-(void)collectItemData{ //This method uses the arrays index of file paths and then gets the atributes to the file and saves to NSDict.
for (int i = 0; i < movArray.count ; i++) {
Item *newItem = [[Item alloc]init]; // My item object
NSFileManager * defaultManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *currentItem = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:[movArray objectAtIndex:i]];
NSDictionary *tempInfoDict;
tempInfoDict = [defaultManager attributesOfItemAtPath:currentItem error:NULL]; //Gets the attributes of a QT movie file.
newItem.creationDate = [tempInfoDict objectForKey:@"NSFileCreationDate"];// gets the creation date
long int x = [[tempInfoDict objectForKey:@"NSFileSize"] intValue]; //gets the file size
newItem.size = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d MB's", x / 1024];
newItem.thumbView = [self getThumbNail:i];
[movieStillImage setImage:[newItem thumbView]];
[tableViewItemList addObject:newItem];
[currentItem release];
[newItem release];
// [tableView reloadData];
}
[self loopTest];
}
-(NSImage *)getThumbNail:(int) i{
NSString *theFilePath = [movArray objectAtIndex:i];
QTMovie *movieObject = [QTMovie movieWithFile:theFilePath error:nil];
NSImage *newThmb = [movieObject posterImage];
return newThmb;
}
-(void)loopTest{
for (int i = 0; i < tableViewItemList.count; i++) {
Item *loopItem = [[Item alloc]init];
loopItem = [tableViewItemList objectAtIndex:i];
[movieStillImage setImage:[loopItem thumbView]]; // MovieStillImage is an outlet of type NSImageView
sleep(1);
[loopItem release];
}
}
