MPlayer.TMPTimeFormats Enumeration

TMPTimeFormats indicates the format a media player uses to indicate position.

Pascal

TMPTimeFormats = (
  tfMilliseconds,
  tfHMS,
  tfMSF,
  tfFrames,
  tfSMPTE24,
  tfSMPTE25,
  tfSMPTE30,
  tfSMPTE30Drop,
  tfBytes,
  tfSamples,
  tfTMSF
);

C++

enum TMPTimeFormats {
  tfMilliseconds,
  tfHMS,
  tfMSF,
  tfFrames,
  tfSMPTE24,
  tfSMPTE25,
  tfSMPTE30,
  tfSMPTE30Drop,
  tfBytes,
  tfSamples,
  tfTMSF
};

File

MPlayer

Description

The TMPTimeFormats type defines the time formats for a multimedia device used with a TMediaPlayer. The following table lists the possible values for the TMPTimeFormats type:

Value	Time format
tfMilliseconds	Milliseconds are stored as a 4-byte integer variable.
tfHMS	Hours, minutes, and seconds packed into a 4-byte integer. From least significant to most significant byte, the data values are
Hours (least significant byte)
Minutes
Seconds
Unused (most significant byte)
tfMSF	Minutes, seconds, and frames packed into a 4-byte integer. From least significant to most significant byte, the data values are
Minutes (least significant byte)
Seconds
Frames
Unused (most significant byte)
tfFrames	Frames are stored as a 4-byte integer variable.
tfSMPTE24	24-frame SMPTE packs values in a 4-byte variable. From least significant to most significant byte, the data values are
Hours (least significant byte)
Minutes
Seconds
Frames (most significant byte)
SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) time is an absolute time format expressed in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. The standard SMPTE division types are 24, 25, and 30 frames per second.
tfSMPTE25	25-frame SMPTE packs data into a 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE.
tfSMPTE30	30-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE.
tfSMPTE30Drop	30-drop-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE.
tfBytes	Bytes are stored as a 4-byte integer variable.
tfSamples	Samples are stored as a 4-byte integer variable.
tfTMSF	Tracks, minutes, seconds, and frames are packed in the 4-byte variable. From least significant to most significant byte, the data values are
Tracks (least significant byte)
Minutes
Seconds
Frames (most significant byte)

Note that MCI uses continuous track numbering.

Note: Functions provided with MCI to help decoding the 4-byte integer specified in a given time format are documented under MCI Macros for Encoding and Decoding Time Data in the MMSYSTEM.HLP Help file.