OK, changing movie to document prevents the error. I am not sure you need the
rate information. Below appeared to work for me, though you might want to set
the volume from iTunes much the way you got the position from iTunes.
tell application "iTunes"
pause
set my_track to location of current track
set my_seconds to player position
end tell
tell application "QuickTime Player"
open my_track
set my_movie to first document
set current time of my_movie to my_seconds
set rate of my_movie to 1.33
-- play the my _movie -- starts playing
end tell
On Sep 25, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Jon Cohn wrote:
> WHen you went back into the applescript editor from the dialog it should have
> told you that Movie was highlighted. The editor is not recognizing movie as
> a class of "quicktime player" and so it is assuming the word movie is
> actually a variable (identifier) but in syntactically a class is required in
> that sentence. I am looking at the code now and will get back on how to
> fix...
>
> Best wishes,
> Jonathan
>
> On Sep 25, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:
>
>>> Hi all,
>>
>>> A while ago, I think I remember reading a message on this list that
>>> explained how to accelerate the speed at which files are being played in
>>> iTunes, using an Apple script that invoked QuickTime to perform this
>>> function.
>>
>>> Although I did keep the script, when I try to run it under Lion, I get the
>>> following error message:
>>> "Syntax error" "Expected class name but found identifier."
>>> I must say I'm no AppleScript expert, as it's the 1st time I'm using the
>>> AppleScript editor.
>>
>> Here's the script I have:
>>>
>>> =====================================
>>> (*
>>> Play this song at 1.33x
>>> *)
>>> tell application "iTunes"
>>> pause
>>> set my_track to location of current track
>>> set my_seconds to player position
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> tell application "QuickTime Player"
>>> open my_track
>>> set my_movie to first movie
>>> set ts to time scale of my_movie
>>> set current time of my_movie to my_seconds * ts
>>> set rate of my_movie to 1.33 -- starts playing
>>> end tell
>>> =====================================
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how this script ought to be modified so it works in the
>> Lion/iTunes/QuickTime new worlds?
>>
>>> Finally, Can anybody tell me how one ascertains where the syntax error is
>>> in the code^ Normally, an interpreter lets us know where the problem
>>> occurred in the code. I could not exactly pinpoint it in this case…
>>
>>> Thanks in advance for helping this AppleScript newbi.
>>
>> Cheers, from Varennes, Quebec, Canada
>>>
>>>
>>> Jean-Claude Provost
>>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>>
>>
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