Type |
The four character MacOS file type of the movie file. Standard QuickTime movies have a file type of MooV. However, QuickTime treats other files (those it can import in place) as movies. Examples of such files are: still images, MPEG files, GIF animations, 3DMF files and many more. |
Width and height |
The movie's spatial dimensions, measured in pixels. |
Sound volume |
For movies with sound tracks, the level of the sound volume. The sound volume is in the range of -255 ... 255. A value of 0 means no sound (mute). Negative values also mute the movie, but they preserve the absolute sound volume value. |
Rate |
The playback rate of the movie. When the movie is stopped, its rate is 0. A value of 1 indicates that the movie is playing forward at normal speed. Negative values mean that the movie is playing in reverse. |
Time scale |
The basis of the movie's time coordinate system. Specifies the number of time units in a second. |
Duration |
The length of the movie, expressed in the movie's time scale. |
Current time |
The current point in the movie, expressed on its time scale. |
Current selection |
The portion of the movie that is currently selected for editing or playback. Specified by the selection's start time and duration, both expressed in the movie's time scale. |
Creation date and time |
Set when the movie was created by its author. |
Modification date / time |
Set when the movie was last modified by its author. |
Preferred sound volume |
The preferred sound level of the movie, as it was set by its author. |
Preferred rate |
The preferred playback rate of the movie, set by its author. |
Preview |
A portion of the movie that presents a short summary of the movie's content. A short dynamic representation of the movie that should give the user some idea of what the movie contains. |
Poster |
A frame that can be used as a still representation of the movie. |
Annotations |
A list of user-defined textual data items. Annotations typically hold information about the movie's copyright holders, author, description etc. Each annotation has a type (four character identifier) and a text content. |