Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-29 Thread Nick
Jodischlange, it's a messenger application, that has as its feature a possibility to play video files to other users. I was thinking to make the part that actually does playing the video (it's interface) similar to the QuickTime player (since most users are using this player, and therefore consider

Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-27 Thread Jodischlange
Am 21. mai 2011 um 13.19 schrieb Nick: > Do you think that would be a bad idea to make it look identically (only > appearance, the functionality is completely different) to the original > QuickTime player? That sounds like a bad idea, indeed. Depends on what you mean by "the functionality is co

Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-21 Thread Nick
I forgot to say that this is now the whole application that 'copies' quicktime, but only a single window that plays movies. The rest of my app looks differently. I was making an analogy to the cocoa controls that the users got used to and don't want to see anything "custom". ___

Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-21 Thread Nick
Dear list, I am currently making an application that i would like to look like a quick time player (as it actually may play movie files and may broadcast them - this is a kind of a messenger). That's why i need the same controls - play, pause, volume, etc in my application. Do you think that woul

Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-12 Thread Nick
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Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-11 Thread John Pannell
Hi Nick- These things are all possible, but none of it comes for free... you'll need to draw your window contents yourself. To start with, you'll need a "transparent" window: http://www.google.com/search?q=NSBorderlessWindowMask Also look at Apple's RoundTransparentWindow sample code: http:/

Re: QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-11 Thread Ken Thomases
On May 11, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Nick wrote: > Could you please explain me what frameworks/techniques does a > QuickTime Player use to achieve the looks it has now? Sadly, Apple sometimes implements GUIs in their own apps that are not easily reproducible with supported APIs. Sometimes that's a prel

QuickTime Player - like application

2011-05-11 Thread Nick
Hi Could you please explain me what frameworks/techniques does a QuickTime Player use to achieve the looks it has now? So far my GUI building experiences were limited with Interface Builder'ed gray "static" windows. How to force the window to make its titlebar/playback control bar disappear, when