QuickTime for .NET and COM Developers

At the heart of Apple's hugely popular iLife software suite-iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand, and iTunes-is QuickTime, the powerful media engine for managing movies, images, and audio files. The enduring success of QuickTime is in its small architecture. This key feature has allowed it to embrace the first and last years since its launch. None of the competing even comes close, let alone on both Mac OS X and Windows.

QuickTime for .NET and COM Developers is the first guide to QuickTime for developers using the popular RAD tools such a Visual Basic .NET, C #, and Visual Basic 6. A general introduction to QuickTime architecture from a .NET and COM perspective, liberally accompanied by code snippets. A number of implementation examples illustrate key. QuickTime features, ranging from a simple movie player to a sophisticated interactive application. Also covered is QuickTime scripting in both QuickTime Player (using Windows Scripting) and Microsoft Office applications (using VBA). Brief guides to developing with QuickTime in Delphi and ATL / WTL are also included.

Part of the official Quicktime Developer Series , publishing the finest books on QuickTime in cooperation with Apple.

* The first book on QuickTime for .NET and COM application and scripting developers
* Written by Apple of QuickTime ActiveX / COM control
* Offers numerous sample applications and code examples

Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Getting Started with the QuickTime Control; Chapter 3. Using the QuickTime Control; Chapter 4. The QuickTime Object Model; Chapter 5. Diving Deeper; Chapter 6. Create and Edit; Chapter 7. Browsing the Media; Chapter 8. Scripting QuickTime Player; Chapter 9. QuickTime meets Office; Appendix A. QuickTime COM Library Reference; Appendix B. Additional COM Host Environments; Appendix C. QuickTime Exporter Types; index