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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:09:24 -0400
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QuickTime Player has a very robust dictionary and may be able to help  
you.

On Jun 17, 2008, at 12:25 AM, BareFeet wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Short question:
>
> How can I get the recordDate (ie date that the clip was first  
> recorded on a video camera) from a DV video clip?
>
>
> More detail:
>
> I have a pile of DV video clips. When I open them in iMovie HD 6 or  
> CatDV, they can show the recorded date. But I can't see anyway to  
> see the recorded date in QuickTime player or the System Events  
> AppleScript dictionary, or the Image Events AppleScript dictionary,  
> or any other way to extract the recordDate programatically.
>
> The Finder's creation date is a different date since iMovie  
> somewhere along the way has set it to the date that the footage was  
> dumped from camera to disk or when the clip was split etc.
>
> My main purpose in doing this is so I can correct the date that  
> iMovie 08 uses for the clips since importing older projects ignores  
> the recorded date and instead uses the (incorrect) creation date.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
> BareFeet
>

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