Movie Toolbox Reference
This section describes all the Movie Toolbox data types and functions. The Movie Toolbox provides a rich and varied set of functions that allow your application to work with QuickTime movies. This discussion has been divided into the following sections:
If you are developing a QuickTime-aware application that plays existing movies, you should read "Functions for Getting and Playing Movies," which begins on page 2-70.
- "Data Types" identifies the data types used by your application when interacting with the Movie Toolbox
- "Functions for Getting and Playing Movies" describes the functions that applications can use to create, get, and play movies
- "Functions That Modify Movie Properties" describes functions that allow you to change the display, time, and sound characteristics of a movie
- "Functions for Editing Movies" discusses the functions that you can use to edit the contents of movies
- "Media Functions" discusses the functions that allow you to communicate with media handlers
- "Functions for Creating File Previews" describes the functions provided by the Movie Toolbox that allow you to create file previews
- "Functions for Displaying File Previews" describes the Movie Toolbox functions that let you display file previews
- "Time Base Functions" discusses the various Movie Toolbox functions that work
with time bases- "Matrix Functions" describes the Movie Toolbox functions that allow you to manipulate transformation matrices
- "Application-Defined Functions" describes the functions your application can provide when interacting with the Movie Toolbox
If you are developing an application that allows the user to create and edit movies, you should also read "Functions for Editing Movies," which begins on page 2-226. More advanced display and editing applications may use some of the functions described in "Functions That Modify Movie Properties," which begins on page 2-142.
Subtopics
- Data Types
- Functions for Getting and Playing Movies
- Functions That Modify Movie Properties
- Functions for Editing Movies
- Media Functions
- Functions for Creating File Previews
- Functions for Displaying File Previews
- Time Base Functions
- Matrix Functions
- Application-Defined Functions