DThmsftoframe(3dm)                                          DThmsftoframe(3dm)



NAME
     DThmsftoframe - convert hours, minutes, seconds, frame to DAT frame
     number.

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <dmedia/dataudio.h>

     unsigned long DThmsfframe(int hour, int min, int sec, int frame)

PARAMETERS
     hour,min,sec,frame   The value to be converted, in absolute time.

RETURNED VALUE
     DThmsftoframe returns the desired frame number.

DESCRIPTION
     DThmsftoframe converts an hours, minutes, seconds, frame quadruple,
     representing a time in absolute time, into the corresponding DAT frame
     number.  Absolute time is a continuously incrementing time starting from
     0 at the start of the tape.

     Frame numbers are much easier to compare than timecodes.

SEE ALSO
     DTintro(3dm), DTaddcallback(3dm), DTparseframe(3dm),
     DTremovecallback(3dm), DTtctoframe(3dm), DTvalidtc(3dm), datframe(4)

AUTHOR
     Mark Callow

























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