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

[Walter Lee Davis]

That's cool, thanks to both of you. I haven't used AppleScript in a  
very long time, can anyone recommend a way to write this so that it  
would try QuickTime Player 7 syntax first, and then step down to  
QuickTime Player X if it didn't find it?

Walter

On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Christian Eager wrote:

> 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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