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Compress QuickTime to MPEG 4
Function: Compresses QuickTime movies to MPEG-4 and places the files into the selected folder.
Author: Center Mid Software
Input: (Anything) QuickTime files
Output: (Anything)
Notes: Configure MPEG-4 compression settings in QuickTime Player before using this action. Warning: Make sure to pass files, not folders, to this action. The Filter Finder Items action, for example, could be used to make sure only QuickTime files are selected.
Update: Adds more flexible QuickTime compression features and is therefore renamed to Compress QuickTime Using Most Recent Settings.
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Hey anyone have a automator work flow that will compress any format to an apple TV? Would like to know if it can be done. Exp download a movie off the net and have automator open up VisualHub to do the compress, add it to itunes.
Comment by rob — July 8, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
Yes, I also need tha ability to set the parameters of QT for multiple outputs from a file, not just “last used”.
Comment by Britt — April 25, 2008 @ 11:19 am
I find myself constantly switching between different compression specifications when exporting quicktime videos. Since there’s no way to save compression setting user-defined presets, I was wondering if this could be done through Automator?
Comment by QA — March 10, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
what about a fixed or set of quicktime settings, rather than last used?
Comment by valarie plane — April 6, 2007 @ 12:46 am
Just ran the script and it works great!
Question though. Is there an action that I can put into the script so that it will close out the movies when it is done openning and saving them. Some of these clips are over 1GB! And it will surely bog down my machine after the first few are openned up.
Comment by Stephen — December 14, 2006 @ 2:58 pm