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Re: [sc-users] weird problem with SC recorded .aiff files



this seems very useful but it doesn't work for me for some reason.  i get 'the variable theOpenMovie is not 
defined'.  btw, how would you tweak this script to save as 24bit?
thanks,
j

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> From: Michael Hairston <mhairston@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [sc-users] weird problem with SC recorded .aiff files
> Sent: 26 Aug '05 17:35
> 
>  > > its 32bit files by default, not all apps can handle them but quicktime
>  
>  Someone may find this useful:
>  
>  I wrote a little drag & drop applescript to convert to AIFF
>  16bit--copy this into Script Editor and save as Application, then drop
>  files onto it. It uses Quicktime Player (you don't have to have the
>  Pro version). It will convert any QT-compatible format (including
>  32-bit AIFFs) to 16-bit AIFF. The converted copies will be on the
>  Desktop.
>  
>  on open droppedfiles
>  tell application "QuickTime Player"
>  activate
>  repeat with f in droppedfiles
>  set theOpenMovie to (open f)
>  set this_name to the name of theOpenMovie
>  tell theOpenMovie
>  if can export as AIFF then
>  set parentPath to ((path to desktop folder) as string)
>  set outputFile to (parentPath & this_name & ".aif")
>  export to outputFile as AIFF
>  else
>  display dialog "Can't export file as AIFF"
>  end if
>  end tell
>  close theOpenMovie
>  end repeat
>  quit
>  end tell
>  end open
>  
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