Control video or audio file playback Interacts with movie, imovie, sfplay~ or jit.movie to control the playback, position and looping of the media Cycling '74 Max Commands For Controller and Its Movie TEXT_HERE Connect to Movie to be Controlled TEXT_HERE Command Numbers TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Link to a movie player If the left outlet of a playbar object is connected to a movie or imovie object, bang links the two objects together so the playbar can control the QuickTime movie. After playbar and movie are linked, any messages sent to the movie object which change its location or playing status are reflected in the playbar object. (Linking will happen automatically when a patcher file containing connected playbar and movie objects is loaded. Thus, sending the bang to playbar is only necessary when you're building a patch.) Manipulate movie playback Clicking and dragging with the mouse can be used to start/stop a movie, rewind/fast-forward it, or to select a particular point in the movie. Sets looping mode The word loop followed by a non-zero number will turn looping on; loop followed by a 0 will turn looping off. Set palidrome playback mode The word palindrome followed by a non-zero number will turn palindrome-playback on (loop forward and backwards); palindrome followed by a 0 will turn palindrome-playback off. Looping must be turned on for palindrome-playback.
Note: the palindrome mode of playback does not work with the sfplay~ object. Background Color TEXT_HERE Controls Color TEXT_HERE Disabled Color TEXT_HERE Hide loop control Hide rewind/forward controls Hide the rewind/forward controls Refresh Rate (fps) TEXT_HERE Selection Color TEXT_HERE Style Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format palette. Out left outlet: Once the playbar and a movie object are linked, the playbar controls the QuickTime movie. playbar only supports being connected to one movie object at a time. The connection must be made with a patch cord; it cannot take place via a send- receive pair. Out right outlet: Each command processed by playbar is sent by number out its right outlet. A directory of command numbers and their meaning can be found in the QuickTime Standard Movie Play Controller documentation. By properly interpreting these commands, you can potentially use playbar for other purposes besides movie control. However, the "thumb" in the controller has no range until an associated QuickTime movie with a non-zero duration is linked to the playbar.