Re: Quicktime Atoms
Re: Quicktime Atoms
- Subject: Re: Quicktime Atoms
- From: Ben Dougall <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:31:47 +0100
On Friday, April 25, 2003, at 05:30 pm, Jim Rankin wrote:
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.
yeah but surely the tree is made up of qt atoms? the way i understand
the words atom and atomic in programming in general is to mean - all or
nothing. complete. encased. to ensure you don't get an inbetween / semi
situation.
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