Apple QuickTime User's Guide

QuickTime 7.3User’s Guide Includes instructions for using QuickTime Pro For Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later, and Windows

10 Preface Welcome to QuickTime For a complete list of supported formats, see the Products area of the QuickTime website.To determine if QuickTime

1 111 Using QuickTime PlayerThis chapter explains the basics of using QuickTime Player. Opening and Playing FilesYou can open and play QuickTime

12 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player QuickTime Player has onscreen controls similar to those found on CD players and DVD players. Use the controls

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 13 With QuickTime Pro, you also have the option of saving the movie to your hard disk (if the author of the movie

14 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player QuickTime automatically detects your Internet connection speed so that you get the highest-quality QuickTime c

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 15 To use HTTP streaming (in Mac OS X):1 In QuickTime Player, choose QuickTime Player > QuickTime Preferences (

16 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player Some QTVR movies have hot spots that take you from one scene (or node) to another. As you move the mouse over

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 17 Opening Recently Used FilesYou can easily open recently used files.To open recently used files:m Choose File &g

18 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player Viewing Information About a FileQuickTime Player can display information about a QuickTime file, such as its c

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 19 Â Play sound in frontmost player only: Select to play the audio for only one QuickTime Player window (the acti

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20 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player You can also set options for all movies playing at full screen. For example, you can hide the movie controls o

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 21 Using Frame Number and Time CodesWhen you’re viewing a movie in QuickTime Player, you can display the current m

22 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player Finding Text in a Text TrackSome movies contain text such as titles, credits, subtitles, or section headings.

2 232 Getting Started with QuickTime ProLearn how to use the advanced playback options in QuickTime Pro, create movie postcards, and share them v

24 Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro To play a movie on a second display:1 Open a movie in QuickTime Player.2 Choose View > Present

Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro 25 Loading Movies into RAM for Better PlaybackQuickTime has two memory (RAM) options you can use to im

26 Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro Setting Recording OptionsWhen you first use QuickTime Pro to record video or audio, settings are a

Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro 27 Saving Movies from the InternetWith QuickTime Pro, you can save (download) a movie viewed in your w

28 Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro You can add music to your slideshow by adding an audio track to your movie before saving it. Open

Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro 29 Sharing Movies by Email or the Web With QuickTime Pro and Mac OS X it’s easy to create movies that

3 3 Contents Preface 6 Welcome to QuickTime6 What Is QuickTime? 6 What Is QuickTime Pro? 7 What’s New in QuickTime 7? 7 New in QuickTime Playe

330 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime ProLearn how to use QuickTime Pro to edit movies, manipulate movie tracks, and much more.Simple EditingWi

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 31 Note: By default, the selection markers hide when nothing is selected, making it easy to det

32 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro Working with TracksA QuickTime movie is made up of one or more “tracks.” Each track stores a

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 33 To extract a track (and add it to another movie):1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties.2

34 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro Note: If your audio and video are created by the same device, such as a DV camera, and are

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 35 Pasting Graphics and Text into a MovieWith QuickTime Pro, you can paste graphics and text int

36 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro Overlaying a Movie with TextWith QuickTime Pro, you can use QuickTime Player to overlay (sup

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 37 The duration for each line of text in the text file appears on a separate line before the lin

38 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro Changing Movie PropertiesThe following sections describe how to resize or rotate a movie, se

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 39 Changing a Movie’s Shape with a Video MaskWith QuickTime Pro, you can change the shape of a m

4 Contents 22 Preventing Users from Changing QuickTime Settings 22 Viewing Movies that have Flash Content Chapter 2 23 Getting Started with QuickTime

40 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 3 Choose File > Export. In the Export pop-up menu, choose “Text to Text.” In the Use pop-

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro 41 18 Select the text track, then select “Preload this track” (to make the chapter track load fi

442 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime ProIf you want more control over how QuickTime creates a file, use the Export feature of QuickTime Pro.With Qui

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 43 Exporting Files Using PresetsQuickTime Pro offers a myriad of settings and options for compressing

44 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 4 In the Video area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Settings, and then choose your settings.Â

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 45 Movies with higher frame rates show motion better but have larger file sizes. If you choose a frame

46 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro Customizing Sound Export SettingsTo customize sound settings for export:1 Choose File > Export.

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 47 Preparing a Movie for Fast StartWith QuickTime Pro, you can set up a movie to start playing from a

48 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro If you want to stream a QuickTime movie using QuickTime Streaming Server, you should use a web-opt

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 49 4 Choose a poster frame option for the movie. The poster frame determines the still image viewers w

Contents 5 Chapter 4 42 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro42 About Video and Audio Compression 43 Exporting Files Using Presets 43 Customizing Export

50 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro  Video Format: Choose the video compressor (codec) you want to use to compress your video. For t

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 51  Data Rate: As with video, the more kilobits per second, the better the audio quality. Channels:

52 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 3G File Format Export OptionsAfter you choose File > Export and click Options, the first two it

Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 53 Â Image Size: If you’re sending the file to a mobile phone, choose one of the standards. Current m

54 Chapter 4 Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro 3G Text OptionsWhen you export a movie to 3G format (by choosing File > Export and then choosin

55AppendixShortcuts and TipsLearn keyboard shortcuts and other tips for using QuickTime efficiently.QuickTime Player Keyboard ShortcutsQuickTime

56 Appendix Shortcuts and Tips QuickTime Pro Keyboard ShortcutsFor this control Press (Mac OS X) Press (Windows)Play/pause Space bar Space barPlay

Appendix Shortcuts and Tips 57 Automating QuickTime Player with AppleScriptIn Mac OS X, you can use AppleScript to automate QuickTime Player funct

58 Appendix Shortcuts and Tips Automating QuickTime Player on WindowsIn Windows, you can use JavaScript, Visual Basic, or other Active Scripting l

59GlossaryGlossaryAIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) An audio file format used widely on the web.aspect ratio The relationship between the h

Preface 6 Welcome to QuickTime Want to play movies from your hard disk or the Internet? QuickTime Player makes it easy.What Is QuickTime? QuickTim

60 Glossary Fast Start A method of delivering a movie so that it can start playing before it is fully downloaded.frame A single image in a movie.fra

Glossary 61 PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A file format for images.poster In QuickTime, a still image, usually a single frame from a movie, used t

Index62 Index3G filesexporting 51–53AA/V Controls 18animations 27annotations 38AppleScript 57audioadding an audio track 33audio controls 18, 3

Index 63 locked media files 17looping 20Mmedia keys 17memory options 25MIDI 16MIME Settings 15Mirror Displays 23monitors. See displaysmovie con

Preface Welcome to QuickTime 7 What’s New in QuickTime 7? Both the free QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro provide a host of new features. New

8 Preface Welcome to QuickTime  Easy access to QuickTime Pro. When you use the free QuickTime Player, features available only in QuickTime Pro d

Preface Welcome to QuickTime 9 Â Movie sharing. Easily create a movie file for sending via email or posting to a website. Â Automator integration.