I haven't experimented with it myself, but you'll probably find what you need here. (Only works on original mac python distribution)
[sean:~] sean% python Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 12 2006, 00:08:11) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from Carbon import Qt >>> dir(Qt) ['AddSoundDescriptionExtension', 'AddTime', 'AlignWindow', 'CanQuickTimeOpenDataRef', 'CanQuickTimeOpenFile', 'ClearMoviesStickyError', 'CloseMovieFile', 'ConvertTime', 'ConvertTimeScale', 'CreateMovieFile', 'CreateShortcutMovieFile', 'DeleteMovieFile', 'DisposeMatte', 'DragAlignedWindow', 'EndFullScreen', 'EnterMovies', 'Error', 'ExitMovies', 'FlashMediaDoButtonActions', 'FlashMediaFrameLabelToMovieTime', 'FlashMediaFrameNumberToMovieTime', 'FlashMediaGetDisplayedFrameNumber', 'FlashMediaGetFlashVariable', 'FlashMediaGetRefConBounds', 'FlashMediaGetRefConID', 'FlashMediaGetSupportedSwfVersion', 'FlashMediaIDToRefCon', 'FlashMediaSetFlashVariable', 'FlashMediaSetPan', 'FlashMediaSetZoom', 'FlashMediaSetZoomRect', 'GetDataHandler', 'GetMovieImporterForDataRef', 'GetMoviesError', 'GetMoviesStickyError', 'GetSoundDescriptionExtension', 'Media', 'Media3DGetCameraAngleAspect', 'Media3DGetCameraData', 'Media3DGetCameraRange', 'Media3DGetCurrentGroup', 'Media3DRotateNamedObjectTo', 'Media3DScaleNamedObjectTo', 'Media3DSetCameraAngleAspect', 'Media3DSetCameraData', 'Media3DSetCameraRange', 'Media3DTranslateNamedObjectTo', 'MediaType', 'Movie', 'MovieController', 'MovieControllerType', 'MovieType', 'MoviesTask', 'MusicMediaGetIndexedTunePlayer', 'NewMovie', 'NewMovieFromDataFork', 'NewMovieFromDataFork64', 'NewMovieFromDataRef', 'NewMovieFromFile', 'NewMovieFromHandle', 'NewMovieFromScrap', 'NewTimeBase', 'NewUserData', 'NewUserDataFromHandle', 'OpenMovieFile', 'PasteHandleIntoMovie', 'QTDismissStandardParameterDialog', 'QTGetMIMETypeInfo', 'QTIsStandardParameterDialogEvent', 'QTNewAlias', 'QTRegisterAccessKey', 'QTStandardParameterDialogDoAction', 'QTTextToNativeText', 'QTUnregisterAccessKey', 'RemoveMovieResource', 'RemoveSoundDescriptionExtension', 'SpriteMediaCountImages', 'SpriteMediaCountSprites', 'SpriteMediaDisposeSprite', 'SpriteMediaGetActionVariable', 'SpriteMediaGetActionVariableAsString', 'SpriteMediaGetDisplayedSampleNumber', 'SpriteMediaGetImageName', 'SpriteMediaGetIndImageDescription', 'SpriteMediaGetProperty', 'SpriteMediaGetSpriteName', 'SpriteMediaGetSpriteProperty', 'SpriteMediaHitTestAllSprites', 'SpriteMediaHitTestOneSprite', 'SpriteMediaHitTestSprites', 'SpriteMediaSetActionVariable', 'SpriteMediaSetActionVariableToString', 'SpriteMediaSetProperty', 'SpriteMediaSetSpriteProperty', 'SpriteMediaSpriteIDToIndex', 'SpriteMediaSpriteIndexToID', 'SubtractTime', 'TextMediaAddHiliteSample', 'TextMediaAddTESample', 'TextMediaAddTextSample', 'TextMediaDrawRaw', 'TextMediaFindNextText', 'TextMediaGetTextProperty', 'TextMediaHiliteTextSample', 'TextMediaRawIdle', 'TextMediaRawSetup', 'TextMediaSetTextProperty', 'TextMediaSetTextSampleData', 'TimeBase', 'TimeBaseType', 'Track', 'TrackTimeToMediaTime', 'TrackType', 'UserData', 'UserDataType', 'VideoMediaGetCodecParameter', 'VideoMediaGetStallCount', 'VideoMediaGetStatistics', 'VideoMediaResetStatistics', 'VideoMediaSetCodecParameter', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__'] >>> ~Sean On Apr 18, 10:16 am, Simon Cassels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did u ever find anything out about this ? > > if so can you help me with some leads i am trying to figure an action > that can convert image files to quicktime automatically. > > cheers > simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list