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But I'm having trouble getting a good jpeg file from a movie. Here's the code:

			QTSession.open();

			QTFile qtFile = new QTFile("/Users/josh/kelley20.mp4");


			OpenMovieFile movieFile = OpenMovieFile.asRead(qtFile);

			Movie movie = Movie.fromFile(movieFile);

			int j = 0;

			int step = (movie.getDuration() - movie.getTime())/5;

			for (int i = movie.getTime(); i < movie.getDuration(); i += step) {

				j++;

				Pict pict = movie.getPict(i); // frame number

				File f = new File("/Users/josh/quicktime/test" + j +".jpeg");

				

				pict.writeToFile(f);

			}

			QTSession.close();

			System.exit(0);

It almost works. There is a file saved and I can open it in safari and it's the right picture. Unfortunately it won't open in camino ("this jpeg contains errors") or preview. It's not really a jpeg though. Graphics Converter says its file format is "QuickTime Importer (QuickDraw)".

Any idea how i can convert this into a jpeg? I've tried using GraphicsImporter,on the file like this:

			GraphicsImporter gi = new GraphicsImporter(qtFile);  // get a cantFindHandler error here

			GraphicsImporterDrawer myDrawer = new GraphicsImporterDrawer 

				(gi); 

			QTImageProducer qtProducer = new QTImageProducer (myDrawer, 

					size); 

			Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(qtProducer); 

but I get the "Unsupported on Mac OS X and Java 1.4 and higher" error on the GraphicsImporterDrawer line. I'm using 10.2, could that be a problem? (I think i've updated quicktime java properly).

Could i use ibm's toolkit for this?

Thanks for your help and great articles, J.