Quicktime for Java: An Introduction
Jason Freeman
Columbia University / Akademie Schloss Solitude http://www.jasonfreeman.net
Transmediale February 3, 2004
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What is Quicktime
"QuickTime is more than a media player — it is a multimedia technology architecture enabling products from Apple and third parties." —Apple

media import, export, conversion media authoring / creation 2D Drawing transformation and effects media capture streaming …and more!
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What is Quicktime for Java
"QuickTime for Java provides a set of crossplatform APIs which allows Java developers to build multimedia, including streaming audio and video, into applications and applets."
—Apple

A Java API, developed by Apple provides direct access to the core Quicktime API runs at near-native speeds additional packages to integrate Quicktime with Java and provide easy access to common tasks
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QTJ OS Compatibility
runs everywhere Quicktime runs Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003
older versions of Quicktime run on Windows 95
Mac OS 8.x / 9.x / 10.x not compatible with Linux
none of the Quicktime-on-Linux projects support QTJ
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Other QTJ Requirements
Sun Java JDK 1.1.x or later
not compatible with Microsoft VM!!
Quicktime 3.0 or later Quicktime for Java component
not usually installed by default on Windows
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Common Uses of QTJ


file import, export, and conversion real-time audio multitrack mixing real-time video and image compositing and animation audio and video capture receiving and broadcasting streaming media real-time visual effects and manipulation "cut and paste" media editing and creation
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Common Contexts for QTJ
Java applets Java Web Start applications standalone Java client applications Java servlets or other server-side applications

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