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Simultaneously published in the United States and Canada. 019-0404/09-07-05 3 Contents Preface 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 Welcome to QuickTime What Is QuickTime? What Is QuickTime Pro? What's New in QuickTime 7? New in QuickTime Player New in QuickTime Pro System Requirements Types of Files QuickTime Supports Checking for New Versions of QuickTime Using Onscreen Help Where to Go for Additional Information Using QuickTime Player Opening and Playing Files Opening and Playing Movies in QuickTime Player Opening and Playing Files in a Web Browser Viewing QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) Movies Viewing Still Images Playing MIDI Files Opening Recently Used Files Finding Movies Quickly Using QuickTime Favorites Playing Copy-Protected Movies Viewing Information About a File Controlling Playback Adjusting Audio and Video Settings Changing Playback Preferences Changing Movie Size for Playback Looping a Movie Simultaneously Playing Multiple Movies Finding Text in a Text Track Preventing Users From Changing QuickTime Settings Chapter 1 3 Chapter 2 22 22 22 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 28 28 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 31 32 33 33 34 36 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro Getting QuickTime Pro Using Advanced Playback Options Viewing Movies at Full Screen Playing a Movie on a Second Display Presenting a Movie as a Slideshow Changing the Color Around a Movie Loading Movies Into RAM for Better Playback Creating Movies and Other Media Recording Video and Audio About Saving Movies Saving Movies From the Internet Creating a Slideshow or Animation From Still Images Creating a Still Image From a Movie Converting Files Into QuickTime Movies Sharing Movies by Email or the Web Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro Simple Editing Selecting and Playing Part of a Movie Cutting, Copying, or Deleting a Section of a Movie Combining Two QuickTime Movies Into One Working With Tracks Turning Tracks On or Off Extracting, Adding, and Moving Tracks Working With Audio Tracks Presenting Multiple Movies in the Same Frame Pasting Graphics and Text Into a Movie Working With Text Tracks Specifying Languages for Individual Tracks Changing Movie Properties Adding Annotations to a Movie Resizing, Flipping, or Rotating a Movie Changing a Movie's Shape With a Video Mask Changing a Track's Transparency Creating a Chapter List for a Movie Setting a Movie's Poster Frame Saving a Movie With Specific Playback Settings Changing the Movie Controller Type Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro About Video and Audio Compression Exporting Files Using Presets Chapter 3 Chapter 4 4 Contents 42 42 44 44 45 45 45 46 47 47 47 48 49 49 49 50 51 51 52 52 Appendix 53 53 53 54 54 56 59 Customizing Export Settings Customizing Video Export Settings Adding Special Effects and Filters to a QuickTime Movie Changing Image (Frame) Size Customizing Sound Export Settings Preparing Movies for Internet Delivery Preparing a Movie for Fast Start Preparing a Movie for Real-Time Streaming Creating Reference Movies to Optimize Web Playback Exporting MPEG-4 Files MPEG-4 Video Export Options MPEG-4 Audio Export Options MPEG-4 Streaming Export Options Exporting 3G Files 3G File Format Export Options 3G Video Export Options 3G Audio Export Options 3G Text Options 3G Streaming Options 3G Advanced Options Shortcuts and Tips QuickTime Player Keyboard Shortcuts QuickTime Pro Keyboard Shortcuts Automating QuickTime Player With AppleScript Automating QuickTime Player on Windows Glossary Index Contents 5 Want to play movies from your hard disk or the Internet? QuickTime Player makes it easy. What Is QuickTime? QuickTime Player is a free multimedia player. You can use it to view many kinds of files, including video, audio, still images, graphics, and virtual reality (VR) movies. QuickTime supports the most popular formats on the Internet for news, sports, education, movie trailers, and other entertainment. QuickTime is also a multimedia architecture that other applications can leverage. Some of the most popular software--such as iTunes, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro from Apple, as well as many third-party programs--uses the QuickTime architecture for important multimedia functions. These applications require QuickTime to be installed in order to function properly. What Is QuickTime Pro? You can easily add a host of useful features to your QuickTime software by purchasing QuickTime Pro. With QuickTime Pro, you can:  Play movies at full screen  Save files from the Internet      Edit audio and video Record audio and video (Macintosh only) Add special effects Create slideshows Convert and save video, audio, and images to more than a hundred standard formats For information about how to start using QuickTime Pro, see "Getting QuickTime Pro" on page 25. 6 Preface Welcome to QuickTime What's New in QuickTime 7? Both the free QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro provide a host of new features. New in QuickTime Player  H.264 video support. This state-of-the-art, standards-based codec delivers exceptional-quality video at the lowest data rate possible, across data rates ranging from 3G to HD and beyond.  Live resize. Playback continues smoothly as you change the size of the QuickTime Player window. (Some hardware requirements may apply.)  Zero-configuration streaming. You no longer need to set your Internet connection speed in QuickTime Preferences. QuickTime automatically determines the best connection speed for your computer. If a connection is lost during streaming, QuickTime automatically reconnects to the server.  Surround sound. QuickTime Player can now play up to 24 channels of audio. With QuickTime 7, your Mac, and surround speakers, you can enjoy the full effect of your surround sound movie or game.  New and improved playback controls. Use the new A/V Controls window to adjust settings for the best viewing experience. Easily change settings including jog shuttle, playback speed, bass, treble, and balance.  All-new content guide. The all-new QuickTime Content Guide provides the latest in entertainment on the Internet.  Spotlight-friendly media. With Mac OS X v10.4, you can use Spotlight to easily find your QuickTime content. Spotlight can search for movie attributes such as artist, copyright, codec, and so on.  Screen reader compatibility. Using VoiceOver, included with Mac OS X v10.4, visually impaired users can enjoy QuickTime Player features.  Easy access to QuickTime Pro. When you use the free QuickTime Player, features available only in QuickTime Pro display a "Pro" by their names. If you choose one of these items, you'll see a definition of the feature and learn how to purchase QuickTime Pro. (To purchase QuickTime Pro, you must be connected to the Internet using the computer on which you want to install the software.) Menu items with "Pro" are available after you upgrade to QuickTime Pro. New in QuickTime Pro QuickTime 7 Pro users enjoy not only all the great features in QuickTime Player, but also the following new QuickTime Pro capabilities: Preface Welcome to QuickTime 7  Floating controls. Full-screen mode now provides floating DVD-like controls for easy access to functions like pause, play, fast-forward, and rewind. Move your mouse and the full-screen controller appears on the screen for several seconds.  Create H.264 video. Use this codec for all your video encoding needs. Create content ranging in size from HD (high definition) to 3G (for mobile devices), and everything in between.  Create surround audio. Create a rich multimedia experience for your customers by adding multi-channel audio to your movie. If some of your customers don't have surround speakers, don't worry; QuickTime automatically mixes the audio to work with the speaker setup of each user.  Concurrent exports. Export multiple files at once--and continue with your next playback or editing task.  Improved movie authoring. Editing tasks are much easier with new hot keys for in and out points. In addition, the Movie Properties interface has been completely redesigned to facilitate simple and efficient movie authoring.  New AAC constant-quality mode. Create AAC audio files optimized for constant quality rather than a constant bit rate for a consistently high-quality listening experience.  3G streaming. Create 3G files for RTSP streaming that are fully interoperable with other 3G streaming handsets and delivery architectures. New for Macintosh In addition to the those above, QuickTime Pro for Mac OS X provides these capabilities:  Record audio and video. With a digital video camera connected to your Mac, you can quickly create video postcards to share with family and friends.  Share movies. Easily create a movie file for sending via email or posting to a website.  Automator-compliant. With Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger," employ the easy-to-use interface of Automator for streamlining your QuickTime workflow. QuickTime 7 Pro users have exclusive access to a set of QuickTime-based Automator actions for easily automating such tasks as starting and stopping captures, hinting movies, enabling tracks, and more. With Automator and QuickTime 7 Pro you can also create your own set of personalized QuickTime-based Automator actions. 8 Preface Welcome to QuickTime System Requirements For Mac OS computers:  A 400 MHz or faster G3 PowerPC processor­based Macintosh computer  At least 128 MB of RAM  Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later For Windows computers:  A Pentium processor­based PC or compatible computer  At least 128 MB of RAM  Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Types of Files QuickTime Supports You can open (import) dozens of types of media with QuickTime. Some of the formats you can open in QuickTime include the following:  Video formats: MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,1 MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, JPEG, DV, Motion JPEG, AVI, MQV, H.264  Audio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, CAF, MOV, MP3, MPEG-4, AU, WAV, iTunes audio  Still-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, JPEG 2000, PDF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG, Photoshop (including layers), SGI, Targa, FlashPix (including layers), TIFF (including layers)  Animation formats: Animated GIF, FLC, Flash, PICS  Other formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File, QuickTime VR, Text For a complete list of supported formats, see the Products area of the QuickTime website. To determine if QuickTime Player can open a file, choose File > Open File and select the file you want to open. You will be able to select only files that can be imported. 1. MPEG-2 playback is available via the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, sold separately at the Apple Store online. Because some file formats can contain many different kinds of audio and video, QuickTime may not be able to play all audio and video formats within a particular file format. Preface Welcome to QuickTime 9 Checking for New Versions of QuickTime From time to time, Apple releases new versions of QuickTime. If you're connected to the Internet while using QuickTime Player, you'll be notified when there's a newer version of QuickTime available. It's a good idea to have the latest versi ...