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QuickTime applications can run on Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. QuickTime content plays on Mac and Windows computers and on many handheld devices. Content can be served by progressive download from any web server or as real-time streams from streaming servers on all major operating systems. QuickTime supports dozens of file and compression formats for images, video, and audio.

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SoundPlayer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to play VBR and Non-VBR encoded audio using the SoundConverterFillBuffer API and QuickTime.
Audio 2003-01-14
SoundPlayer.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to play VBR and Non-VBR encoded audio using the SoundConverterFillBuffer API and QuickTime.
Audio 2003-01-14
SoundRecord (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows using the SequenceGrabber for simple audio recording
Java 2006-05-05
soundsnippets (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundSnippets.c defines functions that perform some common sound-related operations.
Audio 2003-10-27
soundsnippets.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
SoundSnippets.c defines functions that perform some common sound-related operations.
Audio 2003-10-27
Std Compression Examples (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Standard Compression chapter of the Inside Macintosh QuickTime Components book.
Compression & Decompression, Import & Export 2003-01-14
StillMotion (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to use the QTKit Capture APIs to build a simple application that creates stop motion animations.
Graphics & Imaging 2007-11-14
ThreadsExporter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates importing and exporting still images in different formats on separate threads.
Cocoa, Import & Export 2005-07-26
ThreadsExportMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates movie exporting using the QuickTime movie export component on separate threads of a Cocoa application.
Cocoa, Import & Export 2006-01-03
ThreadsImporter (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates importing and displaying still images on separate threads.
Cocoa 2005-07-22
ThreadsImportMovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates importing and displaying QuickTime Movies on separate threads.
Cocoa, Import & Export, Movie Basics 2005-07-26
TimeCallbackDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add and remove TimeCode tracks to a movie.
Java 2006-05-11
TimeCode (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to add and remove TimeCode tracks to a movie.
Java 2006-06-28
TimeCode Media Handlers (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Demonstrates how to manipulate QuickTime media time codes.
Media Types & Media Handlers 2003-01-14
TimeSlaving (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Controls a scrolling text object by slaving a TimeBase to a movie.
Java 2003-01-14
TrackFormatDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to get a human-readable, localized description of a track's format.
Cocoa 2006-08-01
Transitions (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Deprecated - Applies the QuickTime effects architecture to a character in an animation scene.
Java 2003-01-14
VideoFrameToGWorld (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates how to extract a single frame from a video track into a GWorld.
Movie Basics 2003-01-14
VideoViewer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Simple example of video rendering using QuickTime visual contexts, OpenGL, Core Video and Core Image.
Cocoa, Graphics & Imaging, Video Effects & Transitions 2005-08-01
vrbackbuffer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates QuickTime VR back buffer routines.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrbackbuffer.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates QuickTime VR back buffer routines.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrcursors (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to change the default cursors for specific kinds of hotspots or specific hotspot IDs.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrcursors.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Using QTVR API to change the default cursors for specific kinds of hot spots (or IDs).
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrflattenmovie (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates calling the QTVR (Virtual Reality) Flattener directly.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrflattenmovie.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates calling the QTVR (Virtual Reality) Flattener directly.
QuickTime for Windows, Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmakeobject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Converts a linear QuickTime movie into a QuickTime VR object movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmakeobject.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Converts a linear QuickTime movie into a QuickTime VR object movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmakepano (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Converts a panoramic image into a QuickTime VR panoramic movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
VRMakePano Library (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Contains functions that convert a panoramic image into a QuickTime VR movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmakepano.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Converts a panoramic image into a QuickTime VR panoramic movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmovies (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality) API to provide support for playing QuickTime movies in a panorama.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrmovies.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality) API to provide support for playing QuickTime movies in a panorama.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrscript (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates embedding sounds, QuickTime movies, pictures, and 3D objects in a QuickTime VR movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrscript.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates embedding sounds, QuickTime movies, pictures, and 3D objects in a QuickTime VR movie.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
vrspeech (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses Apple's Speech Recognition Manager to allow voice navigation of a panorama or object node.
Virtual Reality 2003-01-14
watchme (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the WatchMe.mov movie from the QuickTime SDK to convert relative URLs to absolute URLs.
Wired Movies and Sprites 2003-02-25
watchme.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Uses the WatchMe.mov movie from the QuickTime SDK to convert relative URLs to absolute URLs.
Wired Movies and Sprites 2003-02-25
WhackedTV (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
A Cocoa version of the venerable HackTV sample code, demonstrating usage of the Sequence Grabber API's
Audio, Cocoa, Compression & Decompression, Graphics & Imaging, Movie Creation 2008-05-09
WiredSprites (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Demonstrates creating a wired sprite movie containing one sprite track.
Wired Movies and Sprites 2003-02-25
WiredSprites.win (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie containing wired sprites.
Java, QuickTime for Windows, Wired Movies and Sprites 2003-02-25
WiredSpritesJava (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Creates a QuickTime movie containing wired sprites.
Java, Wired Movies and Sprites 2003-02-25
WritableFileDemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to create an empty, writable file associated with a QTMovie object.
Cocoa 2006-08-01