hi Kevin, sorry if this is a repost, my last one was rejected for being too big
YES, the QTMovieNaturalSizeAttribute definitely returns the size i am looking for the remaining problem is that the movie posetr returns a size of 100 x 100 so when i capture the poster it is really pixelated i've tried everything -- how do other people get movie posters and/or grab movie frames? best, bill On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Kevin Wojniak <kain...@kainjow.com> wrote: > Did you try QTMovieNaturalSizeAttribute? > > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2005/tn2138.html#TNTAG11 > > > On May 28, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Bill Appleton wrote: > > > Hi Chaitanya, > > > > that code always returns a size of 100, 100 for every movie I try. > really. > > > > and then the poster or frame is really pixelated because it is coming > from > > such a small source. > > > > i am surely missing something here! > > > > > > thanks, > > > > bill > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Chaitanya Pandit < > chaita...@expersis.com>wrote: > > > >> > >> *3)** **I **can't get t**he right dimensions for a QuickTime movie or > >> poster > >> * > >> > >> > >> NSSize movieSize = [[movieObject currentFrameImage] size]; > >> > >> I used to call GetMovieBox, so I tried using [QTMovie posterImage] but > the > >> NSImage reported a width and height of 100, and then my movie poster was > >> really pixelated. How do I get a decent looking movie poster? How do I > get > >> the original dimensions for movie playback? > >> > >> > >> *4)** **I **can't call the printing code* > >> > >> I know, the printing code calls me. But other platforms don't work like > >> this. I eventually used Core Printing and the Cocoa dialogs by > sub-classing > >> and faking out NSPrintPanel. Is there a better way? > >> > >> > >> *5)** **I **can't create a simple list* > >> > >> I did it the only way I could -- with a table that has one column, etc. > Man > >> that was painful for a simple list. Is there a better way? > >> > >> > >> *6)** **I **can't get the height of some wrapped text* > >> > >> I had to use the layout manager and some major rocket science to get > this > >> to > >> work right. I'm not saying Text Edit was great, but at least it knows > how > >> tall the text field is. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > >> Bill Appleton > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > >> > >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > >> > >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > >> > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/chaitanya%40expersis.com > >> > >> This email sent to chaita...@expersis.com > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/kainjow%40kainjow.com > > > > This email sent to kain...@kainjow.com > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
