

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