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MIME Type List

The MovieImportGetMIMETypeList function returns a list of the MIME types supported by a movie import component. This list is contained in the QT atom container described in this section. For more information about QT atom containers, see "QT Atoms".

At the top level of the atom container are three atoms for each supported MIME type. The atoms whose IDs are 1 describe the first supported MIME type, the atoms whose IDs are 2 describe the second supported MIME type, and so on.

• An atom of type kMimeInfoMimeTypeTag contains a string that identifies the MIME type, such as image/jpeg or image/x-jpeg .
• The atom of type kMimeInfoFileExtensionTag contains a string that specifies likely file extensions for files of this MIME type, such as jpg , jpe , and jpeg . If there is more than one extension, the extensions are separated by commas.
• The atom of type kMimeInfoDescriptionTag contains a string describing the MIME type for end users, such as JPEG Image .

Figure 11-3 illustrates a MIME type list.

Figure 3 A MIME type list

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