Reading timecode track data using the C# version of Quicktime

Question

Hi,

I'm using the .Net activeX component of Quicktime. I would like to read the timecode track data contained in a QTMovie track. I can already select my timecode track like this :

// Valid Quicktime movie
QTMovie movie;
QTUtils qtu = new QTUtils();

for (int i = 1; i <= movie.Tracks.Count; i++)
{
    if (movie.Tracks[i].Type == qtu.StringToFourCharCode("tmcd"))
    {
        QTTrack tcTrack = movie.Tracks[i];
        //
        // Timecode data reading ?
        //
}

Is there a way to extract the timecode data?

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

If you get an answer to this, can you please share it? Thank you so much. I'm trying to figure out something similar for the Delphi ActiveX component.

Rick

Answer 2

I asked a very similar question regarding applescript and timecode. The workaround was to use another app, an open source, command line app called timecodereader available here. I'm not sure if it's cross platform, but you might be able to glean something from the sourc code.

HTH

Answer 3

Has someone a solution to get the time code with the QuickTime Librarys? I think the time code is not at a normal property. It must be related to the frames, or?