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Color table atom ('ctab')

An atom that defines a list of preferred colors for displaying the movie on devices that support only 256 colors.

Overview

Color table atoms define a list of preferred colors for displaying the movie on devices that support only 256 colors. The list may contain up to 256 colors. These optional atoms have a type value of 'ctab'. The color table atom contains a Macintosh color table data structure.

The layout of a color table atom is as follows.

Data field

Bytes

Size

4

Type

4

Color_table_seed

4

Color_table_flags

2

Color_table_size

2

Color_array

Variable

Topics

Data fields

See Also

Describing movies