Mac 101: QuickTime Player
Summary
QuickTime Player can play or open practically every music, movie, and image file format. You can use it to play movie files and streams from the Internet, listen to audio files, and even play 3GPP and 3GGP2 files (used for delivering media to mobile devices). Here's how to use QuickTime Player to play your various media files.
Products Affected
QuickTime
If you upgrade to QuickTime Pro, you can edit movies, convert your media to other formats, and optimize your videos.
Don't have your own movies to watch?
Visit the QuickTime website for new videos, trailers, and more.
Open QuickTime Player from the Dock or in the Applications folder. QuickTime Player displays a player window. If you're connected to the Internet, the player displays the QuickTime Content Guide, featuring some of the best QuickTime content on the web.
- To play a movie or audio file, or view an image file, drag the file to the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock. With movie or audio files, use the player's playback controls to play, pause, rewind, fast forward, or skip to the beginning or end.
- You can also drag the playhead to move through an audio or video file.
- To change the size of the player window, choose a size from the View menu.
- If you'd like to adjust the details of sound or playback, choose Show A/V Controls from the Window menu. In the A/V Controls window, use the Audio section sliders to adjust the volume, bass, treble, and balance; use the Playback section sliders to control the jog shuttle direction and playback speed (you can't control streaming content playback).
Use the A/V Controls window to adjust a movie or audio file's sound and playback to your liking.
- Want to find entertainment online? From the Window menu, choose Show Content Guide to display the QuickTime Content Guide, a frequently updated listing of some of the best QuickTime content on the web.
- Find out more about QuickTime's A/V controls here.
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