Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
- Subject: Re: six things I wasn't able to do with Cocoa
- From: Kevin Wojniak <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:52:36 -0700
Did you try QTMovieNaturalSizeAttribute?
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2005/tn2138.html#TNTAG11
On May 28, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Bill Appleton wrote:
> Hi Chaitanya,
>
> that code always returns a size of 100, 100 for every movie I try. really.
>
> and then the poster or frame is really pixelated because it is coming from
> such a small source.
>
> i am surely missing something here!
>
>
> thanks,
>
> bill
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Chaitanya Pandit <email@hidden>wrote:
>
>>
>> *3)** **I **can't get t**he right dimensions for a QuickTime movie or
>> poster
>> *
>>
>>
>> NSSize movieSize = [[movieObject currentFrameImage] size];
>>
>> I used to call GetMovieBox, so I tried using [QTMovie posterImage] but the
>> NSImage reported a width and height of 100, and then my movie poster was
>> really pixelated. How do I get a decent looking movie poster? How do I get
>> the original dimensions for movie playback?
>>
>>
>> *4)** **I **can't call the printing code*
>>
>> I know, the printing code calls me. But other platforms don't work like
>> this. I eventually used Core Printing and the Cocoa dialogs by sub-classing
>> and faking out NSPrintPanel. Is there a better way?
>>
>>
>> *5)** **I **can't create a simple list*
>>
>> I did it the only way I could -- with a table that has one column, etc. Man
>> that was painful for a simple list. Is there a better way?
>>
>>
>> *6)** **I **can't get the height of some wrapped text*
>>
>> I had to use the layout manager and some major rocket science to get this
>> to
>> work right. I'm not saying Text Edit was great, but at least it knows how
>> tall the text field is.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Bill Appleton
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