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Changes to QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro

QuickTime 7 introduces a number of new features and changes to the user interface of QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro. These are briefly described in this section. Both Player and Pro are available in Mac OS X v10.4 and are also backward-compatible with Mac OS X v10.3.

In this section:

New in QuickTime Player
New in QuickTime Pro
Other Changes and Enhancements


New in QuickTime Player

The new QuickTime Player, shown in Figure 2-1, is a native Cocoa application. The intent of this new design is to better integrate QuickTime Player in general with the Mac OS X user experience.


Figure 2-1  The new QuickTime Player application

Figure 2-1 The new QuickTime Player application

The following are some of the new user-level features available in QuickTime Player:

New in QuickTime Pro

The following are some of the new user-level features available in the Pro version of QuickTime Player:


Figure 2-11  QuickTime Pro user options for controlling image transparency

Figure 2-11 QuickTime Pro user options for controlling image transparency

Other Changes and Enhancements

QuickTime Preferences now has the option “Use high quality video setting when available.” Users can set this as the default for displaying high-quality video tracks, such as DV. Figure 2-12 shows the options available in the General pane of QuickTime Player Preferences.


Figure 2-12  The General pane in QuickTime Player Preferences

Figure 2-12 The General pane in QuickTime Player Preferences

Figure 2-13 shows the new File menu in QuickTime Player. The Open File command enables users to open any of a number of digital media types that QuickTime supports, including movies, still images, VR panoramas, Flash, and so on.


Figure 2-13  The new File menu in the QuickTime Player with New Movie Recording selected

Figure 2-13 The new File menu in the QuickTime Player with New Movie Recording selected

Choosing the File > New Movie Recording menu item enables you to record video from an external digital video camera. Recording is transparent and easy to use, as QuickTime automatically recognizes the device and opens a new QuickTime Player with a red button in the lower center, as shown in Figure 2-14. The Player also displays the current recording duration, as well as the size of the recording in megabytes.


Figure 2-14  Movie recording from a digital device in a new QuickTime player

Figure 2-14 Movie recording from a digital device in a new QuickTime player

Choosing the File > New Audio Recording menu item enables you to record audio from an external or internal audio device. Once recording begins, a new QuickTime Player appears, as shown in Figure 2-15.


Figure 2-15  Audio recording

Figure 2-15 Audio recording

To change the video or audio source for your recording, or to specify the quality of recording you want, you choose QuickTime Player > Preferences > Recording, as shown in Figure 2-16.


Figure 2-16  Recording preferences

Figure 2-16 Recording preferences

The Save dialog that the Save As command opens now has a “Make movie as a self-contained,” selected by default, which is a change from previous versions of QuickTime Player.

Choosing the File > Update Existing Software menu item shown in Figure 2-17 lets you update the version to the latest version of QuickTime available through Software Update.


Figure 2-17  The new QuickTime Player menu

Figure 2-17 The new QuickTime Player menu

The Edit menu has changed from previous versions of QuickTime, as shown in Figure 2-18.

Support for multiple undos is now provided. There is a command Trim to Selection (instead of Trim) and there is no longer a Replace command (users can’t do delete and paste as a single operation).


Figure 2-18  The QuickTime Pro Edit menu items with Trim to Selection selected

Figure 2-18 The QuickTime Pro Edit menu items with Trim to Selection selected

The Movie menu has been renamed and is now the View menu, as shown in Figure 2-19. The Show Movie Properties command has been moved to the Windows menu. Note that this overrides any full screen settings made in user preferences for the current presentation only.


Figure 2-19  The View menu options

Figure 2-19 The View menu options

The Present Movie command now opens a sheet as shown in Figure 2-20. The same functionality as in previous versions is provided.


Figure 2-20  The Present Movie sheet

Figure 2-20 The Present Movie sheet

The Window menu (Figure 2-21) now provides commands for getting movie properties and showing audio/video controls.


Figure 2-21  The Window menu with Show A/V Controls selected

Figure 2-21 The Window menu with Show A/V Controls selected

Choosing the Window > Show Movie Properties menu item and selecting Video Track 1 (shown in Figure 2-22) enables you to specify certain properties of that track. For example, if you select Annotations and want to add a field, you have multiple choices, including Album, Artist, Author, and so on.


Figure 2-22  Movie properties with annotations and added fields selected

Figure 2-22 Movie properties with annotations and added fields selected

Choosing the Window > Show Movie Properties menu item and selecting Video Track 1 (shown in Figure 2-23) with Other Settings selected enables you to specify certain properties of that track, including language, preloading of the track, caching, and so on.


Figure 2-23  Other settings available in the movie properties pane

Figure 2-23 Other settings available in the movie properties pane

The movie properties window has been reorganized, as shown in Figure 2-24. The Presentation pane provides users with four choices for presenting movie, as well as options for displaying various types of movie controllers.


Figure 2-24  The Presentation pane with a QTVR controller selected

Figure 2-24 The Presentation pane with a QTVR controller selected



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Last updated: 2005-04-29

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