playbar
Control video or audio file playback
Description
Interacts with movie, imovie, sfplay~ or jit.movie to control the playback, position and looping of the media
Arguments
None.
Attributes
bgcolor[4 floats]
7.0.0
Sets the background color of the playbar object in RGBA format.
color[4 floats]
7.0.0
Sets the color of the controls for the playbar object in RGBA format.
disabledcolor[4 floats]
7.0.0
Sets the controls color of the playbar object in RGBA format when the object is disabled.
hideloop[int]: 0
Hide loop control
hiderwff[int]: 0
Hide the rewind/forward controls
refreshrate[float]: 30.
When playbar is controlling a jit.movie, the refreshrate attribute sets the rate in fps at which the movie is played back.
selectioncolor[4 floats]
7.0.0
Sets the selection color of the playbar object in RGBA format.
style[symbol]:
7.0.0
Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format Palette.
Common Box Attributes
annotation[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in the Clue window when the user moves the mouse over the object.
background[int]: 0
Adds or removes the object from the patcher's background layer.
adds the object to the background layer, removes it. Objects in the background layer are shown behind all objects in the default foreground layer.
color[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object box outline.
fontface[int]
Sets the type style used by the object. The options are:
plain
bold
italic
bold italic
Possible values:
0 = 'regular'
1 = 'bold'
2 = 'italic'
3 = 'bold italic'
fontname[symbol]
Sets the object's font.
fontsize[float]
Sets the object's font size (in points).
Possible values:
'8'
'9'
'10'
'11'
'12'
'13'
'14'
'16'
'18'
'20'
'24'
'30'
'36'
'48'
'64'
'72'
hint[symbol]
Sets the text that will be displayed in as a pop-up hint when the user moves the mouse over the object in a locked patcher.
ignoreclick[int]: 0
Toggles whether an object ignores mouse clicks in a locked patcher.
jspainterfile[symbol]
JS Painter File
patching_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 100. 0.
Sets the position and size of the object in the patcher window.
position[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's x and y position in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its size unchanged.
presentation[int]: 0
Sets whether an object belongs to the patcher's presentation.
presentation_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 0. 0.
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in the patcher's presentation, leaving its patching position unchanged.
rect[4 floats]
write-only
Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation).
size[2 floats]
write-only
Sets the object's width and height in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its position unchanged.
textcolor[4 floats]
Sets the color for the object's text in RGBA format.
textjustification[int]
Sets the justification for the object's text.
Possible values:
0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'
varname[symbol]
Sets the patcher's scripting name, which can be used to address the object by name in pattr, scripting messages to thispatcher, and the js object.
Messages
bang
If the left outlet of a playbar object is connected to a movie or imovie object, links the two objects together so the playbar can control the movie. After playbar and movie are linked, any messages sent to the movie object which change its location or playing status are reflected in the playbar object. (Linking will happen automatically when a patcher file containing connected playbar and movie objects is loaded. Thus, sending the to playbar is only necessary when you're building a patch.)
loop
The word
followed by a non-zero number will turn looping on; followed by a 0 will turn looping off.- flag
[int]
(mouse)
Clicking and dragging with the mouse can be used to start/stop a movie, rewind/fast-forward it, or to select a particular point in the movie.
palindrome
The word
Note: the palindrome mode of playback does not work with the sfplay~ object.
- flag
[int]
Output
(internal)
int
Out right outlet: Each command processed by playbar is sent by number out its right outlet. A directory of command numbers and their meaning can be found in the QuickTime Standard Movie Play Controller documentation. By properly interpreting these commands, you can potentially use playbar for other purposes besides movie control. However, the "thumb" in the controller has no range until an associated movie with a non-zero duration is linked to the playbar.
See Also
Name | Description |
---|---|
jit.movie | Play a movie |
movie | Play a movie in a window |
imovie | Play video |