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QuickTimeX in Applescript / Scripting Bridge

I'd like to be able to grab the metadata of the currently playing file in Quicktime X using ScriptingBridge and Ruby, so far I have the following code

require 'osx/cocoa'
OSX.require_framework 'ScriptingBridge'

@app = OSX::SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX")

@app.documents.each do |movie|
  # What now?!
end

But I can't find any functions in QuickTime X's applescript dictionary to get the metadata from a document object (the same data you can see in QT's 'Show Movie Inspector' HUD) — does anyone have any ideas?

Solution

  • What about if you download QuickTime Player 7 and use that instead? It wont replace QuickTime Player X and has many features that X does not (although you'll need a pro serial number to access some of the features from the GUI). Apple still make this version available for a good reason!

    Alternatively, if you've got as far as writing some Obj-C code, you could go one step further and access the metadata directly, as illustrated here.