# Script to "Copy Frame Link"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844>\
**Category:** Automation\
**Created:** [January 8, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844 "2014-01-08T19:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![sand.glue](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@sand.glue](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sand.glue)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844/1 "2014-01-08T19:24:58Z")

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Hi,  
What is the variable name you would use in an AppleScript to copy the current time of a video in seconds? The functionality I’m looking for is partly already in “Copy Frame Link” of contextual menu of video files (for example: link?time=707.650299), but I would like to do the same thing with a script and also use the time in seconds in a file name with a script.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844/2 "2014-01-10T08:33:46Z")

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> [@sand.glue](#):
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> What is the variable name you would use in an AppleScript to copy the current time of a video in seconds?

There’s no property yet for the current time.

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**Author:** ![Luis\_S](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/luis_s/32/15996_2.png) [@Luis\_S](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Luis_S)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844/3 "2020-07-24T19:40:04Z")

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Has this changed since 2014? I’m wanting to automate Copy Frame Link with a hotkey instead of navigating the user interface by mouse to dramatically speed up video annotations.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844/4 "2020-07-27T08:00:17Z")

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> [@cgrunenberg](#):
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> There’s no property yet for the current time.

See `current movie frame` property of tabs/windows. You could also use the Annotations & Reminder inspector, the popup of the annotation includes the possibility to copy the current page/frame link (and a shortcut).

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-copy-frame-link/16844/5 "2022-01-21T11:20:43Z")

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