What's New in QuickTime 4.1
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Using the annotation class you can specify and retrieve information about the movie, such as its author, director, artist, comments, copyright information, sources, and playback requirements.
An annotation can be specified by
Note: To produce the copyright (©) symbol, press option-G.
For the full list of standard annotations, see the annotation info panel in the Pro version of QuickTime Player. Only movie annotations are currently supported.
Class annotation: An annotation in a QuickTime movie
Some examples of how you would use various properties of the "annotation" class:
get the name of the first annotation
get the name of every annotation
-- get full text of annotation
get the full text of second annotation
get the full text of annotation "Copyright"
-- set full text of annotation
set the full text of first annotation to "My first annotation"
set the full text of annotation "Author" to "John Q. Author"
Advanced Tip: To delete an annotation, set its ID text to an empty string (""). To create an annotation by name or id, simply set its full text to a non-empty string.
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