Specifies the time format used to report all position information.
Syntax
[form.]MMControl.TimeFormat[ = format&]
Remarks
The following table lists the TimeFormat property settings for the Multimedia MCI control.
| Value | Setting/Time format |
| 0 | mciFormatMilliseconds |
| Milliseconds are stored as a 4-byte integer variable. | |
| 1 | mciFormatHms |
| Hours, minutes, and seconds are packed into a 4-byte integer. From least significant byte to most significant byte, the individual data values are: | |
| Hours (least significant byte) | |
| Minutes | |
| Seconds | |
| Unused (most significant byte) | |
| 2 | mciFormatMsf |
| Minutes, seconds, and frames are packed into a 4-byte integer. From least significant byte to most significant byte, the individual data values are: | |
| Minutes (least significant byte) | |
| Seconds | |
| Frames | |
| Unused (most significant byte) | |
| 3 | mciFormatFrames |
| Frames are stored as a 4-byte integer variable. | |
| 4 | mciFormatSmpte24 |
| 24-frame SMPTE packs the following values in a 4-byte variable from least significant byte to most significant byte: | |
| Hours (least significant byte) | |
| Minutes | |
| Seconds | |
| Frames (most significant byte) | |
| SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) time is an absolute time format expressed in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. The standard SMPTE division types are 24, 25, and 30 frames per second. | |
| 5 | mciFormatSmpte25 |
| 25-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE. | |
| 6 | mciFormatSmpte30 |
| 30-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE. | |
| 7 | mciFormatSmpte30Drop |
| 30-drop-frame SMPTE packs data into the 4-byte variable in the same order as 24-frame SMPTE. | |
| 8 | mciFormatBytes |
| Bytes are stored as a 4-byte integer variable. | |
| 9 | mciFormatSamples |
| Samples are stored as a 4-byte integer variable. | |
| 10 | mciFormatTmsf |
| Tracks, minutes, seconds, and frame are packed in the 4-byte variable from least significant byte to most significant byte: | |
| Tracks (least significant byte) | |
| Minutes | |
| Seconds | |
| Frames (most significant byte) | |
| Note MCI uses continuous track numbering. |
Note Not all formats are supported by every device. If you try to set an invalid format, the assignment is ignored.
The current timing information is always passed in a 4-byte integer. In some formats, the timing information returned is not really an integer, but single bytes of information packed in the long integer. Properties that access or send information in the current time format are: From, Length, Position, Start, To, TrackLength, TrackPosition.
Data Type
Long (Enumerated)