Convert HD to SD

[Treewhisperer]

Hello,

Im new to ae scripting, i really like the stuff im seeing here, its very nice.
Idd like to have the posibility to convert large amounts of avi files from HD to SD. I started off with a script and it does convert all my comps. But i really like to automate it further. Can someone help me or point me in the right direction?
Thx in advance
Treewhiperer

Here is the script

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//based on renderNamedItems

//To do
//user defines render location
//each avi file will be placed in a comp and added to renderque


var sectionName = "AE Example Scripts"; //Groups together keys into a section, stored in Prefs file
var keyName = "Render comps with this string"; //A useful way of labelling what data we've saved
var searchString = "";

var OPmodule = "SDcodec"; //Template

if (app.settings.haveSetting(sectionName, keyName)) { //Look in the prefs file to see if settings exist
	searchString = app.settings.getSetting(sectionName, keyName); //If so, set the variable to existing
}	

for (i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; ++i) { //for/next loop goes through all Items
		
		var curItem = app.project.item(i); // get each video item and place it in a comp
		/*compName = curItem.name;
		compWidth = curItem.width;
		compHeight = curItem.height;
		app.project.items.addComp(compName, compWidth, compHeight, 1.0, 1, 25);*/

		addtoQueue();
}

function addtoQueue(){
		
		if (curItem instanceof CompItem) { //test if current item is a composition
		
			if (curItem.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString) != -1) { //test if string exists in comp name
				var tempQ = app.project.renderQueue.items.add(curItem); //add item to the Render Queue
				try{
					tempQ.outputModules[1].applyTemplate(OPmodule);
				}
				catch(e){
					alert("Please Load the Required Templates \n Located here - snap5 - bucket1 - admin - Expressions_Etc \n\n" + e.toString())
					}
			}
		}	
}