Discovering Quicktime

Written for programmers, multimedia designers, and everyone interested in
the latest media technology, Discovering QuickTime gives you a step-by-step
introduction to QuickTime programming, from movies and animation to
streaming video on the Internet. The CD-ROM in the back provides working
applications, sample code, and the essential programming resources you need
to get started.

QuickTime sets the standard for worldwide distribution of multimedia
content. An increasing number of Windows and Macintosh application
developers use its extensive toolkit to bring time and action to their
programs. If you're going to compete in today's multimedia world, you need
to understand QuickTime.

This book shows you how to harness the power of QuickTime. It doesn't take
weeks of work to achieve sophisticated multimedia effects; fewer than a
dozen lines of Java or C can bring the power of QuickTime into your
application.

Table of contents

About This Book
The World of QuickTime

Introduction
The QuickTime User Experience
Delivering Movies
Composing Movies
Working With Digital Media
Capturing and Creating Movie Data

Programming Techniques

Resources For Programmers
Programming For Windows
Working With QuickTime Components
Opening and Playing Movies
Creating and Saving Movies
Capturing Movie Data
Working With Graphics and Sound
Coding Visual Effects
Programming Music
Writing Sprite Code
Coding For Virtual Reality
Using QuickTime Atoms
Accessing QuickTime Through Java

Appendices

QuickTime's Component Architecture
Media Types
Visual Effects
System Services in QuickTime

Contents of the CD
Glossary
Bibliography
Index