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Special programming guidelines, utility functions, and renamed API elements are available for developing QuickTime applications in the Windows environment

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audiocodec.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An example codec, a compressor and decompressor supporting the uLaw format.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
audioconverter.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundConverter routines to convert AIFF and AIFC files into AIFF/AIFC or QuickTime. Parse AIFF/AIFC files.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Calling InitializeQTML from DLL Main (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW89: Don't do anything significant in your QuickTime 3 for Windows DLL Main procedure.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
Checking For Presence of QuickTime 3 for Windows (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW88: Programatically checking for the presence of QuickTime 3 for Windows.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
CreateMovie - C# (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Visual C# application demonstrating the QuickTime 7 COM Control creating movies from images and saving them
Sample Code 2005-11-09
CreateMovie - VB6 (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the QuickTime 7 COM Control to create a movie from images and save the movie to disk
Sample Code 2005-11-09
CreatePortAssociation And WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE Message (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW91: Activating your custom palette under QuickTime 3 for Windows by calling NSetPalette and ActivatePalette.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
Cross-Platform Communication Using the PC Compatibility Messaging System (HTML)
TN1076: Describes Messaging System Architecture used in Apple's PC Compatibility and DOS Compatibility products
Technical Notes 1996-10-01
DesktopSprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use the QuickTime Sprite Toolbox APIs to create and animate sprites in a window.
Sample Code 2003-02-25
Endian Concerns When Playing 'snd ' Resources (HTML)
QTW97: Use the Resource Manager to avoid byte-swapping 'snd ' resources before playing under Windows
Technical Q&As 1999-11-08
ExampleVideoPanel.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
An example Sequence Grabber Video Panel Component.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
GetDIBFromPict fails with QuickTime "Minimum" installation (HTML)
QA1294: Demonstrates how to check for any available QuickTime components required by individual QuickTime functions.
Technical Q&As 2004-09-28
graphicimporter.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates ways of using QuickTime graphics importers.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
How to get a native QuickTime movie object from the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control (HTML)
QA1594: Describes how to get a native QuickTime movie object from the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control
Technical Q&As 2008-03-27
Improving Windows Screen Updating with QuickTime for Windows Double-Buffering Feature (HTML)
TN2153: QuickTime 6.4 includes a facility to improve screen updating for Windows applications
Technical Notes 2005-10-18
Integrating the QuickTime for Windows 7.0.3 Installer into your Application Installer (HTML)
QA1463: Describes new behavior for the QuickTime for Windows 7.0.3 Installer
Technical Q&As 2006-02-07
Looping Audio Files with QuickTime for Windows (HTML)
QA1559: How to Continuously Loop Audio Files with QuickTime for Windows
Technical Q&As 2007-10-09
mdiplayer.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to display QuickTime movies using the MDI (multiple document interface).
Sample Code 2003-01-14
mfc.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains a number of QuickTime samples using MFC: MFCMDIPlayer, MFCQTClasses, QTClasses, SimpleEdit, SimplePlayer.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Movie export with AAC or AMR audio formats (HTML)
QA1347: This QA discusses use of the QuickTime AMR and AAC audio compressors on Macintosh and Windows
Technical Q&As 2009-03-16
MoviePlayer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A simple movie player application written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 using the QuickTime 7 COM/ActiveX Control.
Sample Code 2005-10-13
MoviePlayer - C# (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Microsoft Visual C# application which uses the QuickTime 7 COM Control to display and manipulate movies
Sample Code 2005-11-09
MSVC++ link error LNK4098 When Building QuickTime 3 for Windows Apps (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW94: Avoid MSVC++ link error LNK4098 when building QuickTime 3 for Windows applications.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
offscreen.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses NewGWorldFromHBITMAP to wrap a gworld around an existing DIB, then draws movie frames into this gworld.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Playing QuickTime 3 Movie Sound Data (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTMTB50: Explains why a movie's sound data can continue to play longer than video data.
Technical Q&As 1998-11-09
qdmediahandler.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates one way to write a derived media handler.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qdmediamaker.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
QDMMaker is a sample application that creates movies that use the QuickDraw media handler.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qt3dtween.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A sample application that creates a QuickTime movie containing both a 3D track and a tween track.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtaddeffectseg.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use add video effects to segments of movies.
Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtchannels.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates adding items to (and remove items from) the favorites drawer in QuickTime Player.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtcompress.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the standard image compression dialog to get compression settings, then compresses an image with the settings.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
QTControlCommandLine (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the QuickTime COM Control object from the command line to export a movie to a different file format
Sample Code 2008-01-29
qtcontroller.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Displays a pop-up menu when the user clicks on the custom button in the movie controller bar.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtdataexchange.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Import files, export a movie into any format supported by QuickTime's movie exporters.
Sample Code 2006-07-20
qtdataref.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with data references and data handlers.
Sample Code 2003-01-24
QTEffects Explode.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a QuickTime movie with a video effect as a transition.
Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtframestepper.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Defines functions that you can use to step frame-by-frame through a QuickTime movie.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtfullscreen.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Defines functions that illustrate how to play QuickTime movies full screen.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtgraphics.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Use QuickTime's graphics importers and exporters to work with still image (graphics) files.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtgraphimp.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use QuickTime's graphics importer routines to open and display image files.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qthintmovies.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to add hint tracks to a QuickTime movie.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtinfo.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create movie previews, posters, and file previews.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
QTML, c2pstr and Pascal strings (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1112: Describes how to avoid headaches when dealing with Pascal to C string conversion with QTML.
Technical Q&As 2002-01-21
QTMLPrintingSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the QuickTime APIs to draw into a standard Win32 printing device context.
Sample Code 2003-10-27
qtmoviefromprocs.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Create QuickTime movie with video and audio tracks; Video from series of individual frames
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtmoviefromurl.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to use QuickTime's URL data handler to open a movie file specified by a URL.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtmultiimage.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to display any of the images in a multi-image file.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtreadwritejpeg.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Illustrates how to compress and decompress JPEG images using QuickTime.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
QTSetMovieAudioDevice (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Create a QT audio context for an audio output device and target a movie to render to the context
Sample Code 2006-03-03
qtshellCEvents.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A movie viewer framework which demonstrates how to incorporate movie support into an application.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtskins.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to programmatically create and play back a movie with a skin track.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtsndtween.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Modify a QuickTime movie's sound track by increasing (or decreasing) the volume as it plays.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtspritesplus.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to use video overrides and tween tracks with sprite movies.
Sample Code 2003-02-25
qtstreaming.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using the QuickTime Streaming RTPMediaPacketizer components and RTPReassembler components to stream over RTP.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
qtstreammsg.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to work with the status streaming messages and display a message in the controller bar.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
QuickTime .qtx/.qtr/.qt/.mov files defined (HTML)
QTW99: Definitions for the QuickTime for Windows .qtx/.qtr/.qt/.mov files.
Technical Q&As 2000-09-05
QuickTime 7.1 User's Guide (PDF)
Explains how to use QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro for Mac OS X and Windows computer users.
Guides 2006-07-24
QuickTime DirectDraw Surfaces (HTML)
QTW96: How to make QuickTime 4 for Windows draw onto a surface using your custom DirectDraw object.
Technical Q&As 1999-11-01
QuickTime for Windows ActiveX/COM Frequently Asked Questions (HTML)
TN2120: Provides answers to many frequently asked questions about the QuickTime ActiveX/COM control
Technical Notes 2006-05-02
QuickTime for Windows resource files (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1132: Describes resource file extensions supported by QuickTime for Windows.
Technical Q&As 2002-04-08
QuickTime for Windows returns bdNamErr (-37) error with long Windows file names (HTML)
QA1413: Describes how QuickTime may return bdNamErr (-37) error on Windows if file name is > 63 characters
Technical Q&As 2008-08-08
QuickTime For Windows: Resolving Common Installation Issues (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1074: Details install dialog, customizing installation, and uninstalling QuickTime for Windows v 2.1.2.
Technical Notes 1996-10-01
QuickTime Guide for Windows (HTML) (PDF)
Introduces Windows programming techniques for QuickTime.
Guides 2006-01-10
QuickTime Preview Behavior (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTMCC10: Describes the expected behavior of the create/update preview button in the SFPGetFilePreview dialog.
Technical Q&As 1996-11-27
QuickTime Sound (HTML)
QTMRF04: Explains what the sowt and the twos format is in QuickTime.
Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
RollerCoaster.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to create a simple roller-coaster simulation using QuickDraw3D.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Scripting the COM/ActiveX Control in QuickTime 7 for Windows (HTML)
Learn to build standalone Windows applications that use QuickTime, without needing to master the API.
Articles 2005-09-12
simpleeditsdi.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to display and edit QuickTime movies using the SDI (single document interface).
Sample Code 2003-01-14
simpleplayersdi.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to display QuickTime movies using the SDI (single document interface).
Sample Code 2003-01-14
SlideShowImporter.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Movie import component, constructs a movie from images, effect types, and audio files.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Supplying codec-specific options within the Standard Compression Dialog (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN2081: Discusses the ImageCodec 'DITL' APIs introduced with QuickTime 6.
Technical Notes 2009-04-29
Understanding the Differences Between Apple and Windows IMA-ADPCM Compressed Sound Files (HTML)
TN1081: Details the differences between Apple IMA and Windows IMA (ADPCM) compressed sound files.
Technical Notes 1996-11-01
Using Mac Toolbox routines Under Windows 98/95/NT (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW87: Some Macintosh Toolbox functions are available with QuickTime 3 for Windows.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
Using Mac-style Resources (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QTW86: Using Mac-style resources in a Windows 98/95/NT or DLL using QuickTime 3 for Windows FSpOpenResFile function.
Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
Using Windows GDI for all drawing (HTML)
QTW98: Using the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) for all drawing under QuickTime for Windows.
Technical Q&As 2000-09-05
vrflattenmovie.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates calling the QTVR (Virtual Reality) Flattener directly.
Sample Code 2003-01-14
Where do QuickTime extension files reside on Windows systems? (HTML)
QTW100: Describes where to locate QuickTime extension files on Windows systems.
Technical Q&As 2007-07-30
Windows API Reference for QuickTime (HTML) (PDF)
Describes the Windows interface to QuickTime.
Reference 2006-05-23
WiredSprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie containing wired sprites.
Sample Code 2003-02-25