Play or edit a QuickTime movie Use the jit.movie for working with QuickTime movies - playback, editing, import, export, effect generation and direct-to-video-output-component streaming. This document refers to the qt engine version of jit.movie. Cycling '74 Jitter bang, messages in TEXT_HERE bang, messages in TEXT_HERE out TEXT_HERE dumpout TEXT_HERE char Audio codec Audio codec. 32 bit only. Adapt output matrix dimensions to movie size flag Enable automatic matrix output. Enable automatic matrix output when bound to jit.world. Autosave movie on close flag Autosave movie on close flag (default = 0). 32 bit only. Autoplay on movie open flag Autoplay on movie open flag (default = 1) Visual codec The visual codec, used by the export message. 32 bit only. Visual codec quality The visual codec quality, used by the export message. 32 bit only. Output matrix's color encoding The output matrix's color encoding. 32 bit only. ARGB (alpha, red, green, blue) colormode UYVY (YUV 4:2:2 packed) colormode Deinterlace playback hint flag Deinterlace playback hint flag (default = movie-dependent). When enabled, decompresses both fields of an interlaced movie at high quality, and then filters the image to reduce interlacing artifacts. Notes: Requires QuickTime version 6.5 or above, and the highquality attribute to be enabled. Playback hints are saved with the movie, if any of the jit.movie object's save methods are used. 32 bit only. Render context name A render context name, used when output_texture is enabled. The portion of the output matrix written to by the input frame The portion of the output matrix used for decompressing media to the internal matrix (default = 0 0 (matrix width) (matrix height))
The bounds of the rectangle are expressed in the form left top right bottom. All values are relative to the top-left corner of the viewing area of the output matrix. Movie duration The duration of the movie. When setting the duration, the entire movie will be scaled to the new length, unless the additional argument noscale is used. In that case, the movie length is changed without scaling. For more precise control of scaling, use the scale message. Duration of the movie (in units specified by editmode) The duration of the movie, in the same units specified by editmode. 32 bit only. Editing time-value mode Editing time-value mode (default = 0 (QuickTime time units)). Sets the expected time units for certain editing operations. At the time of this writing, the following operations support editmode: loadram, unloadram, insert, paste, trim, cut, scale, prepend, append, looppoints, loopstart and loopend.
0 = QuickTime time units (TimeScale-based)
1 = Milliseconds
2 = Frames
3 = True frames
32 bit only. Current time in the movie (in units specified by editmode) The current time in the movie, in the same units specified by editmode. 32 bit only. Video engine backend. Video engine backend. This argument can only be set in the max box. If not specified, it is determined by the Video Engine Max preference. As of this writing, possible values include avf (Mac only) and qt. Currently selected export component The currently selected export component (referenced by position in the output list from getexporterlist). 32 bit only. Internal FPS for the movie The approximate calculation of the movie's internal FPS rate Number of frames in the movie Frame reporting flag Frame reporting flag (default = 0). When enabled, the message framecalc will be sent from the rightmost outlet of the jit.movie object as each frame is processed, followed by the number of milliseconds spent doing so. High quality playback hint flag High quality playback hint flag (default = movie-dependent). When enabled, the movie renders at the highest possible quality, at the expense of time and memory. Note: playback hints are saved with the movie, if any of the jit.movie object's save methods are used. 32 bit only. Album ID3 tag The album ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Artist ID3 tag The artist ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Comment ID3 tag The comment ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Date ID3 tag The date ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Encoder ID3 tag The encoder ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Track name ID3 tag The track name ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Track number ID3 tag The track number ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Track URL name ID3 tag The track URL ID3 tag is used to tag MP3 file content. 32 bit only. Output interpolation flag Looping mode Looping mode (default = 1 (start to end)) 0 = no looping 1 = normal looping (start to end) 2 = palindrome looping (start to end to start to ....) 3 = no looping, but use looppoints to define playback limits Loop point end for movie The movie loop point end. Time is specified as QuickTime time values. Movie loop points The movie loop points. Time is specified as QuickTime time values. Loop notification flag Loop notification flag (default = 0). When enabled, the jit.movie object will send the message loopnotify when the playing movie passes the loop point. In palindrome looping mode, the message will be sent at both the beginning and the end of the movie. Movie loop point start The movie loop point start. Time is specified as QuickTime time values. Native movie dimensions Native movie dimensions Load a movie file from disk Load a movie file from disk Movie file name Identifies the file name of a movie (Note: setting this attribute does not load a movie file). Fully specified path on disk for the movie The movie's fully-specified path on disk, if the movie has a disk-file (Note: setting this attribute does not load a movie file). Actual rate The movie's actual rate (reflecting start/stop/palindrome looping). 32 bit only. Enable OpenGL texture output Enable OpenGL texture output (default = 0). When enabled an OpenGL texture is output instead of a Jitter matrix. The object's drawto attribute must be set to a valid gl context. An RGBA texture is output using the movie's native dimensions. When enabled, the following attributes have no effect:
adapt
colormode
dim
dstrect
srcrect
usedstrect
usesrcrect Movie poster frame The movie's poster frame. An optional int argument specifies the time to use. Time is specified as QuickTime time values. The default is to use the first frame. 32 bit only. Preroll movie on stop flag Preroll movie on stop flag (default = 0). When enabled, the jit.movie object will attempt to asynchronously preroll the next section of the current movie for fast, non-interrupting restart. 32 bit only.
Note: use of preroll and asyncread unloads any sections of the current movie loaded into RAM using the loadram method. Movie rate Single-field playback hint flag Single-field playback hint flag (default = movie-dependent). When enabled, decompresses one field of an interlaced movie at high quality, and then scales the image to the frame size. Notes: Requires the highquality attribute to be enabled. Playback hints are saved with the movie, if any of the jit.movie object's save methods are used. 32 bit only. Name of the spigot~ object associated with the movie Name of the spigot~ object associated with the movie. 32 bit only. The portion of the input matrix used when copying an input matrix to the internal matrix The portion of the QuickTime movie to decompress into a matrix (default = 0 0 (movie width) (movie height)). The bounds of the rectangle are expressed in the form left top right bottom. All values are relative to the top-left corner of the viewing area of the movie. Output texture name Output texture name, when output_texture is enabled. Current time in the movie The current time in the movie. Time is specified as QuickTime time values. Movie timecode The movie's timecode. If the current movie has a Timecode track, sends the list timecode timecode-val. If the timecode is to be interpreted as a simple counter (see timecodeinfo, below), the list has a single timecode-val: the counter. If the timecode represents a timer value, the list has 4 elements, which represent hours, minutes, seconds, frames. 32 bit only. Movie timecode definition information The movie's timecode definition information. If the current movie has a Timecode track, sends the list timecodeinfo[ drop/nondrop] [ counter/time] [ fps1] [ fps2]. These represent:
drop/nondrop= whether timecode drops frames occasionally to stay in synchronization (possible values: drop, nondrop).
counter/timer= whether timecode should be interpreted as a simple counter, rather than as a time value (possible values: counter, timer).
fps1= a frames-per-second calculation, based on the number of time units per second, divided by the standard duration of a frame, as provided by the timecode definition.
fps2= frames-per-second, as provided by the timecode definition. If the timecode is to be interpreted as a counter (see counter/timer, above, this is the number of frames stored per timer "tick". 32 bit only. Timecode track visibility flag Timecode track visibility flag (default = 0). When enabled, any Timecode tracks in the current movie are made visible (rendered in the frame). 32 bit only. Movie timescale The timescale for the movie (default = 600, but movie-dependent) Unique frame filter flag Unique frame filter flag (default = 0 (disabled)). When the flag is set, only new frames from the movie are output when the object receives a bang. If no new frame has been decompressed, the jit.movie object will not respond to the bang. Internal looping mode flag Internal looping mode flag (default = 0 (use object's loop attribute))
0 = use the object's loop attribute to determine looping status, ignoring any internal looping information in the movie itself.
1 = the movie's internal looping status overrides the object's loop attribute. 32 bit only. Destination rect flag Destination rect flag (default = 0). When the flag is set, the dstrect attributes are used when copying an input matrix to the internal matrix. Internal looping mode flag Internal looping mode flag (default = 0 (use object's loop attribute))
0 = use the object's loop attribute to determine looping status, ignoring any internal looping information in the movie itself.
1 = the movie's internal looping status overrides the object's loop attribute. 32 bit only. Source rect flag Source rect flag (default = 0). When the flag is set, the srcrect attributes are used when copying an input matrix to the internal matrix. VOC sound mode flag VOC sound mode flag (default = 0). When the flag is set, movie sound is not passed to the VOC when in video output component playback mode (see the voc attribute for more information.) 32 bit only. Video output component playback mode Video output component playback mode (default = -1)
-1 or no argument = video output component playback off
0 or above = video output component playback on (argument determines which component to use, using an index derived from its position in the list generated by the getvoclist message). 32 bit only. WINDOWS USERS: this feature is currently unsupported. Video output component mode The video output component mode (e.g. for DV, this might be NTSC or PAL) (default = component-specific). 32 bit only. WINDOWS USERS: this feature is currently unsupported. Movie sound volume VR node imaging correction The current VR node imaging correction (warping) (default = movie-specific), only applies to panoramic nodes. 32 bit only.
0 = No warping
1 = 1-dimensional warping
2 = 2-dimensional warping VR movie field of view The current VR movie field of view (default = movie-specific). Valid ranges are typically in the range 8-145. 32 bit only. VR node The current VR node (default = movie-specific). 32 bit only. VR movie pan The current VR movie pan (default = movie-specific). 32 bit only. VR node quality The current VR node quality (default = movie-specific), only applies to panoramic nodes. 32 bit only.
0 = Minimum quality
1 = Low quality
2 = Normal quality
3 = High quality
4 = Maximum quality
VR movie tilt The current VR movie tilt (default = movie-specific). 32 bit only. Window name Window name (default = none). If this attribute is set, the jit.movie object will render directly into the named jit.window object, and will use hardware decompression and interpolation as permitted by QuickTime. The window must have noaccel set to 1 in order for this to work. If no symbol argument is given, the jit.movie object's default behavior of rendering to and outputting a matrix is used. Load a QuickTime-compatible media file Add a background color track Adds a background color track. Three arguments in the range 0-255 specify the RGB components of the track. 32 bit only. Add a QuickTime Effect track or track group Adds a QuickTime Effect track or track group. The filename refers to a qtfx file generated by jit.qt.effect. Using the symbol dialog in place of the filename argument opens a file selection dialog, which permits you to you choose a file name. The message requires a time offset, a time duration and a reference to existing tracks in the current movie to use as sources. The precise number of source tracks used will vary depending on the specific QuickTime effect. 32 bit only. At least 1 and up to 3 new tracks will be generated, with reserved names such ___effect_track, ___effect_src1, etc. If desired, any and all Effects tracks can be removed using the deletefxtrack message, or the deletetrack message can be used to remove individual tracks. Add a track and associated media to the movie Adds a track and associated media to the movie, as specified by the track-type. 32 bit only. . Supported track types are video, sound, text, base, mpeg, music, timecode, sprite, flash, movie, tween, and 3d. Append movie/track media to the current movie/track Appends a portion of movie or track media to the current movie or track. To specify the entire movie as the source (and target), omit the source argument. If the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the symbol scrap is used for the src-name argument, the jit.movie object will attempt to read the source from the clipboard.
To specify a track, use track track-number in the source and destination fields, where track-number is a valid track number (e.g., append mayhem.mov track 3 0 10000 track 2). A target track value of -1 creates a new track. You can also specify an entire movie by using track 0. 32 bit only. Read a non-movie format file from a disk file asynchronously Reads non-movie formats recognized by QuickTime, such as CD tracks, asynchronously, if possible. The filename argument specifies a source file, or you can use the word dialog to open a file selection dialog. The converted-filename argument specifies a destination file for the imported/converted file, or you can use the word dialog to open a file selection dialog. If you don't explicitly provide a filename for the converted file, a temporary file will be created and later destroyed when you unload or close the movie. The show-import-dialog flag, if set to 1, opens the appropriate import settings dialog for the type of file being imported. Settings persist, so you should only have to set them up once, if you are importing a batch of similar files. 32 bit only. Read a movie from a disk file asynchronously Asynchronously reads a movie from a disk file, if possible. If no argument is present, or if the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. Any argument is assumed to be a local file name. At this time, asynchronous reading is not supported for URL- or clipboard-based movies; the normal read behavior will be used instead. Note: use of asyncread and preroll unloads any sections of the current movie loaded into RAM using the loadram method. Stop the frame dump process Stops the frame dump process. See framedump. Copy a movie/track to the current movie Copies an entire movie or track to the current movie. To specify the entire movie as the source (and target), omit the source arguments. If the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the symbol scrap is used for the src-name argument, the jit.movie object will attempt to read the source from the clipboard. To specify a track, use track track-number in the source and target fields. A target track value of -1 creates a new track. You can also specify an entire movie by using track 0. 32 bit only. Delete a selected portion of a movie/track Deletes a selected portion of a track or movie. To specify the entire movie for the operation, omit the track arguments. To specify a track, use track track-number.
Specifying the noshift argument will replace the deleted portions of the file or track with empty time. 32 bit only. Delete a previously created background color track Delete a previously created background color track. 32 bit only. Delete a previously created QuickTime Effects track/track group Deletes a previously created QuickTime Effects track or track group. QuickTime Effects tracks are identified using special reserved names such as ___effect_track or ___effect_src1. This message will delete any and all tracks having such reserved names. 32 bit only. Delete a specified track number Delete a specified track number. 32 bit only. Close the currently loaded movie Saves a movie in a non-native QuickTime format Saves movies in non-native QuickTime formats (including still image formats). Using the symbol dialog in place of the filename argument opens a Save dialog, which lets you choose a file name. Using the symbol fulldialog in place of the filename argument will show you an exporter-specific Export dialog box before the movie is exported. Setting the optional final argument to 1 will show you a configuration dialog box before the movie is exported. 32 bit only. As export formats differ widely depending on the type of movie file you are using, you should use the getexporterlist list message to the jit.movie object to create new exporter list for every movie you want to export. Saves a movie in a non-native QuickTime format Saves movies in non-native QuickTime formats (including still image formats). Using the symbol dialog in place of the filename argument opens a Save dialog, which lets you choose a file name. Using the symbol fulldialog in place of the filename argument will show you an exporter-specific Export dialog box before the movie is exported. Setting the optional final argument to 1 will show you a configuration dialog box before the movie is exported. 32 bit only. As export formats differ widely depending on the type of movie file you are using, you should use the getexporterlist list message to the jit.movie object to create new exporter list for every movie you want to export.
exportfile provides identical functionality as the export method. It is required for access to functionality from interfaces in which the word export is reserved (JavaScript, Java). Export movie audio using current spigot~ settings Exports the movie audio using the current spigot~ settings. Mostly for internal use, this message can be used to batch-export movie audio for later use with spigot~. 32 bit only. Export a movie frame as an image file Exports the current movie frame as an image file. If no src-name is specified, an optional final argument of 1 will open a file dialog. 32 bit only.Available file types are png, bmp, jpeg, macpaint, photoshop, pict, qtimage, sgi, tga and tiff. If no file type is specified, the file type specified for the last image export will be used. If no images have been exported, the png filetype will be used as the default.
You can use the Max Preferences to specify a default image resolution. Edit the image export settings Opens the settings dialog box for image export. Any changes made are applied to subsequent exportimage operations. 32 bit only. Edit the export settings Opens the settings dialog box for the currently chosen exporter component. Any changes made are applied to subsequent export operations performed with the same exporter. 32 bit only. Pass a value to a Flash ActionScript variable Passes a value to a Flash ActionScript variable specified by the variable path argument to the method. This path should conform to the ActionScript path spec (path/to.variable) for the variable in question. At this time, only simple ActionScript variables are supported (no arrays). 32 bit only. Apple no longer supports Flash movies in recent versions of QuickTime. Flatten the movie Creates a "flattened" movie with no unresolved data references (i.e., the movie is self-contained). If a filename is not specified, the Save dialog will be shown, unless the inplace argument is present (see below). 32 bit only. The flatten message can take a number of optional symbol arguments, which may appear in any order:
inplace = a new file will not be created. the movie will be flattened in place
compress = compress the movie resource
faststart = places the movie resource before the data in the file
activeonly = flatten and copy active tracks only Jump to a frame number (slower, more accurate method) Jump to a frame number (fast method) Do a framedump Commences a framedump, in which the movie will start from a frame specified by start-frame (the default is 1) and automatically output frames in sequence (no bang or outputmatrix message is necessary) up to the frame specified by end-frame, skipping frame-skip frames between each frame. The default values are 1 for the start frame, and the total framecount of the movie for the end frame. The default frame-skip value is 1.
During operation, the message framedump current_frame is sent out the right outlet after each frame has been output. When finished, the message framedump done is output. Reports available export components Reports available export components. 32 bit only. Retrieve the value of a Flash ActionScript variable Retrieves the value of a Flash ActionScript variable specified by the variable path argument to the method. This path should conform to the ActionScript path spec (path/to.variable) for the variable in question. At this time, only simple ActionScript variables are supported (no arrays). 32 bit only. Apple no longer supports Flash movies in recent versions of QuickTime. Report graphics mode for a track Reports a track's graphics mode from the object's right outlet, using the format trackgmode track-number graphic-mode red green blue. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's bass EQ level Reports a track's bass EQ level from the object's right outlet, using the format trackbass track-number sound bass level. Values can be between -1. and 1. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's clipping region Reports a track's clipping region from the object's right outlet, using the format trackclip track-number clip-left clip-top clip-right clip-bottom. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's codec Reports a track's codec from the object's right outlet, using the format trackcodec track-number codec-number codec-name out the object's right outlet. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report the number of tracks in a movie Reports the number of tracks in a movie from the object's right outlet, preceded by the word trackcount. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. 32 bit only. Report a track's dimensions Reports a track's dimensions from the object's right outlet, using the format trackdim track-number width height. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's duration Reports a track's duration from the object's right outlet, using the format trackduration track-number duration. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's enabled status Reports a track's enabled status from the object's right outlet, using the format trackenabled track-number enabled-status. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's graphics mode Reports a track's graphics mode from the object's right outlet, using the format trackgmode track-number graphic-mode red green blue. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report general information about a track Reports general information about a track from the object's right outlet, using the format trackinfo track-number track-type enabled-status layer-number. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's layer information Reports a track's layer information from the object's right outlet, using the format tracklayer track-number visibility-number-layer. 32 bit only. Report a track's name Reports a track's name from the object's right outlet, using the format trackname track-number track-name. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's time offset Reports a track's time offset from the object's right outlet, using the format trackoffset track-number time-offset. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's pan value Reports a track's pan value from the object's right outlet, using the format trackpan track-number sound pan value. Values can be between -1. and 1. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's timescale Reports a track's timescale from the object's right outlet, using the format tracktimescale track-number track-timescale. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's treble EQ level Reports a track's treble EQ level from the object's right outlet, using the format tracktreble track-number sound treble level. Values can be between -1. and 1. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's type Reports a track's type from the object's right outlet, using the format tracktype track-number mediatype. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's type code Reports a track's typecode from the object's right outlet, using the format tracktypecode track-number track-typecode. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report a track's audio volume Reports a track's audio volume from the object's right outlet, using the format trackvol track-number sound amplitude level. Values can be between -1. and 1. (values below 0. aren't audible). An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Report available video output components Report available video output components. 32 bit only. WINDOWS USERS: this feature is currently unsupported. Report available video output component modes Report available video output component modes. 32 bit only. WINDOWS USERS: this feature is currently unsupported. Report current VR node frame arrangement (columns by rows) Report current VR node frame arrangement (columns by rows). 32 bit only. Report available VR movie nodes Report available VR movie nodes. 32 bit only. Report a track's graphics mode Reports a track's graphics mode from the object's right outlet, using the format trackgmode track-number graphic-mode red green blue. An optional src-name argument can be used to used to specify a source other than the current movie. Using the symbol dialog rather than specifying a source will open a file selection dialog. If no track number is specified, separate line listings for each track are sent out the right outlet. 32 bit only. Read non-movie formats recognized by QuickTime Reads non-movie formats recognized by QuickTime, such as CD tracks. The filename argument specifies a source file, or you can use the word dialog to open a file selection dialog. The converted-filename argument specifies a destination file for the imported/converted file, or you can use the word dialog to open a file selection dialog. If you don't explicitly provide a filename for the converted file, a temporary file will be created and later destroyed when you unload or close the movie. The show-import-dialog flag, if set to 1, opens the appropriate import settings dialog for the type of file being imported. Settings persist, so you should only have to set them up once, if you are importing a batch of similar files. 32 bit only. Insert movie/track media into the current movie/track Inserts a portion of movie or track media into the current movie or track, shifting any existing data to make room. To specify the entire movie as the source (and target), omit the source argument. If the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the symbol scrap is used for the src-name argument, the jit.movie object will attempt to read the source from the clipboard.
To specify a track, use track track-number in the source and destination fields, where track-number is a valid track number (e.g., insert mayhem.mov track 3 0 10000 track 2 0 10000). A target track value of -1 creates a new track. You can also specify an entire movie by using track 0. 32 bit only. Jump to a relative movie frame (slower, more accurate method) Jump to a relative movie frame (fast method) Pass keyboard activity to a Flash movie Passes the description of keyboard activity to a Flash movie. The argument format is identical to that output from the key object in response to keypresses. 32 bit only. Apple no longer supports Flash movies in recent versions of QuickTime. Delete the currently loaded movie's diskfile Deletes the diskfile associated with the currently loaded movie. This command does not offer a warning dialog, and cannot be undone. Load a specified movie or track into RAM Loads a specified movie or track into RAM. Without arguments, loadram loads the entire movie. To specify an entire track, use a valid track number as a single argument.
Two additional arguments may be used to specify start and end times for the loadram operation. So, loadram followed by 2 arguments will load a specified portion of an entire movie, while loadram followed by 3 arguments will cause the jit.movie to load a portion of a single track into RAM. 32 bit only. Pass mouse behavior data to a Flash movie Passes the description of a mouse movement or click to a Flash movie. The argument format is identical to that output from the jit.window and jit.pwindow objects in response to mouse activity. The key modifiers flags are currently unused, although their presence has no adverse affects and simplifies patching. 32 bit only. Apple no longer supports Flash movies in recent versions of QuickTime. Set up a movie or track geometrical matrix transformation Sets up a movie or track geometrical matrix transformation using the same 3x3 matrix used with the jit.mxform2d object. The matrix transform can be used to perform scaling, rotation, skewing, and perspective operations on a movie or track using a list of 9 floating point values for the 3x3 transformation matrix. (default 1. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 1.) For more information on this transformation, see the jit.mxform2d object reference page. 32 bit only. Create a new empty movie Creates a new empty movie of the specified width and height (default 320 240) and timescale (default 600) to fill as you desire. 32 bit only. Set a track's opcolor Sets a track's opcolor, used by some QuickTime gmodes. The message arguments specify a track number and three integers in the range 0-255 specify the RGB value of the opcolor. 32 bit only. Paste a portion of movie/track into the current movie/track Pastes a portion of movie or track media into the current movie or track, overwriting any existing data. To specify the entire movie as the source (and target), omit the source argument. If the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the symbol scrap is used for the src-name argument, the jit.movie object will attempt to read the source from the clipboard.
To specify a track, use track track-number in the source and destination fields, where track-number is a valid track number (e.g., paste mayhem.mov track 3 0 10000 track 2 0 10000). A target track value of -1 creates a new track. You can also specify an entire movie by using track 0. 32 bit only. Prepend a portion of movie/track to the current movie/track Prepends a portion of movie or track media to the current movie or track. To specify the entire movie as the source (and target), omit the source argument. If the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the symbol scrap is used for the src-name argument, the jit.movie object will attempt to read the source from the clipboard.
To specify a track, use track track-number in the source and destination fields, where track-number is a valid track number (e.g., append mayhem.mov track 3 0 10000 track 2). A target track value of -1 creates a new track. You can also specify an entire movie by using track 0. 32 bit only. Read a movie from a disk file/URL/clipboard Reads a movie from a disk file, URL or the clipboard. If no argument is present, or if the symbol dialog is used for the src-name argument, a file selection dialog will be presented to choose a file. If the argument scrap is used for the src-name argument, the object will attempt to load a movie from the clipboard. If the argument is parsable as an http://, ftp:///, file://, or rtsp:// URL, the object will attempt to load a movie from that location. Otherwise, an argument is assumed to be a local file name.
If autostart is enabled, the movie will begin playing at once. Saves the current movie to the currently referenced disk file Saves the current movie to the currently referenced disk file. If there is no currently referenced disk file (e.g. the movie was read from a URL or from the clipboard), this message operates as savemovieas. 32 bit only. Save the current movie under a new filename Saves the current movie under a new filename, and changes the movie's file reference to the saved file. In the absence of a filename argument, or if dialog is specified in place of a filename, the object will present a standard file selection dialog. 32 bit only. Save a copy of the current movie with a new filename Saves a copy of the current movie under a new filename, without changing the movie's file reference to the saved file (subsequent saves continue to reference whatever file (if any) was referred to previous to issuing the message). In the absence of a filename argument, or if dialog is specified in place of a file name, the object will present a standard file selection dialog. 32 bit only. Temporally scales a portion of movie/track media Temporally scales a portion of movie or track media. The media will be selected between start and end and scaled to the range start to scaled end. To specify the entire movie for the operation, omit the track argument. To specify a track, use track track-number in the track number field, where track-number is a valid track number. 32 bit only. Start movie playback Starts movie playback at the current rate from the current QuickTime time value specified by time. Stop movie playback Stops movie playback. rate is unaffected). Remove empty time from a movie or a track media Remove empty time from a movie or a track media. 32 bit only. Copy movie/track selection to the clipboard Copies a movie or track (or portion thereof) to the clipboard. The message toscrap with no arguments copies the entire movie. The message toscrap track track-number copies a track to the clipboard. Additional optional arguments specify the start and end times of the movie to copy. 32 bit only. Set a track's bass EQ level Sets a track's bass EQ level. Valid input values are between -1. and 1. 32 bit only. Set a track's clipping region Set a track's clipping region. 32 bit only. Set a track's dimensions Set a track's dimensions. 32 bit only. Set a track's duration Sets a track's duration. The track will be scaled to the new duration. 32 bit only. Enable/disable a track Enable/disable a track. 32 bit only. Set a track's graphic mode Sets a track's graphic mode. The arguments specify a track number, an integer which specifies the graphic mode, and three integers in the range 0-255 which specify the RGB value of the opcolor. 32 bit only. Available graphic mode numbers are:
0 = srcCopy
1 = srcOr
2 = srcXor
3 = srcBic
4 = notSrcCopy
5 = notSrcOr
6 = notSrcXor
7 = notSrcBic
8 = patCopy
9 = patOr
10 = patXor
11 = patBic
12 = notPatCopy
13 = notPatOr
14 = notPatXor
15 = notPatBic
32 = blend
33 = addPin
34 = addOver
35 = subPin
36 = transparent
37 = addMax
38 = subOver
39 = adMin
49 = grayishTextOr
50 = highlighttransfermode
64 = ditherCopy
256 = graphicsModeStraightAlpha
257 = graphicsModePreWhiteAlpha
258 = graphicsModePreBlackAlpha
260 = graphicsModeStraightAlphaBlend Set a track's visibility layer Sets a track's visibility layer. Valid visibility layer values are integers between -32768 and 32767. Lower numbers are "on top". 32 bit only. Set a track's name Set a track's name. 32 bit only. Set a track's time offset Set a track's time offset. 32 bit only. Set a track's opcolor Sets a track's opcolor, used by some QuickTime gmodes. The message arguments specify a track number and three integers in the range 0-255 specify the RGB value of the opcolor. 32 bit only. Set a track's panning The track's panning. Valid input values are between -1. (left channel only) and 1. (right channel only). 32 bit only. Adjust a track's timescale Adjusts a track's timescale. The default timescale is media dependent. 32 bit only. Set a track's treble EQ level Sets a track's treble EQ level. Valid input values are between -1. and 1. 32 bit only. Set a track's amplitude level Set a track's amplitude level. Valid input values are between -1. and 1. (values below 0 are inaudible). 32 bit only. Retain a selected portion of movie/track media and delete the rest Retains a selected portion of movie or track between the time points specified by the start and end arguments, deleting the rest. Setting the noshift argument to a non-zero value will replace the deleted portions of the file or track with blank space. Setting the scale argument to a non-zero value will scale the remaining portion to the length of the original movie or track. 32 bit only. Revert the most recent editing operation Revert the most recent editing operation. 32 bit only. Unload any previously loaded portions from RAM Unloads any previously loaded portions of the current movie from RAM. Portions of the movie may have been loaded into RAM through use of the loadram message, or through the asyncread and preroll messages, which preroll sections of the movie into RAM, as well. 32 bit only. Jitter Tutorial 24: QuickTime Effects Jitter Tutorial 49: Colorspaces Appendix A: QuickTime Confidential