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Introduction To QuickTime Overview

Contents:

Organization of This Document

This document is intended as a general introduction to QuickTime for programmers at all levels. It is also suitable for non-programmers with a strong technical interest. It is a good starting place for readers with no prior knowledge of QuickTime.

Organization of This Document

This document contains the following sections:

• “QuickTime Overview” begins with a nutshell description of QuickTime and its major uses.

• “Architecture” describes the tool sets, components, and output of QuickTime.

• “The QuickTime API” describes the organization of the API and how to find your way around in it.

• “QuickTime Movies” describes the movie data structure and defines important terms used to describe the parts of a movie.

• “Atoms, QuickTime Atoms, and Atom Containers” explains how movies are stored in files and how complex QuickTime data structures are created and passed.

• “Streaming, Broadcasting, and Progressive Download” describes alternate methods of delivering movies over a network or the Internet.

• “QuickTime Road Map” shows how the QuickTime documentation and API are organized and provides links to further reading after you have read the overview.

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