AW: what is the timescale of a player?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Thanks Klaus,
Thanks for your hints!
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus Major
> Gesendet: Montag, 9. Juni 2008 11:18
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: what is the timescale of a player?
> 
> Hi Timo,
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > The documentation of 2.9 says to the timescale property of a player:
> > "intervals per second of a movie or sound". My first thought was, it
> > would
> > be the fps (frames per second), but if I get the timescale of my
> > videos, I
> > get "600". Can anybody give me a hint, what this number represents
> > and if it
> > depends on the movie or if it is always 600?
> 
> It depends on the movie, although most of the time(not always ;-)
> QuickTime movies have a timescale of 600.
> 
> > Am I right, if I want to step frame by frame through a video clip I
> > have to
> > divide the duration/current time by 600 and multiply it by 25fps? To
> > get the
> > current frame? Or can I set the timescale somehow to fps?
> 
> If you are using QuickTime then Trevors WONDERFUL "Enhanced QuickTIme
> External" can give you the FPS of your movie(s).
> 
> > Could it be that something has changed from 2.8 to 2.9 with this?
> 
> No, this has always been this way.
> 
> > I can't remember exactly, but I did some tests with 2.8 some month
> > ago and could
> > step easily frame by frame though a video, without calculating with
> > this "600"!?
> 
> Nope :-)
> 
> > Thanks for any hints
> >
> > Tiemo
> 
> Regards
> 
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
> 
> 
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