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09-25-2002, 03:42 PM
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>INFO: Using QuickTime Movies</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><h3>INFO: Using QuickTime Movies</h3><b>Document ID: IR04006</b><hr>The information in this article applies to:<ul><li>AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0</li><li>Apple QuickTime</li></ul><hr><h3>SUMMARY</h3><p>This article describes how QuickTime movies can be used from an AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0 application.</p><h3>DISCUSSION</h3><p>QuickTime is a popular video format developed by <a href="http://www.apple.com" target="blank">Apple Computer, Inc.</a> AutoPlay Media Studio does not support embedded QuickTime movies like it does for MPEG, AVI and other video formats supported by the embedded Windows Media Player object. However, AutoPlay Media Studio can still work with QuickTime movies.</p><p><b>Playing a QuickTime Movie</b>
<br>To play a QuickTime movie from your AutoPlay Media Studio application, simply use the <b>File - Open</b> action with the path to your .mov file in the <b>File to open</b> field. This will open and play the movie in the user's QuickTime Player, assuming it is installed on the user's system.</p><p><b>Detecting QuickTime Version</b>
<br>Although AutoPlay Media Studio does not have a "built-in" way to detect whether or not the user has QuickTime installed on their system, it can be done with an extension DLL created by Indigo Rose Corporation. The DLL is called "QTVersion.dll". It is available for download along with a sample AutoPlay Media Studio project that uses it.</p><p><a href="http://www.indigorose.com/files/KB/Detect_QT.zip">Click here to download Detect_QT.zip</a></p><p>The QTVersion.dll file contains one function:
<br><code>LPCTSTR GetQTVersion()</code>
<br></p><p>This function returns a string with the user's installed QuickTime version. It returns "0" if QuickTime is not installed or a 3 digit version number if it is installed such as "502" (QuickTime 5.0.2) or "600" (QuickTime 6.0.0). This DLL function actually goes through the QuickTime API to get this version number and is the most reliable method to do so.</p><h3>MORE INFORMATION</h3><p><ul><li>See <b>Command Reference | Actions | File | Open</b> in the AutoPlay Media Studio help file</li><li>See <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime" target="blank">http://www.apple.com/quicktime</a> for more information about QuickTime</ul></p><p>KEYWORDS: QuickTime, Apple, QTVersion.dll</p><hr><FONT SIZE=1>Last reviewed: September 25, 2002
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<br>To play a QuickTime movie from your AutoPlay Media Studio application, simply use the <b>File - Open</b> action with the path to your .mov file in the <b>File to open</b> field. This will open and play the movie in the user's QuickTime Player, assuming it is installed on the user's system.</p><p><b>Detecting QuickTime Version</b>
<br>Although AutoPlay Media Studio does not have a "built-in" way to detect whether or not the user has QuickTime installed on their system, it can be done with an extension DLL created by Indigo Rose Corporation. The DLL is called "QTVersion.dll". It is available for download along with a sample AutoPlay Media Studio project that uses it.</p><p><a href="http://www.indigorose.com/files/KB/Detect_QT.zip">Click here to download Detect_QT.zip</a></p><p>The QTVersion.dll file contains one function:
<br><code>LPCTSTR GetQTVersion()</code>
<br></p><p>This function returns a string with the user's installed QuickTime version. It returns "0" if QuickTime is not installed or a 3 digit version number if it is installed such as "502" (QuickTime 5.0.2) or "600" (QuickTime 6.0.0). This DLL function actually goes through the QuickTime API to get this version number and is the most reliable method to do so.</p><h3>MORE INFORMATION</h3><p><ul><li>See <b>Command Reference | Actions | File | Open</b> in the AutoPlay Media Studio help file</li><li>See <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime" target="blank">http://www.apple.com/quicktime</a> for more information about QuickTime</ul></p><p>KEYWORDS: QuickTime, Apple, QTVersion.dll</p><hr><FONT SIZE=1>Last reviewed: September 25, 2002
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