• Who Needs To Read This Document

• How This Document Is Organized

• See Also

• Installing QuickTime 7

• Hardware and Software Requirements

• New Pro Key Required

• QuickTime in Perspective

• New Features of QuickTime 7 for Windows

• New Directions in QuickTime 7 for Windows

• What Developers Need To Do

• Object Model Evolution

• In Summary QuickTime 6 through QuickTime 7

• Changes to QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro

• New in QuickTime Player

• New in QuickTime Pro

• Other Changes and Enhancements

• New COM/ActiveX Control

• Advantages For Developers

• How It Works

• Visual Basic .NET and C#

• Getting Started With QuickTime COM Control

• Example Code To Create a Simple COM/ActiveX Control Application in Visual Basic 6

• Code Example #1

• Code Example #2

• Audio Enhancements

• New Abstraction Layer For Audio

• Creating an Audio Context

• High-Resolution Audio Support

• Playback

• QuickTime Settings Dialogs

• Export

• Sound Description Creation and Accessor Functions

• Audio Playback Enhancements

• Preventing Pitch-Shifting

• Gain, Mute, and Balance

• Level and Frequency Metering

• Audio Conversion, Export, and Extraction

• Standard Audio Compression Enhancements

• Audio Export Enhancements

• Video Enhancements

• Frame Reordering Video

• Understanding Frame Reordering Video Compression

• Finding and Adding Samples

• Compressing Video Using Frame Reordering

• H.264 Codec

• Replacing NewMovieFrom... Functions

• Using NewMovieFromProperties

• QuickTime Metadata Enhancements and API

• How It Works

• Advantages of the New Metadata Format

• QuickTime Sample Table API

• Other Changes and Enhancements

• New Install Location

• New QuickTime DLL

• New QuickTime Directories APIs

• Updates to QuickTime for Java

• QuickTime 7 API Reference

• Functions

• AddMediaSample2

• AddMediaSampleFromEncodedFrame

• AddSampleTableToMedia

• CopyMediaMutableSampleTable

• DisposeMovieExportStageReachedCallbackUPP

• DisposeQTTrackPropertyListenerUPP

• ExtendMediaDecodeDurationToDisplayEndTime

• GetDSequenceNonScheduledDisplayDirection

• GetDSequenceNonScheduledDisplayTime

• GetMediaAdvanceDecodeTime

• GetMediaDataSizeTime64

• GetMediaDecodeDuration

• GetMediaDisplayDuration

• GetMediaDisplayEndTime

• GetMediaDisplayStartTime

• GetMediaNextInterestingDecodeTime

• GetMediaNextInterestingDisplayTime

• GetMediaSample2

• GetMovieAudioBalance

• GetMovieAudioContext

• GetMovieAudioFrequencyLevels

• GetMovieAudioFrequencyMeteringBandFrequencies

• GetMovieAudioFrequencyMeteringNumBands

• GetMovieAudioGain

• GetMovieAudioMute

• GetMovieAudioVolumeLevels

• GetMovieAudioVolumeMeteringEnabled

• GetQTApplicationDirectory

• GetQTComponentDirectory

• GetQTExtensionDirectory

• GetQTSystemDirectory

• GetTrackAudioGain

• GetTrackAudioMute

• GetTrackEditRate64

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsCreate

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsCreateCopy

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsGetForceKeyFrame

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsGetFrameType

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsGetProperty

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsGetPropertyInfo

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsGetTypeID

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsRelease

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsRetain

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsSetForceKeyFrame

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsSetFrameType

• ICMCompressionFrameOptionsSetProperty

• ICMCompressionSessionBeginPass

• ICMCompressionSessionCompleteFrames

• ICMCompressionSessionCreate

• ICMCompressionSessionEncodeFrame

• ICMCompressionSessionEndPass

• ICMCompressionSessionGetImageDescription

• ICMCompressionSessionGetPixelBufferPool

• ICMCompressionSessionGetProperty

• ICMCompressionSessionGetPropertyInfo

• ICMCompressionSessionGetTimeScale

• ICMCompressionSessionGetTypeID

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsCreate

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsCreateCopy

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetAllowFrameReordering

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetAllowFrameTimeChanges

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetAllowTemporalCompression

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetDurationsNeeded

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetMaxKeyFrameInterval

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetProperty

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetPropertyInfo

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsGetTypeID

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsRelease

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsRetain

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetAllowFrameReordering

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetAllowFrameTimeChanges

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetAllowTemporalCompression

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetDurationsNeeded

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetMaxKeyFrameInterval

• ICMCompressionSessionOptionsSetProperty

• ICMCompressionSessionProcessBetweenPasses

• ICMCompressionSessionRelease

• ICMCompressionSessionRetain

• ICMCompressionSessionSetProperty

• ICMCompressionSessionSupportsMultiPassEncoding

• ICMCompressorSessionDropFrame

• ICMCompressorSessionEmitEncodedFrame

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameGetDisplayNumber

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameGetDisplayTimeStampAndDuration

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameGetFrameOptions

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameGetPixelBuffer

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameGetTypeID

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameRelease

• ICMCompressorSourceFrameRetain

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsCreate

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsCreateCopy

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsGetProperty

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsGetPropertyInfo

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsGetTypeID

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsRelease

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsRetain

• ICMDecompressionFrameOptionsSetProperty

• ICMDecompressionSessionCreate

• ICMDecompressionSessionCreateForVisualContext

• ICMDecompressionSessionDecodeFrame

• ICMDecompressionSessionFlush

• ICMDecompressionSessionGetProperty

• ICMDecompressionSessionGetPropertyInfo

• ICMDecompressionSessionGetTypeID

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsCreate

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsCreateCopy

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsGetPropertyInfo

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsGetProperty

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsGetTypeID

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsRelease

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsRetain

• ICMDecompressionSessionOptionsSetProperty

• ICMDecompressionSessionRetain

• ICMDecompressionSessionRelease

• ICMDecompressionSessionSetNonScheduledDisplayDirection

• ICMDecompressionSessionSetNonScheduledDisplayTime

• ICMDecompressionSessionSetProperty

• ICMEncodedFrameGetBufferSize

• ICMEncodedFrameCreateMutable

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDataPtr

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDataSize

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDecodeDuration

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDecodeNumber

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDecodeTimeStamp

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDisplayDuration

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDisplayOffset

• ICMEncodedFrameGetDisplayTimeStamp

• ICMEncodedFrameGetFrameType

• ICMEncodedFrameGetImageDescription

• ICMEncodedFrameGetMediaSampleFlags

• ICMEncodedFrameGetSimilarity

• ICMEncodedFrameGetSourceFrameRefCon

• ICMEncodedFrameGetTimeScale

• ICMEncodedFrameGetTypeID

• ICMEncodedFrameGetValidTimeFlags

• ICMEncodedFrameRelease

• ICMEncodedFrameRetain

• ICMEncodedFrameSetDataSize

• ICMEncodedFrameSetDecodeDuration

• ICMEncodedFrameSetDecodeTimeStamp

• ICMEncodedFrameSetDisplayDuration

• ICMEncodedFrameSetDisplayTimeStamp

• ICMEncodedFrameSetValidTimeFlags

• ICMEncodedFrameSetMediaSampleFlags

• ICMEncodedFrameSetFrameType

• ICMEncodedFrameSetSimilarity

• ICMImageDescriptionGetProperty

• ICMImageDescriptionGetPropertyInfo

• ICMImageDescriptionSetProperty

• ICMMultiPassStorageCopyDataAtTimeStamp

• ICMMultiPassStorageCreateWithCallbacks

• ICMMultiPassStorageCreateWithTemporaryFile

• ICMMultiPassStorageGetTimeStamp

• ICMMultiPassStorageGetTypeID

• ICMMultiPassStorageRelease

• ICMMultiPassStorageRetain

• ICMMultiPassStorageSetDataAtTimeStamp

• ImageCodecBeginPass

• ImageCodecCompleteFrame

• ImageCodecDecodeBand

• ImageCodecEncodeFrame

• ImageCodecPrepareToCompressFrames

• ImageCodecProcessBetweenPasses

• InvokeQTTrackPropertyListenerUPP

• MediaContainsDisplayOffsets

• MediaDecodeTimeToSampleNum

• MediaDisplayTimeToSampleNum

• MovieAudioExtractionBegin

• MovieAudioExtractionEnd

• MovieAudioExtractionFillBuffer

• MovieAudioExtractionGetProperty

• MovieAudioExtractionGetPropertyInfo

• MovieAudioExtractionSetProperty

• NewMovieExportStageReachedCallbackUPP

• NewMovieFromProperties

• NewQTTrackPropertyListenerUPP

• QTAddTrackPropertyListener

• QTAudioContextCreateForAudioDevice

• QTCopyMovieMetaData

• QTCopyTrackMetaData

• QTCopyMediaMetaData

• QTGetTrackProperty

• QTGetTrackPropertyInfo

• QTLoadLibrary

• QTMetaDataAddItem

• QTMetaDataGetItemCountWithKey

• QTMetaDataGetItemProperty

• QTMetaDataGetItemPropertyInfo

• QTMetaDataGetItemValue

• QTMetaDataGetNextItem

• QTMetaDataGetProperty

• QTMetaDataGetPropertyInfo

• QTMetaDataRetain

• QTMetaDataRelease

• QTMetaDataRemoveItem

• QTMetaDataRemoveItemsWithKey

• QTMetaDataSetItem

• QTMetaDataSetItemProperty

• QTMetaDataSetProperty

• QTOpenGLTextureContextCreate

• QTPixelBufferContextCreate

• QTRemoveTrackPropertyListener

• QTSampleTableAddSampleDescription

• QTSampleTableAddSampleReferences

• QTSampleTableCopySampleDescription

• QTSampleTableCreateMutable

• QTSampleTableCreateMutableCopy

• QTSampleTableGetDataOffset

• QTSampleTableGetDataSizePerSample

• QTSampleTableGetDecodeDuration

• QTSampleTableGetDisplayOffset

• QTSampleTableGetNextAttributeChange

• QTSampleTableGetNumberOfSamples

• QTSampleTableGetProperty

• QTSampleTableGetPropertyInfo

• QTSampleTableGetSampleDescriptionID

• QTSampleTableGetSampleFlags

• QTSampleTableGetTimeScale

• QTSampleTableGetTypeID

• QTSampleTableRelease

• QTSampleTableReplaceRange

• QTSampleTableRetain

• QTSampleTableSetProperty

• QTSampleTableSetTimeScale

• QTSetTrackProperty

• QTSoundDescriptionConvert

• QTSoundDescriptionCreate

• QTSoundDescriptionGetPropertyInfo

• QTSoundDescriptionGetProperty

• QTSoundDescriptionSetProperty

• SampleNumToMediaDecodeTime

• SampleNumToMediaDisplayTime

• SCAudioInvokeLegacyCodecOptionsDialog

• SCCopyCompressionSessionOptions

• SetDSequenceNonScheduledDisplayDirection

• SetDSequenceNonScheduledDisplayTime

• SetMovieAudioBalance

• SetMovieAudioContext

• SetMovieAudioFrequencyMeteringNumBands

• SetMovieAudioGain

• SetMovieAudioMute

• SetMovieAudioVolumeMeteringEnabled

• SetTrackAudioGain

• SetTrackAudioMute

• TrackTimeToMediaDisplayTime

• Callbacks

• ICMDecompressionTrackingCallbackProc

• MovieExportStageReachedCallbackProc

• SGAudioCallbackProc

• QTOpenGLTextureAvailableCallbackProc

• Data Structures

• ICMDecompressionTrackingCallbackRecord

• ICMMultiPassStorageCallbacks

• QTAudioFrequencyLevels

• QTAudioVolumeLevels

• QTNewMoviePropertyElement

• SGAudioCallbackStruct

• SoundDescriptionV2

• Constants

• ICM Compression Session Options

• ICM Compression Session Properties

• Movie Audio Mixes

• Audio Property Selectors

• Movie Exporter Properties

• Audio Property IDs

• Dictionary Keys

• Device Attribute Keys for Inputs and Outputs

• Metadata Format Constants

• Metadata Property IDs

• Metadata Key Constants

• Metadata Error Codes

• New Movie Property Codes