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 >