Using automator to render and save hundred's of LT files

hello. I have a few hundred LiveType projects that I need to render to QT movie--need to make them eneditable but still usable in FCP--So, does anyone know if I can do this with Automator, i.e. point it at a folder and let it open, render, save to different folder and close (rinse/repeat)?
Or is there an applescript that can do this?
thanks in advance.

Well, I was able to use automator, somewhat... where the hiccup occurs is when the file needs to be saved. If the render time takes more than a minute or so, then automator chokes. Fortunately, most of my files took less time to render, so the majority could be automated. When a hiccup occurred, the mac let out an alert sign and I manually rendered that file(s) and set automator up again until the next hiccup.
there is a "timeout" selection in Automator for each step, but try as I may to get the save step to delay 3 minutes, it wouldn't work. I tried everything.

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