GetTimeFormat


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4. Standard Units

4.47. MMedia - Multimedia Devices support unit

4.47.2. TMMedia Object Methods

4.47.2.12. GetTimeFormat

Targets: Win32 only

MMedia Unit

Returns the time format used to obtain and specify position information.

Declaration:

  function GetTimeFormat: DWORD;

Remarks: Not all formats are supported by every device. When trying to set an unsupported format, the assignment is ignored. The current timing information is always passed as a 4-byte DWORD value.

The following table lists the possible return values for of the GetTimeFormat function:

Value	Time format
MCI_FORMAT_MILLISECONDS	Milliseconds are stored as a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_HMS	Hours, minutes, and seconds packed into a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_MSF	Minutes, seconds, and frames packed into a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_FRAMES	Frames are stored as a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_SMPTE_24	24-frame SMPTE packs values in a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_SMPTE_25	25-frame SMPTE packs values in a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_SMPTE_30	30-frame SMPTE packs values in a 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_SMPTE_30DROP	30-drop-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable.
MCI_FORMAT_BYTES	Bytes are stored as a 4-byte variable
MCI_FORMAT_SAMPLES	Samples are stored as a 4-byte integer variable
MCI_FORMAT_TMSF	Tracks, minutes, seconds, and frames are packed in the 4-byte variable.


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