Here’s a bash script that creates an XML file for FLVTool2:

#!/bin/bash
#
# /usr/local/bin/cuepoints
#
# Generate an XML file used by FLVTool2 to add cuepoints to a flash file
# The XML file adds a cuepoint every ten seconds, to line up with timestamps
#
# Syntax: cuepoints [<seconds>] [<filename>]
#         cuepoints 1800 cuepoints-1800.xml
#         cuepoints 7200
#         cuepoints
#
# Options for start time and interval could be added
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Add a help screen
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" -o "$1" = "help" ]
 then echo -e "\ncuepoints [<seconds>] [<filename>]"
  echo -e "\tThe cuepoints script creates an XML file used by FLVTool2 to add cuepoints to a flash file"
  echo -e "\nSyntax:"
  echo -e "\tcuepoints \t\t(defaults to 3600 seconds, or one hour, written to cuepoints.xml)"
  echo -e "\tcuepoints 1800 \t\t(create cuepoints for a half-hour file)"
  echo -e "\tcuepoints 1800 cuepoints-1800.xml\t(specify a filename)\n"
   exit
fi

echo -e "\nCreating cuepoints.xml, used by FLVTool2 to add cuepoints to a flash file \
(see \"cuepoints help\" for syntax and options)\n"

# Check for length
if [ "$1" = "" ]
 then LENGTH="3600"
 else LENGTH="$1"
fi

# Check for filename
if [ "$2" = "" ]
 then FIL="cuepoints.xml"
 else FIL="$2"
fi
 
# Write the header
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" > $FIL
echo "<tags>" >> $FIL
echo "  <!-- navigation cue points -->" >> $FIL
 
# Write the body
for N in $(seq 0 10 $LENGTH)
do
 NAME="$( echo $(date -d "+$N seconds"\ 00:00:00 +%H:%M:%S) )"
 echo "  <metatag event=\"onCuePoint\">" >> $FIL
 echo "    <name>"$NAME"</name>" >> $FIL
 echo "    <timestamp>"$N"000</timestamp>" >> $FIL
 echo "    <type>navigation</type>" >> $FIL
 echo "  </metatag>" >> $FIL
done
 
# Write the footer
echo "</tags>" >> $FIL
  
echo -e "An XML file specifying $LENGTH timestamps has been written to $FIL\n"

echo -e "To create a flash file with these cuepoints, use \"flvtool2 -AUPt cuepoints.xml input.flv output.flv\"\n"

#EOF

Here’s another xslt-script which generates FLVTool2 cuepoints from Motion project-files (*.motn), tested with Apple Motion 2.0.1. Use the generated XML like flvtool2 -AUPktv mymeta.cue.xml test.flv testout.flv.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" />
<xsl:template match="/ozml">
<tags>
	<xsl:for-each select="./scene/timemarkerset/timemarker">
		<metatag event="onCuePoint" overwrite="true">
			<name><xsl:value-of select="./label/text()" /></name>
			<timestamp><xsl:value-of select="round(./inpoint/text() div 25 * 1000)" /></timestamp>
			<type>event</type>
		</metatag>
  	 </xsl:for-each>
</tags>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

After Effects Script (tested on AE CS3): Convert all markers of the selected layer to a flvtool2-xml. Save and rename to activelayer_to_cuepoints.jsx and place in your scripts folder.

/**
* Original author: Mathis Moder (mathis.moder at gmail.com)
* Date: 07/19/2008
*/
var layer = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];
var cues = layer.property("Marker");
var out = filePutDialog("Select an Output File", "cuepoint_"+layer.name+".xml", "xml");

if (out == null){
	alert("No output file selected. Aborting."); 
} else {

out.open("w");
	out.writeln('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>');
	out.writeln('<tags>');
	out.writeln('<!-- source="'+layer.name+'"-->');

		
	//loop through activeComp by markers
	for(var i=0;i<cues.numKeys; i++){

	//for(var i=0;i<app.project.activeItem.workAreaDuration;i+=app.project.activeItem.frameDuration) {
		var marker = cues.valueAtTime(cues.keyTime(i+1),true);
		if(marker.comment == "") continue;

		var time = Math.round(cues.keyTime(i+1)*1000); 
		out.writeln('<metatag event="onCuePoint" overwrite="true">');
		out.writeln("<timestamp>" + time + "</timestamp>");
		out.writeln("<name>" + marker.comment + "</name>");
		out.writeln("<type>event</type>");
		out.writeln("<parameters>");
			for (var j in marker){
				if (typeof(marker[j]) != "function") {
						out.writeln("<"+j+">"+marker[j]+"</"+j+">");
				}
			}
		out.writeln("</parameters>");
		out.writeln("</metatag>");

		}
	out.write("</tags>");
	out.close();
}

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