Inside Macintosh: QuickTime Reference

AppleScript Support

With QuickTime 4.1, you can use AppleScript to automate movie playback, conversion, and editing using QuickTime Player. This introduces a number of new capabilities. For example, using simple AppleScript commands you can

open a movie and tell it to play for a specific duration
automate the conversion of movies from one format to another
batch process movie export (automate hinting of movies for streaming, for example)
play a movie from a URL
script playback of movies with control over size, rate, volume, balance, and looping.
automate annotation of movies
inventory movie contents (number of tracks, files used, annotations)
adjust track playback properties such as start time, volume, and layer

To learn more about AppleScript, refer to <www.apple.com/applescript>

QuickTime Player Standard Suite terms

QuickTime Player Suite terms

QuickTime Player Classes

Inside Macintosh: QuickTime Reference