Use Applescript to have Quicktime record audio

I need to record and store an audio file of approximately 20 minutes in length in Filemaker Pro 13. I thought I could use Applescript to Launch Quicktime to do the recording, then tell Quicktime what folder to store it in as an MP3 file. I can't seem to understand the Quicktime dictionary to figure out how to do this.

Thank You. I figured out what I needed to do. I did however also start playing around with applescript and seeing how one can read messages using applescript. Every example that I saw used the "get selection" term after the "tell application 'mail' " command. I guess that is supposed to get every message in the mailbox. When I tried it, all I got was an empty array. It didn't matter if I had a mailbox selected or a message selected. It also didn't matter if it was a new message or one that was already read. Is there supposed to be another command before the get selection? Seeing how this command seems to be in several examples that I have seen on the internet, I have to assume that it should work but it isn't working for me.

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PwmBoat,
This made me smile, because things like this do make me smile... I never make videos on YouCam, but I did this time, so I could test this one out.
You did not say what webcam software you are using...
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Video and audio recording works on YouCam V3.5.1.4606
Make sure you have turned on a working microphone in Settings:
YouCam > Right-Side Settings >
Right-Side, Lower-Right, Select a working Microphone from the Drop down list
AND
CHECK "Capture with audio"
OK
You can also buy (for $38 US) YouCam 5.0 from the Cyberlink.com website and it has audio/video and all sorts of other goodies, too. (They have 3.x as well, but why buy what HP already gives you?)
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Not sure if this is a QuickTime issue, h.264 issue, or an AppleScript issue, but i thought I'd start here since I know the least about AppleScript and have some clues to the problem.
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export front document as image sequence using settings "Macintosh HD:Users:grato:Documents:SYNC:Sync Assets:settings:Sync_QTexport_setting.qtes" to "Macintosh HD:Users:grato:Documents:SYNC:Sync Assets:Assets:temp:Sync-"
end tell

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yeah - you can do it, but you need an adapter. The earphone jack on a pad is a special jack with stereo headphone uot put and a seperate mic in channel. The adapters i have seen are usually built to accomodate a standard 1/4 in - into the pad, like the one in the attached link. In theory, you could use the lineout on the mac, to a 1/4 in male - then into this adapter to get it back into the pad. Somebody probably makes the cable you need with the 1/4 shift, but I couldn't find one.
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http://www.tmart.com/Multimedia-Guitar-Audio-Interface-Adapter-for-iPhone-iPod-T ouch-iPad-Black_p126356.html?fixed_price=us_us&utm_source=base&utm_medium=organi c&utm_term=87002502&utm_campaign=product&gclid=CPq6t_jal74CFdDm7AodhSoABw
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