Questions tagged [quicktime]
The QuickTime Player, the application provided with macOS. QuickTime is Apple's protocol for video and media creation and playback.
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When I record my screen using quicktime, it looks like this:
Using most recent Mac and Quicktime software.
When I record my screen using QuickTime, and choose to record a selected portion, the resulting recording looks like this:
What is supposed to be a ...
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Start Quicktime Player recording while in Split View mode
I have two apps side by side in Split View mode and would like to record that. Is there a way to start a QuickTime Player recording while being in Split View mode with two apps ?
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How to record desktop audio using Quicktime Player in OS X Mojave [duplicate]
I have been trying to record some content with QuickTime which requires desktop audio. On first look, there seems like there is no way to record desktop audio. Is there any way to?
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QuickTime Player 10 doubles track duration
My copy of QuickTime (10.5) on Mojave (10.14.6) is duplicating the duration of (some) tracks I open with it. It isn't modifying the files themselves; it's just the track window that displays twice the ...
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No Audio on macOS QuickTime MPEG-4 Video
I am wondering what can be preventing the Quicktime player from playing the audio track alongside a video.
The files I have are MPEG-4. When launched on macOS QuickTime, there is no sound. I tested ...
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How to disable “Slow Motion” function in QuickTime Player control panel
I found that when I use QuickTime Player to play videos, it shows different control panels. Sometimes it shows the normal one like this:
I can click the time and change it to frame.
For some reasons, ...
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PixelDensity Metadata Tag QuickTime
Making a screen recording with QuickTime on a retina mac embeds a com.apple.quicktime.pixeldensity metadata tag on the video that tells QuickTime to have 2x pixel density. How can I add this tag to a ...
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QuickTime Player Assistive Touch Indicator Disappearing
I'm trying to play an iPhone game on my computer by using QuickTime Player. I have a bluetooth mouse connected to my iPhone and use the assistive touch feature. On most apps, the pointer is visible on ...
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Subtitles in QuickTime X
For ages I've been happily using QuickTime 7 Pro for all my video needs. I guess with Catalina now the time has come to move on ...
But there is one thing that keeps holding me back.
In QT7 I could ...
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How do I Reauthorize Screen Sharing for Quicktime?
At some point, I must have denied Quicktime access to screen sharing. Now that I want to record a Screen Recording, I need to grant it permission again however, when I go to System Preferences to do ...
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Cannot export videos from QuickTimePlayer
I'm shooting short videos with my mirrorless camera (a Sony a7-3) and sharing it with my friends. The videos I shoot are 1080p50.
Formerly I was converting the videos to 720p with QuickTime player by ...
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Is there a 64-bit app for working with image sequences to replace Quicktime 7?
I've been using Quicktime 7's "Movie to Image Sequence" and "Open Image Sequence" export and import options forever. It's useful for creating and working with time-lapses, modifying a single frame or ...
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Change the default Quicktime screen recording cache in OSX Mojave to be on an external flash drive instead?
I currently am using Mac OSX Mojave and I record my screen using Quicktime and it usually stops when the cached recording exceeds what is available on my drive, which is only around 8 GB. I understand ...
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Why there is no “internal microphone” in my QuickTime player screen recoding audio source?
I have 3 macs, 2 of them are fine but one of it doesn't have the Internal Microphone recording option in Quick Time Player. Only the other 2 have.
How can I fix this?
The MacOS are all 10.14.3 ...
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Use QuickTime synth as MIDI output device
QuickTime apparently has a built-in MIDI synthesizer. I would like to send MIDI output to a virtual MIDI device that will use this synthesizer. Can this be done?
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Running FFmpeg in Automator/AppleScript
I have written an apple script previously to automate a task I do in my work many times.
With Apple updating to Catalina I will lose the use of Quicktime 7 (which is part of my Image sequencing ...
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Applescript: Waiting till AFTER QuickTime Movie Recording Window is Active
I'm trying to resize a Quicktime Movie Recording Window--only after it's active.
Is this possible?
The below script does work––if I hardcode the delay time.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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Custom shortcut to pause a QuickTime screen recording? + Pushbutton
I am looking to record my screen using QuickTime on my Mac, but stopping a screen recording requires you to press
ALT then click the Pause symbol on the QuickTime window.
I would like to know if it ...
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Catalina Beta 5: Quicktime Audio Recording Not Working on 2018 Macbook Pros
Starting a Quicktime Audio recording with Catalina Dev Beta 5 on 2018 or later Macbook Pros outputs files with no sound (Macbook Pro Microhone selected). Example file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/...
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Default Volume Slider in Quicktime Movie Recording
Is there any way to change the default volume for a Quicktime movie recording?
If always defaults to 0 (muted) when starting a new movie recording.
I understand that this is done in order to prevent ...
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How to remove touch gesture from QuickTime recordings on Mac
At one point I was interested in recording touch gestures using an iPhone Simulator + QuickTtime, so I dutifully followed the advice in this answer and ran the following command:
defaults write com....
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How do you export still images from an MPEG?
I have Mac Mojave with the regular version of Quicktime (not Pro). How do I export my short MPEG to a series of frames/images where I can grab and keep one of the images?
Note, I am looking for a ...
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Alternatives to QuickTime 7 for making simple edits without re-encoding?
(This is similar to a question I asked in 2014 but I'm hoping there are better options available now, plus we have to take the lack of 32-bit apps into consideration now.)
QuickTime 7 will no longer ...
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AppleScript quicktime to record iPhone screen
I am looking for a an Apple Script to tell Quicktime Player to start a new recording of the attached iPhone (so record an app doing its thing) and with the specified audio input.
Is this even ...
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cant record screen with QuickTime or cmd + shft +f5 or any other software on mac
Mac Os Version: Mojave 10.14.4
QuickTime Player Version: 10.5
Every time I would try to record screen with QuickTime, I Would get
Operation Stopped
There is not enough available space to ...
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Having trouble mirroring my iPhone to my Mac with QuickTime 7 Pro
I have an iPhone 7S and would like to mirror what I am doing on the phone apps onto my MacBook Pro running OS X. I followed the same instructions that everyone is giving by hooking up the phone with ...
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Can’t get “play/pause” of window 1. Access not allowed. - trying to unpause movie through Applescript
I'm trying to pause/unpause QuickTime Player with a little dictation command:
on run
activate application "QuickTime Player"
tell application "System Events"
click "play/pause" of ...
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“New App Preview” not available in iMovie
I want to create an App Preview video for an app. I have started iMovie but no matter what I try the "New App Preview" is greyed out. I created a movie in Quicktime and imported it in...still ...
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Internal Microphone Error with most updated Quick Time Player
I'm not sure why this is happening- my internal mic is in check, tested with another app & in system preferences. Couldn't find this error on Google anywhere so if you've seen this or know how to ...
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Quicktime failing to join (or save joined) video clips
I have a pair of video clips (mp4) that I would like to join into 1. The internet tells me that I can do this with Quicktime.
Unfortunately, whenever I try exporting joined clips, with clips of ...
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QuickTime Player won't save edited file: The operation could not be completed
I've edited an MP4 movie file in Quicktime Player Version 10.5.
When I try to save the edited file, I get: The operation could not be completed.
Does anyone know what causes this and/or how it can ...
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How can I rotate a slo-mo video?
I have a slow motion video I took on an iPhone using the "SLO-MO" setting. Unfortunately it recorded in portrait mode, and I want it in landscape. I want to rotate it, but I don't want to lose the ...
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iCloud Photo Library uploads from Windows: albums and mov
I am trying to migrate from Flickr to iCloud Photos, and having some trouble. I am currently using an iCloud account on a Windows 10 machine.
Albums: It seems to be possible to upload albums from ...
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How to create single-click/-keystroke shortcut to start recording on Mac OS?
I want to record landline calls at my desk with one-click or similar. For example, say I get a work call that I want to record, I just hit one key on my Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard or ...
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How do I ReAuthorize Quicktime Player to use the microphone when once it has been denied?
I wanted to use a USB audio input to record a video, and got something I've never seen before having done this 100 times; it asked "Authorize Quicktime to use the microphone?" I clicked no, because I ...
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How to screen capture audio from multiple programs into Quicktime via Soundflower
I'm trying to set up Soundflower with Quicktime so I can screen record with audio coming from a microphone and multiple programs at the same time.
I'm using a MBP with a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, I ...
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QuickTime X Applescript
(Copying this from Stack Overflow, because this might be a better place to ask)
Looking for help (really to do) with a script/automator action for opening a files in QT X and using the export 720p ...
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Can the iPhone XS or iPhone X record screen at 1080p via QuickTime?
I need to record some gameplay of my app at 1080p, and I am considering buying an iPhone XS or iPhone X to do so. I currently record the screen of my iPhone 7 via
QuickTime for better quality, and ...
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QuickTime Player 10.5 (928.50) Mojave - Controls Stuck, Always Visible
Latest version Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75) did not fix it.
Can't get the controls out of the way.
Mouse pointer is also always present.
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What app does macOS Mojave use for screen recording?
I just upgraded to macOS Mojave on Macbook Air. I press command + shift + 5 on keyboard, it prompts a window where I select part of screen and then I begin recording my screen. The video quality is ...
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How can I hear my iPhone's audio while recording its screen on my mac using QuickTime Player?
I know how to record my iPhone's screen on my mac using QuickTime Player (while the phone and mac are connected via lightning cable), but when I do that, my phone's sound goes off. I even installed ...
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How to pause screen recording with cmd+5 in Mojave
I need to start using screencast recording and know that we can use Quick Time for this. However, in Mojave we have the improved built-in feature of taking screenshots or record screen with the CMD5. ...
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Software for splitting or trimming MP4 video without transcoding
I occasionally need to trim an MP4 video or split a clip out of the middle. Up to now I've been using a great app called MPEG Streamclip which has all the features I want:
super light weight, opens ...
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Full video+audio recording with QuickTime on Mac OS High Sierra?
An old (2014) link suggests that it is possible to do a full video recording (video+audio) on a mac with Quicktime, using only free software.
That seemed a little bit too good to be true, and when I ...
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Super quiet audio recording in Quicktime 10.4 using Soundflower-2 on Yosemite
Now that the Soundflowerbed app is retired, I haven't been able to record my Mac's system audio :(
Following the instructions from mattingalls' Soundflower-2 installation guide, (https://github.com/...
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Where are the QuickTime video recordings saved [duplicate]
I recorded a video using QuickTime, but cannot find the file.
Where is the file saved and how do I find it?
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Video player for macOS with persistent playback speed setting
I regularly watch videos at 1.7x and would like for that preference to be saved across different videos instead of needing to manually reset it each time.
Is there such a setting for QuickTime for ...
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What is QuickTime “unknown error (-50)”?
I'm converting MKV files to MP4 with ffmpeg, and when I try to open some (but not all!) of the resulting files, QuickTime Player (version 10.4 on macOS 10.13.6) produces an error dialog with the ...
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What is the keystroke code for space bar in applescript?
I am trying to create a applescript which utilises the keystroke spacebar I have this code
tell application "System Events"
keystroke {Space}
end tell
But When I play the script "space" just ...
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How to do I tell Quicktime player to start a New Movie Recording with a apple script?
I have made a duplicate of the application "Quicktime player" on my Mac and renamed it "Reaction" then I have put this copy inside of a applescript. I am trying to write a code that tells the "...
