qtstreammsg

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Version 1.0, 2003-01-14
Shows how to work with the status streaming messages and display a message in the controller bar.
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This snippet shows a few ways to work with the messages that are displayed in the controller bar of a streaming movie. For instance, when a connection is first established to the streaming server, you'll typically see a series of messages like "Connecting", "Negotiating", "Buffering", and the like. This sample code illustrates: (1) how to determine the status message that is about to be displayed (2) how to substitute your own message for a particular streaming message (3) how to suppress the streaming messages altogether (4) how to display a message in the controller bar of a streaming movie Requires: QuickTime 5 Keywords: QuickTime, movie controller, message, streaming