Attribute Time Formats

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Attribute Time Formats

Windows Media Services supports the SMIL 2.0 Clock-value time formats. You can use any of the formats interchangeably in any attribute that can include a clock value. There are three types of clock values:

  • A full-clock value contains hours, minutes, and seconds, separated by colons (:), and optionally, a decimal fraction of a second.
  • A partial-clock value contains only minutes and seconds separated by a colon, and optionally, a decimal fraction of a second.
  • A timecount value can specify hours, minutes, seconds, or milliseconds, but only one of these can exist in a single timecount value. An optional decimal fraction can be appended to the numerical value, and the numerical value is followed, with no intervening space, by an h for hours, min for minutes, s for seconds, or ms for milliseconds. If no units are specified, the value defaults to seconds.

The following table shows syntax examples for all three types of clock values.

Clock-value type Example Meaning
Full-clock 02:30:03 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 3 seconds
Full-clock 2:30:3 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 3 seconds. Leading zeros are optional.
Full-clock 50:00:10.25 50 hours, 10 seconds, and 250 milliseconds
Partial-clock 02:33 2 minutes and 33 seconds
Partial-clock 00:10.5 10 seconds and 500 milliseconds (10.5 seconds)
Timecount 3.2h 3.2 hours
Timecount 45min 45 minutes
Timecount 30s 30 seconds
Timecount 5ms 5 milliseconds
Timecount 12.47 12 seconds and 470 milliseconds (Defaults to seconds if no units are specified.)

No embedded white space is permitted in a clock value. Leading and trailing white space is ignored. SMPTE frames are not supported. Negative offset clock values are not supported.

  • Note   For more information about the SMIL 2.0 Specification, W3C Recommendation, see the W3C Web site.

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