Movie Toolbox

Overview

This chapter describes the Movie Toolbox and the key concepts that underlie QuickTime. The Movie Toolbox allows your application to use the full range of features provided by QuickTime. This toolbox provides functions that allow you to load, play, create, edit, and store objects that contain time-based data. If you are developing an application that works with time-based data, or if you are developing a component that will be used by movie applications, you should be familiar with the capabilities of the Movie Toolbox and the concepts discussed in this chapter.

This chapter contains the following major sections:

• "Introduction to Movies" discusses many of the concepts that are key to understanding how to use QuickTime, including time, movies, tracks, and media structures
• "About Movies" discusses the characteristics of QuickTime movies, tracks, and media structures
• "Using the Movie Toolbox" describes how you can use the Movie Toolbox to work with movies
• "Movie Toolbox Reference" describes the constants, data types, and functions provided by the Movie Toolbox