Inside Macintosh: QuickTime

Functions That Modify Movie Properties

The Movie Toolbox provides a number of functions that allow applications to edit existing movies or to create the contents of new movies. This section describes those functions. It has been divided into the following topics:

"Working With Movie Spatial Characteristics" describes a number of functions that allow you to work with the display characteristics of movies
"Working With Sound Volume" discusses the functions that your application can use to work with the sound volume of a movie or a track
"Working with Movie Time" discusses several functions that allow your application to change the time characteristics of movies
"Working With Track Time" describes functions that your application can use to change the time characteristics of individual tracks within a movie
"Working With Media Time" discusses the functions that your application can use to change the time characteristics of a media
"Finding Interesting Times" describes the Movie Toolbox functions that allow you to retrieve information about when key events occur in movies, tracks, and media structures
"Locating a Movie's Tracks and Media Structures" describes the functions that allow your application to find tracks that are associated with a movie
"Working With Alternate Tracks" discusses the Movie Toolbox functions that allow you to define and use alternate tracks in a movie
"Working With Data References" describes the Movie Toolbox functions that allow you to work with a movie's data references
"Determining Movie Creation and Modification Time" discusses the functions that you can use to determine when a movie was created or last changed
"Working With Media Samples" describes several functions that allow you to get and set detailed information about sample data in a media
"Working With Movie User Data" discusses the functions that you can use to get and set the user data that is associated with a movie

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