Re: Quicktime Atoms
Re: Quicktime Atoms
- Subject: Re: Quicktime Atoms
- From: Jim Rankin <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:30:03 -0400
On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 07:16 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
QT atoms are basic containers that QuickTime uses to construct
hierarchical
data structures. A newly created QT atom is like the root of a tree.
Each
subsequent QT atom is contained in it and contains either data or other
atoms. If a QT atom contains other atoms, it is called a parent atom
and the
atoms it contains are called its child atoms. If a QT atom contains
data, it
is called a leaf atom. Applications and other kinds of software can
also use
the QT atom architecture to store data. For further information about
QT
atoms, see "Movie Toolbox: Fundamentals." "
Uh, so QT Atoms are trees? Why didn't they call them QT Trees?
No wonder the guy who asked this question was so confused.
Best,
-jimbo
(who knows nothing about QT)
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