[APPLESCRIPT] Change QuickTime movie aspect ratio

[Mikuro]

Originally Posted by hindsholm

I am sorry to ask a stupid question like this, but I am a new iMac userand I can't figure out how to install the script. It works fine when I execute it, but I would like to have it available on the menu whenever I run QuickTime. What do I do?

TIA

I recommend using the AppleScript menu. You can enable this menu by using the "/Applications/AppleScript/AppleScript Utility" program.

Once you have it enabled, go into QuickTime Player, and select from the Script menu "Open Scripts Folder > QuickTime Player Scripts Folder". Drop the script files into that folder, and they will now appear in the menu whenever QuickTime Player is active.

[oslomac]

Thanks! Have been looking forever to get a simple thing like this to convert my skinny files into regular aspect ratio files. Thanks so much. Just used the script "Change QuickTime movie aspect ratio script.scpt" and it worked like a charm.
=) oslodude

[mchristopherson]

this is great. Thank you

[roblawrenson]

I was having a problem using iDVD 08 to encode a dvd from a quicktime reference output from Avid. Even though the movie displays fine when played in Quicktime, after I specify 16:9 square pixels on the QT reference settings in Avid, when iDVD imports the movie, it creates a 4:3 DVD. Your little script application solved the problem immediately. I also joined to download and thank you. Good work.

Now can someone tell Apple to put just one more option into iDVD, so we don't have to go through this rigmarole?!