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Control QuickTime like Final Cut Pro
Authored by: regulus on Aug 02, '08 06:55:13AM
This is what applescript is for. Applescript adds functionality that isn't enabled in the normal interface. For example, to skip forward a certain amount of time you could use the following. Change (10) to whatever seconds you want and you can even use negative numbers. Just use some hot-key type program and assign the script to a key combination and you're all set. Applescript can help with the movie size stuff too. I suggest you go to the applescript forum at macscripter (http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewforum.php?id=2) and search or post some questions.

tell application "QuickTime Player"
tell document 1
set ts to time scale
set ct to current time
set nt to ct + ts * (10)
set current time to nt
end tell
end tell


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Control QuickTime like Final Cut Pro
Authored by: Roquentin on Aug 05, '08 01:20:21PM

Yeah, I know you can do it in AppleScript, but the responsiveness of that method isn't even in the ballpark (same city, even) of what VLC can do with its built-in skip-ahead method, and the J-K-L scrubbing doesn't come close either.



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