Need help with "batch saving workflow" quicktime / automator

Hi, my goal:

I have a lot of folders with (windows) DV-avi files I need to change container to apple mov.

The best way - I found out - to just change the container from avi to mov - without touching the video and audio stream or metadata - is:

open the file in quicktime pro 7

save as self contained movie (same filename, same location).

wait til finished.

open next file...

As far as I understand, the script should open and handle many files automatic, file by file - always waiting til process is finished, before starting with next file.

A probably similar thing I found is a script for batch encode..... but I need batch save 😟, because I don't want to "touch" the source media 🙂

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on

run

{

inputFiles

}

if

inputFiles

is equal to

{

}

then

set

inputFiles

to

(

choose

file

with prompt

"Select the file(s) to convert:"

with

multiple selections allowed

without

invisibles

)

end if

open

inputFiles

end

run

on

open

droppedItems

tell

application

"Finder"

to

set

inputFolder

to

(

container

of

first

item

of

droppedItems

)

as

Unicode text

set

outputFolder

to

(

choose folder

with prompt

"Select output folder:"

default location

(

inputFolder

as

alias

)

)

as

Unicode text

set

exportPreset

to

(

choose from list

{

"Movie"

,

"iPhone"

,

"iPod"

,

"HD 480p"

,

"HD 720p"

}

with prompt

"Choose QuickTime Export Preset:"

)

as

Unicode text

if

exportPreset

is equal to

"false"

then

return

end if

repeat with

currentItem

in

droppedItems

repeat until

getProcessPercentCPU

(

"CoreMediaAuthoringSessionHelper"

)

is equal to

""

delay

30

end repeat

tell

application

"Finder"

to

set

fileName

to

name

of

currentItem

as

Unicode text

convertFile

(

currentItem

,

outputFolder

&

fileName

&

".mov"

,

exportPreset

)

delay

30

end repeat

end

open

on

convertFile

(

inputFile

,

outputFile

,

exportPreset

)

tell

application

"QuickTime Player"

set

thisMovie

to

open

inputFile

export thisMovie

in

(

outputFile

)

using

settings preset exportPreset

close

thisMovie

end tell

end

convertFile

on

getProcessPercentCPU

(

processName

)

do shell script

"/bin/ps -xco %cpu,command | /usr/bin/awk '/"

&

processName

&

"$/ {print $1}'"

end

getProcessPercentCPU

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As I can’t get it to work myself, I ask for help…….

Appreciate your answer

all the best from austria