Size of QT file being downloaded

[Peter Bogdanoff]

Thanks, I’ll take a look.

pb

On Jul 8, 2014, at 2:44 AM, Klaus major-k <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> Am 08.07.2014 um 03:46 schrieb Peter Bogdanoff <bogdanoff at me.com>:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I suspect there is no answer to this but…
>> 
>> I’m streaming QT fast start files from a server to a player. It’s a real interactive application where the user can play different parts of an audio file as it is downloading. If the data for a later start time hasn’t arrived yet, I put up a message that tells the user to wait for the audio to download. Then it starts playing when it does get the data.
>> 
>> I’m wanting to add a progress indictor that shows about how long the user needs to wait. It would be based on a calculation including the desired startTime, the duration of the file, and the amount of data already downloaded. 
>> 
>> Is there a way to determine the last item, the amount of data already downloaded? You can see it visually in the player controller, but I, for various reasons, don’t want to show the controller.
>> 
>> any ideas?
> 
> Check Trevors wonderful Enhanced Quicktime external:
> <http://www.bluemangolearning.com/revolution/software/externals/eqt/>
> :-)
> 
>> Peter Bogdanoff
>> UCLA
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> 
> --
> Klaus Major
> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major-k.de
> 
> 
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