QuickTime - Automating QuickTime Player with AppleScript

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Automating QuickTime Player with AppleScript

In Mac OS X, you can use AppleScript to automate QuickTime Player functions. For
example, you can open a movie and tell it to play for a specific duration; automate the
conversion of movies from one format to another; adjust track playback properties
such as start time, volume, and layer; or adjust movie properties such as copyright and
author.

To determine all of the AppleScript commands you can use to control QuickTime
Player, install AppleScript and look at the QuickTime Player AppleScript dictionary.

1

Open Script Editor.

2

Choose File > Open Dictionary.

3

Select QuickTime Player.

Sample QuickTime Player scripts can be found on the AppleScript website
(www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/).

To do this

Press (Mac OS X)

Press (Windows)

Enter full-screen mode

Command-F

Control-F

Exit full-screen mode

Command-period or Esc

Control-period or Esc

Play movie at half size

Command-0

Control-0

Play movie at normal size

Command-1

Control-1

Play movie at double size

Command-2

Control-2

Play movie at full size

Command-3

Control-3

Move In marker to playhead
location

I

I

Move Out marker to playhead
location

O

O

Extend selection to the left

Option–Shift–Left Arrow

Extend selection to the right

Option–Shift–
Right Arrow

Extend selection to point clicked
in LCD

Shift-click

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