QuickTime for Java : A Developer Reference

by Maremaa, Tom; Stewart, William

• ISBN13: 9780123054401
• ISBN10: 0123054400
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

Summary

This book is an essential quick reference for the QuickTime and Java programmer. It provides the reader with a wealth of programming examples as well as a handy reference that provides an in-depth, class-by-class description of the API. The authors are part of the original QuickTime engineering team that pioneered and developed QuickTime for Java. A CD-ROM at the back of the book provides the reader with working sample code and other resources, so you can get started right away building your own Java applications and applets. Apple's QuickTime technology has set the industry standard for developing and distributing multimedia content over the Web and on CD-ROMs. QuickTime's powerful, extensible software toolkit enables programmers, Web content developers, and multimedia producers to deliver state-of-the-art digital content---movies, audio, and music. Using Java, the same application can be deployed on any platform that supports QuickTime. If you know Java, you'll want to tap into the power and extensibility of QuickTime. If you know C or C++, this book will introduce you to the core QuickTime technologies and their usage from Java. Each chapter is designed to bring you rapidly up to speed in particular areas of QuickTime usage with neatly explained and commented sample code and tutorials. * Offers an overview of the QuickTime architecture * Presents an inside look at the QuickTime for Java programming model and architecture * Includes programming examples and tutorials that demonstrate key features * Serves as a comprehensive quick reference of all classes and methods, interfaces and fields in the core QuickTime for Java 1.0 API * Offers an overview of the QuickTime architecture * Presents an inside look at the QuickTime for Java programming model and architecture * Includes programming examples and tutorials that demonstrate key features * Serves as a comprehensive quick reference of all classes and methods, interfaces and fields in the core QuickTime for Java 1.0 API

Author Biography

Tom Maremaa is a senior technical writer at Apple Computer and part of the QuickTime Technical Publications team. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he is the author of numerous computer books and has been developing software for the last fifteen years. William Stewart is the Chief Architect of QuickTime for Java at Apple Computer. He comes from a remote continent in the South Pacific, on which he spent a large part of his life wandering around, playing music, and eventually writing computer programs.

Table of Contents

Preface About This Book	xix
Getting More Information	xx
Part 1 QuickTime for Java Fundamentals	1	(108)
Introducing QuickTime and QuickTime for Java	3	(28)
A Brief History	4	(1)
Using the QuickTime for Java API	5	(3)
Using QuickTime in the Production Space	7	(1)
An Overview of QuickTime for Java	8	(2)
A Set of Java Classes with Two Layers	9	(1)
Support for Different Java Virtual Machines	9	(1)
Version Numbering	10	(1)
The QTSimpleApplet	10	(2)
An Overview of QuickTime	12	(5)
Movie File Format	13	(1)
Support for Other Media File Formats	14	(2)
Still Image Formats	16	(1)
QuickTime Media Abstraction Layer	17	(13)
Working with Video	19	(1)
MPEG	20	(2)
The Emergence of DV	22	(2)
Rendering Visual Effects	24	(1)
Audio Support	25	(3)
QuickTime Music Architecture/MIDI Support	28	(2)
Goals	30	(1)
QuickTime Basics	31	(42)
Introduction to Movies	32	(13)
The Movie Structure	33	(1)
Time and the Movie Toolbox	34	(3)
Tracks	37	(3)
Media Structures	40	(2)
Media Handlers and the Movie Toolbox	42	(1)
Data Handlers	42	(1)
Transformation Matrices	43	(1)
Defining QuickTime Atoms and Atom Containers	43	(2)
QuickTime Movie File Format	45	(3)
Adopting the QuickTime File Format as the Standard for MPEG-4	46	(1)
Endian Ordering	47	(1)
The QuickTime Component Architecture	48	(2)
Graphics Environments	50	(2)
Graphics Ports	50	(1)
Graphics Worlds	51	(1)
Sound	52	(2)
Adding Sound to Video	53	(1)
QuickTime Music Architecture	54	(5)
Overview of QTMA Components	55	(1)
Note Allocator Component	56	(1)
Tune Player Component	57	(1)
Synthesizer Components	58	(1)
Sprites and Sprite Animation	59	(6)
Sprite Media Handlers	60	(1)
Wired Sprites	60	(1)
Sprite Track and Sprite World Local Coordinate System	61	(4)
Tweening	65	(1)
Sequence Grabbing and Video Capture	65	(3)
Previewing and Recording Captured Data	66	(1)
Recording	66	(2)
Storing Captured Data in Multiple Files	68	(1)
Graphics Importer and Exporter Components	68	(1)
Supported Image File Formats	68	(1)
Base Graphics Exporter	68	(1)
QuickTime VR	69	(2)
QuickDraw 3D	71	(2)
Integrating QuickTime with Java	73	(24)
Some Java Terminology	74	(1)
A View of the QuickTime to Java Integration	75	(3)
Binding QuickTime Functions to Java Methods	76	(1)
Garbage Collection	77	(1)
Threads	78	(1)
The QuickTime for Java Package Structure	78	(5)
QuickTime Headers and Java Classes	83	(1)
The Application Framework	84	(2)
The QTSimpleApplet	86	(3)
Comparing QuickTime C and Java Code	89	(8)
Getting a Movie from a File	89	(4)
Playing a QuickTime Movie	93	(3)
Summary Comparision	96	(1)
QTCanvas, QTDrawable, and QTFactory	97	(12)
The QTCanvas Class	98	(1)
Interacting with Java Layout Managers	99	(1)
The QTDrawable Interface	99	(5)
Working with the QTDrawable Interface	100	(2)
QTDrawable Methods	102	(2)
The QTFactory Class	104	(3)
Spaces and Controllers Architecture	107	(2)
Part 2 Using QuickTime From Java	109	(86)
Displaying and Streaming Movies	111	(14)
Play a Streaming Movie	112	(3)
Using the Detached Controller	115	(3)
Converting to Full Screen	118	(3)
Using Movie Callbacks	121	(4)
QuickTime Media and Presenters	125	(10)
Media Data and Movies	125	(3)
Dealing with Media	126	(2)
The ImageSpec Interface	128	(2)
The Compositable and DynamicImage Interfaces	129	(1)
QuickTime for Java Presenters	130	(5)
The ImagePresenter Class	131	(4)
QuickTime and Java Imaging and Effects	135	(16)
Drawing an Image File	135	(2)
QuickTime to Java Imaging	137	(2)
Image Producing	139	(3)
Using the QTImageDrawer Class	142	(1)
Visual Effects	143	(8)
Applying QuickTime Visual Effects	144	(7)
Creating, Editing, and Importing QuickTime Movies	151	(22)
Creating Movies	151	(8)
Adding a Tween Track	159	(6)
QTutils.endianflip() Methods	160	(2)
Adding the Track	162	(3)
Using Custom Media Types	165	(2)
Importing and Exporting Media	167	(6)
Capturing Media with QuickTime	173	(8)
Recording Audio	173	(3)
Recording Audio to Memory	176	(2)
Capturing and Displaying Live Video	178	(3)
Playing Music with QuickTime	181	(14)
Playing Music	181	(2)
Playing a Tune	183	(12)
Part 3 The QuickTime for Java Software Architecture	195
Timing	197
QuickTime's Timing Services	197
Time and Tasking	200
The Taskable Interface	200
The Playable Interface	203
Time Slaving	204
Collections	209
Defining the Collection Interface	209
The DynamicCollection Interface	211
The Protocol Class	212
Spaces and Controllers	215
An Introduction to Spaces	216
The State of a Space	219
The Space Interface	219
QTDisplaySpace	221
Controllers	222
Extensions to the Interface	222
How Controllers Work	225
CollectionController	225
ListenerController	226
Specifying Objects to be Controlled	229
Defining Your Own Controller	229
The SimpleSpace Class	230
Members and Spaces	230
Using Spaces and Controllers: QTDisplaySpace	235
The QTDisplaySpace Interface	235
Presenting Members	236
Using DirectGroup	238
Group Drawing	239
Customizing User Control of Movie Playback	244
Animation and Compositing	249
Using the SWCompositor	249
The SWController	251
The Compositor	251
Composition and Time-Based Services	252
PeriodicAction	254
Invalidation	256
Space Construction	257
Image Compositing	260
Using the RecordMovie Class	265
Dragging Sprites	269
Composited Effects	276
Transition Effects	280