At 12:49 PM -0500 1/12/01, Robert J. Beichner wrote:
>Are there any QuickTime wizards out there?
>
>I'm trying to put a small graphic object on top of a quicktime movie. The
>basic idea is that a person clicks on the movie and a marker appears at the
>spot where they clicked. I can grab the mouseUp on the movie and place the
>graphic in the correct position, but the movie refreshes itself
>instantaneously and covers the graphic. If I click near the edge of the
>movie, I can see part of the graphic "sticking out" beyond the edge of the
>video that does not get blasted away. I can set the layer of the movie
>player, but it seems to be ignored. It is always on top.
>
>On a related note, I don't suppose there is a direct way to determine which
>frame number of the movie happens to be showing? I can get currentTime from
>the player, as well as the duration of the clip. But without knowing the
>duration of each individual frame, I can't convert the currentTime to a real
>time measured in seconds.
This kind of thing might better be handled by QuickTime itself,
depending on the circumstances. Check out LiveStage, from TotallyHip:
http://www.totallyhip.com
It's about $600, but it does this sort of thing easily. Electrifier
from Lari, price unknown, might also do this. I think their site is
http://www.larisoftware.com
or maybe just www.lari.com
gc
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