Troi File Plug-in™ 8.5

Known issues

  • We have removed all dependency on QuickTime for the 64-bit version. Some functionality which required QuickTime is currently not implemented when running in 64-bit mode:
    • TrFile_Metadata("-GetMovieDescription", ... )
      This functionality is not implemented on Windows and on Mac OS X versions prior to OS X 10.7. In this case the plug-in returns with error code $$-4243 (kErrNotImplemented).
    • TrFile_Metadata("-GetImageDescription", ... )
      This functionality is not implemented on Mac OS X versions prior to OS X 10.7. In this case the plug-in returns with error code $$-4243 (kErrNotImplemented).
      On Windows the -GetImageDescription functionality is now implemented.
  • There may be slight differences in the information returned from the new implementation of TrFile_Metadata("-GetImageDescription", ... ) and the old QuickTime implementation: for example the descriptive names of codecs might differ, like "TIFF (Uncompressed)" with the old code and "TIFF" with the new code.
  • There may be slight differences in the information returned from the new implementation of TrFile_Metadata("-GetMovieDescription", ... ) and the old QuickTime implementation: for example the descriptive names of codecs might differ, like "AAC, Stereo (L R), 11,025 kHz" with the old code and "AAC, 2 channels, 11025 Hz" with the new code.
  • In the TrFile_Metadata( ) function you can now add the switch "-PreferQuickTime" in combination with the switches "-GetMovieDescription" and "-GetImageDescription". If possible the plug-in will use the old code which depends on QuickTime. QuickTime is not available on 64-bit, in this case the switch "-PreferQuickTime" will be ignored and the new code will be used.
  • Currently no Timecode information is returned in the new implementation of TrFile_Metadata("-GetMovieDescription", ... ). Use the new "-PreferQuickTime" switch if possible to get the Timecode information (if you are running on 32-bit).
  • Different error codes may be returned by the plug-ins functions, compared to the previous version.
  • The function TrFile_MountDisk() may not work with AppleShare disks. We have not tested it. It still might work on older systems.