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Inside Macintosh: QuickTime /
Chapter 1 - Introduction to QuickTime


The QuickTime Architecture

QuickTime comprises two managers: the Movie Toolbox and the Image Compression Manager. QuickTime also relies on the Component Manager, as well as a set of predefined components. Figure 1-1 shows the relationships of these managers and an application that is playing a movie.

Figure 1-1 QuickTime playing a movie

The following sections discuss these managers in more detail.


Subtopics
The Movie Toolbox
The Image Compression Manager
The Component Manager
QuickTime Components

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6 JUL 1996