[gnubie]

Hi,

I'm trying to write an Applescript that will batch process some .AVIs to .DVs. I have written something which works for all aspects except for the exporting. I wrote a test script and "can export" is true for the file, but when the real script comes to the export line it gives me the error: "Quicktime Player got an error: Can't make some data into the expected type."

here's a link to the text of my script:
http://homepage.mac.com/chrise/qtc.txt

tia,

gnubie

[Camelot]

Without actually running the script, the export command wants an alias as the destination, but your script passes "(expFolder as string) & theFile" which isn't an alias, it's a string.

Try:

export movie i to (alias ((expFolder as string) & theFile)) as DV stream

instead.