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 
> <chaita...@expersis.com>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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