Run QuickTime from command line to export video

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Published on 2009-11-22T18:51:31Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 16:04 UTC
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I have a bunch of avi's I am converting to m4v, and I can do this in QuickTime by opening the video and then go 'Save As', select a folder, select the type (iPhone, Movie, etc), blah blah blah. But I have around 100 videos I want to do this with. Command line options? Or batch processing options in the GUI? Enlighten me, please.

This is QuickTime X on Snow Leopard.

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