The QuickTime Player, the application provided with Mac OS X and available as a download for Microsoft Windows. QuickTime is Apple's protocol for video and media creation and playback.
6
votes
2answers
168 views
Can these 10 steps for creating a podcast episode be automated?
This is my first time trying to put together a recording of something which will become a podcast, and it seems like I have 10 "post processing" steps which I am currently doing manually.
It's ...
6
votes
1answer
313 views
Rotating a video in QT player 10
I'm trying to rotate an iPhone 4S vid 90degrees Counter Clockwise.
I've seen lots of posts and answers that say there is an 'Edit > Rotate Left' option in Quicktime Player. I can't see it! I have QT ...
6
votes
4answers
2k views
What is the best way to convert MPEG-2 videos to MP4 H.264?
I've been playing around, trying to find the best settings for converting DVD files (MPEG-2) to H.264 so that I can store everything in iTunes and watch it on the TV. Most of the stuff I have has been ...
6
votes
2answers
2k views
Get Perian to work in Lion
I've been trying to get Perian to work in Lion, basically QuickTime simply refuse to play any files other than the standard QuickTime supported file types (Perian is supposed to add this ...
6
votes
3answers
3k views
How do I full-screen QuickTime Player on an external monitor in Lion?
I am trying to play a QuickTime video in Lion on an external monitor. How do I get it to play full screen on the external monitor, not on the laptop screen?
5
votes
1answer
414 views
Is Quicktime always pre-installed on the Macintosh OS?
Does the Mac come with Quicktime pre-installed?
If so, what OS version (minimum) could be expected to have come with it pre-installed?
5
votes
1answer
323 views
What software extends quicktime to support codecs as an alternative to Perian?
Now that Perian is closing its doors (and thus ending support), I'd like to know if there are any alternatives to Perian - specifically alternatives that add Quicktime support for more filetypes (and ...
4
votes
1answer
960 views
trim video without transcoding on lion
On Snow Leopard Quicktime allowed you to easily cut clips from videos and store them as .mov with the trim function (invoked with Command+T). On Lion Quicktime, the trim function still exists. But ...
4
votes
1answer
2k views
How can I avoid re-encoding of video in iMovie and use it for cutting only?
I have a video that was created on a surveillance camera with the (for video) unsusual resolution of 1280x1024. It's encoded with H.264 and encapsulated in an MP4 AVC container. The quality is rather ...
3
votes
3answers
3k views
How do I hide Quicktime Player's controls when the video is paused?
I'm trying to take a screen shot (using Grab) of a quicktime video that is paused. The problem is that the video controls don't disappear, and thus are shown in the resulting shot as seen below:
...
3
votes
3answers
593 views
Which standalone player or system plugin works well for WMV media on Mac OS X?
I want to be able to play a WMV file on my Mac, but can't decide which plugin/software to install. In particular, I need something that will interface with Adobe Acrobat reader, as Adobe currently do ...
3
votes
2answers
324 views
Can the iPhone play Quicktime VR files?
Couldn't find anything anywhere. Does the iPhone support Quicktime VR files?
3
votes
3answers
287 views
iMovie cannot load Sony-MPEG videos
I recently moved from Windows to OS X, so maybe I'm asking a frequently-asked question. But I did some googling and didn't find a solution yet.
I have a lot of videos on my drive from my SONY camera. ...
3
votes
2answers
457 views
How can I edit a m4v movie file and retain subtitles?
I made a copy of a DVD and two sets of subtitles (Hebrew and English). Both subtitles are optional and only VLC can display them.
I am trying to edit out a scene of the movie. QuickTime can do this, ...
3
votes
0answers
24 views
Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art?
I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link on my iPhone, the Quicktime Application opens and plays the MP3. It looks like this:
Is it possible to show album art ...
3
votes
1answer
92 views
How can I display Quicktime's “New Movie Recording” function in ASCII
I wonder if anyone could master this one?
So Quicktime can play movies in ASCII mode as per the link below:
...
3
votes
1answer
435 views
How can I export a QuickTime File with Chapter Markers from iMovie HD?
I have a video with chapter markers in iMovie HD 6.03 (267.2).
What settings do I need to use when exporting to get a file with chapter markers viewable by QuickTime and iTunes?.
2
votes
1answer
1k views
How to save an iTunes Podcast to a USB stick?
I have downloaded WWDC 2010 podcast from iTunes. How can I find the Podcast file and save it to a USB Memory stick so people who doesn't have iTunes can play it using quicktime?
2
votes
3answers
4k views
How to create a playlist in Quicktime Player for many files in separate subfolders?
I have a folder of .mov files that are all part of a video tutorial session. The directory looks like:
Tuts/
Tut1/
Chapter1/
1-1.mov
1-2.mov
1-3.mov
Chapter2/
...
2
votes
2answers
919 views
Is there an easy way to reduce quality of .mov files taken from an iPhone?
I've noticed the small movies I take on my iPhone 4 result in large .mov files. For example, a 1 minute movie results in almost a 100MB .mov file. This is running through my cloud storage (Dropbox) ...
2
votes
1answer
646 views
How to configure OS X 10.5 to always open .WAV files with QuickTime?
I use iTunes to listen to my music, all of which is in .mp3 and .aac files. I periodically want to listen to .wav files, however these are never music. Most often, they're voicemails sent to my by our ...
2
votes
3answers
787 views
Has coreaudiod been fixed in Lion yet? [closed]
I tried Lion a few months ago, but had to revert to 10.6 because of the "coreaudiod bug" – where audio via QuickTime would stop working every few minutes, requiring a killall coreaudiod each time. ...
2
votes
1answer
773 views
How do i stop Quicktime from opening previous videos?
I'm on OSX Lion and this is driving me crazy. Whenever i watch a video in quicktime and close it, then open another video, the previous video that i played also comes up.
Is there a way to not have ...
2
votes
1answer
625 views
Paralells Desktop changes default Application to play .mp4 files
Even though I have selected the option "Always Open with" Quicktime Player for my .mp4 files. The changes never take effect and instead when I open a video, parallels desktop launches Windows Media ...
2
votes
2answers
134 views
Concatenate two videos recorded with Snapz Pro
I've recorded two videos with Snapz Pro, and I'd like to concatenate them (i.e., have one immediately follow the other in a single file). What's the easiest way to do that? I have iMovie '08 ...
2
votes
2answers
173 views
How to synchronize QuickTime video playback with 3 different Macs?
Do you know a method to play three (QuickTime) videos in sync on three different machines? At least I would trigger the space bar to start them in sync.
2
votes
2answers
2k views
Can I get system sound along with QuickTime Player screen recording?
In Lion, Quicktime can do screen recordings. Is there a way to capture system audio also and then sync the two tracks into a movie with both system video out (The screen) and system audio out? I own ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Want to post an iphone 4 video on youtube, but it needs to be rotated
I filmed something with my iphone 4 by rotating the phone so that it looks wide. Like a widescreen TV. But when I upload the .mov to youtube, the video is sideways and tall & skinny. How do I ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
What is the real native maximum resolution of mid–2010 iMac's iSight camera?
I had understood that the pre-2011 Macs & Apple displays have a built–in iSight camera which sensor is capable of VGA (640 x 480) resolution—unlike the FaceTime HD cameras, which replaced the ...
2
votes
3answers
882 views
How come Quicktime plays .avi files but iTunes doesn't?
I think I might be missing something but it seems like Quicktime is happy playing my .avi movies but iTunes isn't. So I have to go through the rigmarole of converting .avi to .mp4 with iTunes before ...
2
votes
2answers
113 views
Program for simple editing of MOV files
I need a program for editing moves, specifically, only MOV files.
Only simple editing required - cropping, splitting, trimming, etc.
One requirement is that the program does not re-render the video ...
2
votes
2answers
183 views
iTunes on Windows Refuses to Upgrade
I've been having a problem when trying to upgrade iTunes on Windows (7 x64). Every time I try to upgrade it, I get the error message:
QuickTime was not found.
QuickTime is required to run ...
2
votes
1answer
55 views
Quicktime screen recording on Retina display
On OS X 10.8 I'm trying to record screen using Quicktime. But for some reason the resulting video resolution is only 1280 by 800, even thought I'm on Retina display.
How can I record screen in Retina ...
2
votes
3answers
178 views
Watch youtube moview on a Mac using QuickTime
Is it possible to watch youtube videos on a Mac using QuickTime as it is on iOS?
How to force Safari to render youtube video stream in QT plugin.
2
votes
2answers
273 views
Automator Start Capture action doesn't detect stop in Quicktime in OS X 10.8.2
I am attempting to create an Automator application that will launch Quicktime, create a new audio capture, start that capture, and then save it with a specific filename after the stop button is ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
Why does QuickTime's screen recorder make my MacBook Air very slow while recording?
On Snow Leopard (10.6), the screen recorder on QuickTime Player worked just fine. However, since I have upgraded to Mountain Lion (10.8) QuickTime screen recorder has been making my 2010 MacBook Air ...
2
votes
2answers
843 views
Where are apple quicktime trailers stored?
I am watching some quicktime apple trailers from the website they open up automatically in quicktime. How do I download it at that point. I am assuming that they are cached temporally somewhere. Any ...
2
votes
1answer
409 views
How can I tell if a QuickTime movie is prepared for streaming?
I have been given a QuickTime file to place on a web site for my client. I requested the file be prepared for streaming using "Fast Start - Compressed Header" so that the video with start to play as ...
2
votes
1answer
495 views
Make QuickTime player ignore mouse gestures and touches
I like my Magic Mouse, but I often touch it "incorrectly" while watching a movie in QuickTime Player, and QTP then moves the video position forward or backwards or makes a pause or ... . It can be ...
2
votes
1answer
88 views
Can I configure my iPhone to play audio files through ear speaker instead of the bottom speaker?
My company utilizes a voicemail system which sends audio files as email attachments. These audio files playback via QuickTime in iOS which pushes the audio out via the phone's speaker. Which is great ...
2
votes
0answers
158 views
MP4 object: 10.8 webkit browsers “Missing Plug-in”, other browsers display video via QuickTime
My organization's web site uses object tags to display MP4 video files. Here's an example:
<object width="494" height="388" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" ...
2
votes
0answers
391 views
QuickTime taking control over AVCHD content?
I've noticed that on 10.8 QuickTime takes control over the AVCHD content folder on my cameras memory card, turning it into a package and requiring you to open it up in QuickTime and convert the videos ...
2
votes
0answers
300 views
QuickTime 10.1 stops responding
Quicktime (10.1) keeps quitting when I try to launch an .avi file on OS X Lion. I have removed the codecs I had installed (I used cleanmymac to completely remove leftovers) I also deleted Quicktime ...
2
votes
1answer
186 views
How to trim .mov without losing quality?
When a video file (.mov recorded on iPhone) of resolution 1080x1920 is trimmed in QuickTime and saved as 1080p, the saved video resolution is 607x1024.
Is there a way to trim video and keep the ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
VLC won't become default for MP3 or MP4
I have tried a number of times to make VLC Media player the default for MP3 and MP4. I open a file and tick the "Always open with" checkbox, but they still open with iTunes and QuickTime by default ...
1
vote
2answers
828 views
Can Applescript be used to automate a screen recording session on OS X?
I need to accomplish the following tasks from a script:
Initiate a screen recording (with system audio).
After a set delay, stop the recording.
Save out to a file.
Close the recording.
I've tried ...
1
vote
2answers
3k views
com.apple.qtkitserver CPU usage on OS X Lion
I'm on Lion 10.7.3 and every now and then, com.apple.qtkitserver hogs my CPU @ 100% for a little less than a minute, especially when there's something happening on Finder.
I know that QTKitServer is ...
1
vote
3answers
3k views
How to find out frame rate (FPS) of an AVI video on OS X?
Pretty straightforward question: How can I find out FPS of a video file on Mac OS X?
(QuickTime does not open the video because of not installed codec; but VLC does, though.)
1
vote
1answer
624 views
Automating Quicktime Image Sequence creation in Mountain Lion
I have 69 folders of jpegs I want to turn into 69 quicktime timelapse movies. Rather than doing this one-at-a-time in Quicktime 7 Pro (Open Image Sequence, select first frame, choose 30 fps as the ...
1
vote
1answer
135 views
Spacebar in Quicktime Player X used to pause video, no longer does in OSX Lion
It used to be that pressing the space bar in Quicktime Player would pause a video. However, beginning with Lion, it seems that it sometimes pauses the video, but other times it skips or jumps the ...
