[TxMt] Re: How does the QuickTime embed thing work?

[Christian Eager]

Dru beat me to it, so all I'll do is confirm his suggestions, with one small
change:

set w to item 1 of (get natural dimensions of document 1)
 set h to item 2 of (get natural dimensions of document 1)

("movie" doesn't seem to be a valid class anymore—it's just "document").

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dru Kepple <dru at summitprojects.com> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> > Bump --
>
> > On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> >
> >> Now [...] I get a cryptic error
> >> pasted into the current document instead of my code.
>
> First, please provide the error.  That's going to be most helpful for other
> people to trying to help.
>
> >>
> >> How is this supposed to work, so I can understand where to start
> >> poking around?
>
> Not sure, but what that is is a drag command.  Open up the Bundle Editor
> (Control-Option-Command-B, or Bundles > Bundle Editor > Show Bundle Editor).
>  Then choose "Drag Commands" from the pop up menu in the top left.  Then
> open up the HTML section in the bar on the left.  Look for the "Insert
> QuickTime Movie" command.
>
> >> Does it rely on QuickTime 7 Pro being installed?
> >>
> I'm not the best one to provide information on drag commands, or on this
> particular one, but the code for the command I have installed (should be the
> one that came with TM) seems to rely on AppleScript, which actually then
> uses Quicktime Player to get the dimensions of the dropped movie.
>
> The obvious thing to me is that if Snow Leopard broke this, then maybe it's
> a difference in the AppleScript dictionaries for QuickTime Player 7 and the
> new QuickTime Player (X).
>
> Just a guess...app "QuickTime Player" will refer to QT X on Snow Leopard,
> but was probably intended for what is now called QT 7 when it was written.
>  Looking at the AppleScript being sent, the command is getting the
> dimensions of the movie.  This is a valid movie property in QuickTime 7, but
> not in QuickTime X (I'm looking at the dictionaries in AppleScript Editor).
>  QT X has a "natural dimensions" property, though, which seems like the same
> thing.
>
> So, in theory, we can change this:
>
>                set w to item 1 of (get dimensions of movie 1)
>                set h to item 2 of (get dimensions of movie 1)
>
> to this:
>
>                set w to item 1 of (get natural dimensions of movie 1)
>                set h to item 2 of (get natural dimensions of movie 1)
>
> Or, if you have QT 7 installed (personally, I still like it better), you
> can change this:
>
>        tell app "QuickTime Player"
>
> to this:
>
>        tell app "QuickTime Player 7"
>
> Haven't actually tried any of these suggestions, just conjecture, but if it
> doesn't work, maybe that gets you pointed in the right direction.
>
> +dru
>
>
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