QuickTime Files

QuickTime Extraction Files

• The Code
  

• How To Use The Code
  

• Demonstration Tclet
  

• Demonstration QuickTime File
  Empire Strikes Back
  http://brmc.berkeley.edu/people/shailen/qt/empire_strikes_back.qt

• Sample Output
  

Interesting Items About QuickTime Files

In question answer format

Q. What information can you get from a QuickTime files?
A.

• duration (seconds)
• width (in pixels)
• height (in pixels)
• annotations
• colors (b&w, 16, 256, millions)
• data format (cinepak)
• sample rate audio
• channels (mono, stereo)
• sample size (number of bits)
• compression (type and ratio)

Q. What is the height and width of the files being sent?
A. It seems like it is somewhere in there as the QT player can display it but i have not found out how it is done from the development area on the www.apple.com/quicktime site.

Q. What file types does QuickTime support?
A. It seems like it supports many, many different video types. See the spec for more information.

Important Links

1. QuickTime Pointers and Resources
   http://www.apple.com/quicktime

 

People I Talked To About QuickTime Files

 

Email : shailen@cs.berkeley.edu | Last Updated November 1998