QuickTime 7.2 Users Guide
Includes instructions for using QuickTime Pro
For Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later, and Windows XP
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Contents

Preface
Welcome to QuickTime What Is QuickTime? What Is QuickTime Pro? Whats 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 Viewing Movies at Full Screen Changing Movie Size for Playback Looping a Movie Simultaneously Playing Multiple Movies Using Frame Number and Time Codes Navigating a Movie by Frame Number or Time Code Finding Text in a Text Track

Chapter 1

Chapter 41 41
Preventing Users from Changing QuickTime Settings Viewing Movies that have Flash Content Getting Started with QuickTime Pro Getting QuickTime Pro Using Advanced Playback Options 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 Window 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 Movies Shape with a Video Mask Changing a Tracks Transparency Creating a Chapter List for a Movie Setting a Movies Poster Frame Saving a Movie with Specific Playback Settings Changing the Movie Controller Type

Chapter 3

Chapter 4
Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro About Video and Audio Compression Exporting Files Using Presets 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

QuickTime automatically detects your Internet connection speed so that you get the highest-quality QuickTime content that your Internet connection can support. If movies youre watching on the Internet dont play properly, however, it may help to change the connection speed setting. To change the connection speed setting in Mac OS X, open QuickTime Preferences and click Streaming. In Windows, open QuickTime Preferences and choose Connection Speed. QuickTime tries to play versions of the movie authored to match the connection speed you choose. If you choose a speed slower than your actual connection speed, the resulting movie may be smaller in size and lower in quality than your connection can actually support. If you choose a speed faster than your actual connection, QuickTime playback may stutter or appear jerky because it is sending more data than your connection can support. If youre unsure of your connection speed, check with your Internet service provider (ISP). If you change your connection speed setting and later want to make QuickTime automatically detect your speed again, choose Automatic from the Streaming Speed pop-up menu (in Mac OS X). To set the Internet connection speed in Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences, and then follow the directions above. Instant-On QuickTime includes Instant-On, a technology that dramatically reduces buffer (wait) time when you view streamed video. Instant-On provides an instantaneous viewing experience; you can navigate quickly through video as if it were on your hard disk. To experience Instant-On, you must have a broadband connection. The responsiveness of Instant-On is affected by available bandwidth and the size, or data rate, of the content. It can also be affected by the codec used to compress the streaming video. Instant-On is on by default. If you experience problems with streamed video, you can change the wait time (drag the Play slider) or turn off Instant-On (open QuickTime Preferences and click Streaming). Viewing Streamed Files Behind a Firewall QuickTime streaming chooses the best protocol (a method of communicating via the Internet) for your needs. Typically, QuickTime streaming uses Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) to ensure the best performance. If your network connection is protected by a firewall, you may want to use the HTTP protocol instead.

Some QTVR movies have hot spots that take you from one scene (or node) to another. As you move the mouse over a hot spot, the cursor changes to an arrow. To see all the places where you can jump from one node in a scene to another, click the Show Hot Spot button (an arrow with a question mark in it). A translucent blue outline of any hot spots within the currently visible VR scene appears. (If there are no hot spots, clicking this button has no effect.) Click a hot spot to jump to a new scene. To step backward scene by scene, click the Back button. (The Back button appears only on QTVR movie windows, not in all QuickTime movie windows.)

Viewing Still Images

You can view still images in QuickTime Player. Choose File > Open File and select the file, or drag the file to the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock (Mac OS X only). Mac OS X: You can use Preview to convert a still image to other formats (Preview is in the Applications folder on your hard disk). You can also convert many kinds of files using QuickTime Pro. For more information, see Converting Files into QuickTime Movies on page 28. Windows: If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use PictureViewer to import and export various types of still image file formats and to rotate images. PictureViewer is in the QuickTime folder on your hard disk.

Playing MIDI Files

QuickTime Player can import MIDI (Karaoke MIDI, Standard MIDI, and General MIDI) formats. To open a MIDI file, choose File > Open File and select the file. QuickTime uses its built-in synthesizer to play MIDI files. You can also set QuickTime to use an external synthesizer instead of the built-in one. To specify a different synthesizer (in Mac OS X): 1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and then click Advanced. 2 Choose the synthesizer you want from the Default Synthesizer pop-up menu. To specify a different synthesizer (in Windows): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences. 2 Click Audio. 3 Select the synthesizer you want from the Default Music Synthesizer pop-up menu.
Opening Recently Used Files
You can easily open recently used files. To open recently used files: m Choose File > Open Recent > [option] To change the number of items that appear in the Open Recent submenu (in Mac OS X), choose QuickTime Player > Preferences, click General, and choose an option from the Number of Recent Items pop-up menu. In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences.

Finding Movies Quickly Using QuickTime Favorites
You can easily find and open movies by putting pointers to them in your QuickTime Favorites window. To view your list of favorites, choose Window > Favorites > Show Favorites. To add a movie to the Favorites list: 1 Open the movie in QuickTime Player. 2 Choose Window > Favorites > Add Movie As Favorite. You can also drag a file to the Favorites list window. To rearrange movies in the list, drag them. To delete an item from the list, drag the item to the Trash or select the item and press the Delete key. (In Windows, drag the item to the Recycle Bin or select the item and press the Backspace key.) Deleting an item from the Favorites list does not delete the file from your hard disk (or wherever the file is saved).
Playing Copy-Protected Movies
QuickTime movies can be encrypted so that only authorized viewers can watch them. Such movies are known as secured media files. To use such a file, you must enter a media key, which is usually available from the media file provider. To enter a media key (in Mac OS X): 1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and click Advanced. 2 Click Media Keys. 3 Click the Add button and then enter the key provided by the author or vendor. To enter a media key (in Windows): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences. 2 Click Advanced. 3 Click Media Keys. 4 Click Add and then enter the key provided by the author or vendor.
Viewing Information About a File
QuickTime Player can display information about a QuickTime file, such as its compression format, size, and frame rate while playing. To view information about a file: 1 Open the file. 2 Choose Window > Show Movie Info. With QuickTime Pro, you can see additional information about a movie by choosing Window > Show Movie Properties. For more information about movie properties, see Changing Movie Properties on page 38.

Controlling Playback

You can change playback options such as balance, playback speed, the size at which a movie plays, and whether the QuickTime Player window shows. You can also optimize movies for playback on certain computers.

Navigating a Movie by Frame Number or Time Code
You can jump to a point in a movie by entering a specific frame number or time code. Double-click the time display, and then press the arrow keys or type a new time or frame number. To select the entire time display, double-click the area, or click the area and then press Command-A (in Mac OS X) or Control-A (in Windows). To enter a time, separate each unit with a period. For example, 5.02.10 will go to five minutes, two seconds, and 10 frames. To go to five minutes, zero seconds, and 10 frames you can enter 5.10.
Finding Text in a Text Track
Some movies contain text such as titles, credits, subtitles, or section headings. You can search for text in a movie so that, for example, you can find specific frames in the movie. To search for text in a QuickTime movie: 1 Choose Edit > Find > Find. If this command is unavailable, the movie does not have a text track. 2 In the Find dialog, type the text you are looking for and click Next.
Preventing Users from Changing QuickTime Settings
If youre using a computer in a public setting (at a kiosk, for example), you can prevent users from changing QuickTime settings and saving movies from the Internet. To set up QuickTime for use on a public computer (in Mac OS X): 1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and click Advanced. 2 Select Enable kiosk mode. To set up QuickTime for use on a public computer (in Windows): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences. 2 Choose Browser Plug-in. 3 Select Enable kiosk mode.
Viewing Movies that have Flash Content
Some QuickTime movies contain a Flash track. To enable these movies to play properly, you must turn on support for Flash within QuickTime. To enable Flash playback in QuickTime movies (in Mac OS X): 1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and click Advanced. 2 Select Enable Flash. To enable Flash playback in QuickTime movies (in Windows): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences. 2 Choose Advanced. 3 Select Enable Flash.
Getting Started with QuickTime Pro
Learn how to use the advanced playback options in QuickTime Pro, create movie postcards, and share them via email or the web. Getting QuickTime Pro
To get QuickTime Pro, choose a QuickTime Pro menu item and click Buy Now, or choose QuickTime Player > Buy QuickTime Pro. You must be connected to the Internet using the computer on which you want QuickTime Pro installed. You may need to restart QuickTime Player to make the new options available.

Using Advanced Playback Options
With QuickTime Pro, you have additional options for playing movies, such as playing a movie on a second display, and more.
Playing a Movie on a Second Display
With QuickTime Pro and a two-display setup with dual display support, you can play a movie on one display while working in another application on the other display. This arrangement is useful for presentations. Mac OS X: Make sure Mirror Displays is not selected. (Open System Preferences, click Displays, and click Arrangement. If you dont see an Arrangement button, your computer does not support this feature.) Windows: Whether you can play a movie on a second display depends on your computer and monitor. Open the Display control panel, click Settings, and make sure that the second display is enabled. If it is not enabled, click it and make sure Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor is selected.
To play a movie on a second display: 1 Open a movie in QuickTime Player. 2 Choose View > Present Movie. The two displays are shown side by side; one contains the menu bar. The letter Q appears on the display on which the movie will play. To play the movie on the other display, click it. 3 Choose an option from the pop-up menu. To play the movie without displaying the QuickTime Player controls, choose Full Screen. 4 Select Movie or Slideshow mode. In slideshow mode, you can advance frames by clicking the mouse or pressing the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key. 5 Click Play. You can open other applications while the movie is playing. To make another application active, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab). You can now use the mouse and keyboard in other applications while the movie continues to play. To stop the movie before it ends, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab) to make QuickTime Player active, and then click the mouse. All QuickTime movie playback keyboard shortcuts are available in full-screen mode.
Presenting a Movie as a Slideshow
In a slideshow, the viewer clicks to advance to the next frame. With QuickTime Pro, you can set a movie to play as a slideshow. To play a movie as a slideshow: 1 Choose View > Present Movie. 2 Click Slideshow, then click Play. 3 To advance the slideshow, click the mouse or press the Left or Right Arrow keys.
Changing the Color Around a Movie
By default, the onscreen area around the edge of a movie playing in full-screen mode is black, but you can change it to another color. To change a movies border color: 1 Choose View > Present Movie. 2 Click the color well to the right of the pop-up menu, then choose a color from the Colors window. If you have more than one display, you can have this color appear on all displays (not just the one playing the movie), by selecting Display background color on all screens.

Saving Movies from the Internet
With QuickTime Pro, you can save (download) a movie viewed in your web browser to your hard disk. (The movie must be authored to allow for saving.) If its a streaming movie, QuickTime Pro saves a small reference movie that points to the stream. To save an Internet movie on your hard disk: 1 When the movie finishes loading (when the entire progress bar is filled with gray), click the down arrow in the playback controls. 2 Choose Save as QuickTime Movie. If this command is not available, the movie is authored so that it cannot be saved.
Creating a Slideshow or Animation from Still Images
With QuickTime Pro, you can combine a series of still images to create a movie that plays like a slideshow. This process is an easy way to share the pictures from your digital camera or mobile phone. Note: Slideshows look best when all the images are the same size. To create a slideshow from still images: 1 Put all the graphic files you want to include in a folder. 2 Name each file with the same name followed by an increasing number; for example, picture1, picture2. Most digital cameras number files automatically. The numbers must be increasing but dont have to be precisely sequential (for example, you could name the files picture1, picture5, picture10, and so on). 3 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open Image Sequence, and then select the first file. 4 Choose a frame rate (the number of frames displayed per second) from the Frame Rate pop-up menu. Slideshows usually work best when slides are shown at 2 to 3 seconds per frame. QuickTime Pro creates the movie, which shows each picture in sequence. 5 Choose File > Save to name and save the movie.
You can add music to your slideshow by adding an audio track to your movie before saving it. Open an audio file, select the portion you want to add to the slideshow, and choose Edit > Copy. Select the slideshow (or a portion of it) and choose Edit > Select All, then choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. The audio is sped up or slowed down to fit the length of the paste destination (the pitch remains the same). For best results, make the slideshow length match that of the audio as closely as possible. You can also lengthen a soundtrack by adding multiple audio files to the movie, each beginning at a different point. Alternatively, you can keep the original audio speed and alter the image speed by opening a new player window, copying and pasting the audio into the new window, and then copying the slideshow and pasting it into the new window by choosing Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. If youre using Mac OS X: You can also use the recording feature in QuickTime Pro to narrate your slideshow. See Recording Video and Audio on page 25.
Creating a Still Image from a Movie
With QuickTime Pro, you can export a single frame from a movie as an image file. To save a still image from a movie: 1 Move the playhead to the frame you want to export. 2 Choose File > Export. 3 Choose Movie to Picture from the Export pop-up menu. 4 Click Options and choose a format from the Compression type pop-up menu. To export every frame from the movie as a series of images, choose Movie to Image Sequence. Exporting every frame can generate a very large number of files; you may want to export to a folder rather than to the desktop.

Cutting, Copying, or Deleting a Section of a Movie
Selecting and moving, copying, or deleting (trimming) part of a movie is easy in QuickTime Pro. To cut, copy, or delete part of a movie: 1 Move the playhead until the desired frame appears, or select the part of the movie you want to modify (use the In and Out selection markers and the arrow keys). 2 Choose Edit > Copy, Cut, or Delete. If you choose Copy or Cut, you can paste the selection elsewhere. 3 Position the playhead where you want to paste the selection and choose Edit > Paste. QuickTime Pro inserts the selection you pasted at the position of the playhead. You can also delete all parts of a movie that are not selected by choosing Edit > Trim to Selection. Note: After you delete parts of a movie, the file size stays the same until you choose File > Save As and select Save as a self-contained movie.
Combining Two QuickTime Movies into One
With QuickTime Pro, you can easily add one movie to another to make one longer movie. To combine two movies: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire contents of the first movie. 2 Choose Edit > Copy, then open the second movie. 3 Move the playhead to the point at which you want to insert the movie (usually the very beginning or end of the original movie), and choose Edit > Paste. 4 Choose File > Save As to name and save the new movie.
Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring with QuickTime Pro

Working with Tracks

A QuickTime movie is made up of one or more tracks. Each track stores a particular kind of data. For example, a QuickTime movie could have a video track, music tracks, and sound effects tracks. With QuickTime Pro, you can edit tracks individually. You can move tracks from one movie to another, turn a track on or off, delete tracks, or modify the information contained in a track.
Audio narration Video 1 Video 2 Audio sound effects Text title Text credits

Turning Tracks On or Off

With QuickTime Pro, you can choose one or more tracks to enable or disable. For example, you might want to turn off tracks to simplify editing, or to hide a track in a final movie. When you export a movie, only enabled tracks are exported. To turn movie tracks on or off: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properties. The movies tracks appear in the list at the top of the Properties window. 2 Use the Enable checkboxes to turn tracks on (selected) or off (deselected). To delete a track, drag it to the Trash, or select it and click Delete,.You can also choose Edit > Cut, or press the Delete key. Note: For audio tracks, other options are available by clicking Audio Settings. To play only the audio in the selected track, select Solo. To play the movie without audio, select Mute.

Extracting, Adding, and Moving Tracks
With QuickTime Pro, you can create a new movie from one or more tracks of an existing movie, while leaving the original movie file intact. For example, you could create a movie that uses only the audio from an existing movie. To do so, you extract the desired tracks. You can also add the extracted track to an existing movie.
To extract a track (and add it to another movie): 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select the desired track or tracks and click Extract. You can select more than one track by holding down the Shift key when you click. QuickTime creates a new movie containing the extracted tracks. 3 To add the extracted track to another movie, select the movie (or the portion of it you want your pasted media to fit into) and choose Edit > Add to Movie. When you add a track to a movie, the tracks duration is unaltered. For example, if you add a 10-second sound track to a 1-minute movie, the sound track plays for 10 seconds, starting at the position in the movie where you added the track. To scale a track so that it stretches or compresses to a particular length, drag the In and Out markers of the target movie to select the duration you want the new track to cover and then choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale in step 3. Scaling audio may change the speed of the audio (although the pitch remains the same when you play the movie in QuickTime Player). You could add video to sound instead, and speed up or slow down the video to match the audio. You might have better results if you compare the timelines of the two tracks and cut from one or the other until they have the same duration.
Working with Audio Tracks
QuickTime audio includes music tracks, which contain MIDI or other data, and sound tracks, which contain digitized audio. Adding an Audio Track to a QuickTime Movie You can easily add audio and other tracks to a QuickTime movie. To add an audio track to a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and select the audio file you want to import. 2 In the QuickTime Player window that opens, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire audio file, then choose Edit > Copy. 3 Open the movie to which you want to add the audio. 4 To add the audio to the whole movie, choose Edit > Add. To add the audio to a part of the movie, select a part and choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. Add to Selection and Scale slows down or speeds up the audio track to fit the length of the selected part of the movie; the pitch remains the same (when you play the movie in QuickTime Player). You could add video to sound instead, and speed up or slow down the video to match the audio. You might have better results if you compare the timelines of the two tracks and cut from one or the other until they have the same duration.

The duration for each line of text in the text file appears on a separate line before the line of text. The time you type is the length of time after the movie has started at which this line of text will appear. Timestamps are specified as hours:minutes:seconds:fractions of a second (the default Text to Text export setting is 1/600th of a second). For example, if you enter the time 00:02:11:00, the text on the following line appears at 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the movie. For information about the other text track descriptors, see the developer section of the QuickTime website at www.apple.com/quicktime/.
Specifying Languages for Individual Tracks
With QuickTime Pro, you can create a movie with support for multiple languages by specifying a language for an individual track. For example, you can create a movie that contains a separate audio track for each language. QuickTime automatically plays the correct track, based on the language setting of the users computer. To specify languages: 1 Create or assemble the alternate tracks. Record voiceovers in each desired language or create text tracks to use as subtitles. Save each alternate track as a self-contained movie, and put all the alternates together in a single folder. 2 Put a copy of your original movie, self-contained and minus any tracks that are now stored as alternates, in the folder with the alternates. 3 Open the movie and choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 4 In the Properties window, select a sound or text track and click Other Settings. 5 Choose the language of this track from the Language pop-up menu. 6 Choose a track to use when a different language is selected from the Alternate pop-up menu. 7 Save as a self-contained movie (choose Edit > Save As and make sure Make movie selfcontained is selected). 8 Repeat these steps for additional language tracks; each time, choose the previously selected language from the Alternate pop-up menu.
Changing Movie Properties
The following sections describe how to resize or rotate a movie, set a movies poster frame, and more.
Adding Annotations to a Movie
With QuickTime Pro, you can add annotations to document information about the movie, such as its author, director, and copyright information. You can annotate the entire movie and any of its individual tracks. To annotate a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select an item from the list and click Annotations. 3 Choose an annotation to add from the Add Annotation pop-up menu. 4 Enter the annotation in the Value column of the list. Users who dont have QuickTime Pro see only three of the annotations the movie contains. (Which three appear depends on which annotations the movie contains.)

Setting a Movies Poster Frame
A poster frame is a still image of a movie that represents the movie in places like the QuickTime Player Favorites window and the Finder. The default poster frame is the first frame in the movie. With QuickTime Pro, you can change the poster frame. To change a movies poster frame: 1 In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead (or use the arrow keys to move the playhead) to the desired frame. 2 Choose View > Set Poster Frame. To view a movies poster frame, choose View > Go to Poster Frame.
Saving a Movie with Specific Playback Settings
With QuickTime Pro, you can specify how a movie should open and play, what happens when the movie finishes, and the method QuickTime uses to resize the video. To specify playback options: 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select the movie name, and then click Presentation. 3 Select the desired options. 4 Save the movie.
Changing the Movie Controller Type
With QuickTime Pro, you can specify the kind of playback controls available on the QuickTime Player window. For a QTVR movie, for example, you can save the movie with one of the QTVR movie controllers. To specify a movie controller type: 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select Movie and click Presentation. 3 Choose an option from the Movie Controller Type pop-up menu. 4 Save the movie.
Exporting Files with QuickTime Pro
If you want more control over how QuickTime creates a file, use the Export feature of QuickTime Pro.
With QuickTime Pro, you can export a movie to a number of different file formats, such as QuickTime movie (MOV), MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AVI, and DV. In addition, you can export an audio track to several different audio formats, export the individual frames of a movie as separate image files, or export a text track to a text file. To see the list of file formats available for a movie open in QuickTime Player, choose File > Export and browse the list of file format choices in the Export pop-up menu.
About Video and Audio Compression
Because uncompressed video and audio require a lot of disk space to store and a lot of bandwidth (the rate at which data can be transferred) to deliver, youll want to compress (encode) your movie before sending it to another computer or on the web. Movies are usually compressed (encoded) as part of the export process.

Movies with higher frame rates show motion better but have larger file sizes. If you choose a frame rate thats lower than the movies current frame rate, frames will be deleted. If you choose a number thats higher than the movies current frame rate, existing frames will be duplicated (not recommended, since it increases file size without improving quality). When choosing a frame rate, use a simple fraction of your current frame rate, such as 1/2, 1/3, and so on. For example, if your current frame rate is 30 (29.97), use 15 or 10. Other options: Some compressors or codecs offer options specific to the codec. After you select a compressor (codec), any special options appear.
Adding Special Effects and Filters to a QuickTime Movie
With QuickTime Pro, you can add special effects such as blur, emboss, and film noise to a movie before you export it. You add special effects by using filters. To set a filter for a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options, click Filter, and select the filter and settings you want to use. The selected filter is applied to the entire movie.
Changing Image (Frame) Size
With QuickTime Pro, you can change the size of a movies video frame. For example, if your movie will be viewed on a small screen (such as a mobile device), you can change the movies dimensions to match the target device. You can experiment with making the frame size smaller for a given data rate to get better encoding results. To change the size of a movies video frame: 1 Choose File > Export. 2 Choose a file format from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options. 4 In the Video area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Size and then choose an option: Use current size: This option (the default) keeps the exported movies image size the same as your original source movie. Use custom size: When you choose this option, you can specify (in pixels) a height and width for the exported movies image size. For best results, choose dimensions smaller than your source movie, and keep the height-to-width ratio the same as the source (so that objects dont appear distorted).
Customizing Sound Export Settings
To customize sound settings for export: 1 Choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options. 4 In the Sound area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Settings and then choose your options: Format: Choose the compressor (codec) you want to use for compressing sound. For general use and Internet delivery of music, MPEG-4 Audio (AAC) is recommended. Channels: Choose between mono (1 channel) or stereo (2 channels). Rate: Digitized sound is made up of sound samples. The more samples per second, the higher the sound quality. To maintain quality, music requires a higher sampling rate than spoken voice because music uses a wider range of frequencies. Audio CDs use a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. Render Settings: Choose the quality of the signal processing that will be used; higher quality settings take longer to process. Other options: To see any additional options specific to your chosen codec, click the Options button. if its available.

MPEG-4 Audio Export Options
When you export a movie to MPEG-4 format (by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to MPEG-4), you access the following options by clicking Options and then clicking Audio.
Audio Format: Choose your audio compressor (codec) here. If your source movie has only one audio track and it is already compressed, you can choose Pass through so that the audio doesnt get compressed again. Data Rate: As with video, the more kilobits per second, the better the audio quality. Channels: Choose between mono (1 channel) or stereo (2 channels). Output Sample Rate: Available only with AAC audio. Its best to match the sample rate to that of the target device. Encoding Quality: Available only with AAC audio. The Good setting is optimized for the highest-speed encoding, for higher-quality, choose Best for 16-bit audio, or Better if your audio source is 24-bit.
MPEG-4 Streaming Export Options
When you export a movie to MPEG-4 format (by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to MPEG-4), you access the following options by clicking Options and then clicking Streaming. If youre going to deliver the exported file using RTSP streaming, select Enable streaming. Streamed data must be sent in smaller-size packets. Some networks have limitations on packet size and packet duration. If your network provider gives you information about size limitations, you can change the packet size and the maximum packet duration to comply with your delivery network. Otherwise, use the default values.

Exporting 3G Files

QuickTime Player can import and play back files for use on 3G networkshigh-speed mobile networks that enable multimedia to be sent between mobile devices. QuickTime supports standards for nearly any kind of 3G mobile network. To import a 3G file, choose File > Open File and then select the file. You can also open a 3G file in QuickTime by dragging it to the QuickTime icon in the Dock or doubleclicking the file (Mac OS X only). With QuickTime Pro, you can export video, audio, and text to one of the many 3G formats that QuickTime supports. To export a file to the 3G format: 1 Open the movie you want to export in QuickTime Player, then choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to 3G from the Export pop-up menu. To adjust settings such as file format, compression, and distribution restrictions, click Options. The options you choose depend on the mobile network over which youll deliver the file and the capabilities of the viewers phone. The following sections describe the options in detail.

Viewing Still Images

You can view still images in QuickTime Player. Choose File > Open File and select the file, or drag the file to the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock (Mac OS X only). Mac OS X: You can use Preview to convert a still image to other formats (Preview is in the Applications folder on your hard disk). You can also convert many kinds of files using QuickTime Pro. For more information, see Converting Files Into QuickTime Movies on page 28.
Windows: If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use PictureViewer to import and export various types of still image file formats and to rotate images. PictureViewer is in the QuickTime folder on your hard disk.

Playing MIDI Files

QuickTime Player can import MIDI (Karaoke MIDI, Standard MIDI, and General MIDI) formats. To open a MIDI file, choose File > Open File and select the file. QuickTime uses its built-in synthesizer to play MIDI files. You can also set QuickTime to use an external synthesizer instead of the built-in one. To specify a different synthesizer (in Mac OS X): 1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and then click Advanced. 2 Choose the synthesizer you want from the Default Synthesizer pop-up menu. To specify a different synthesizer (in Windows): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences. 2 Choose Music from the pop-up menu. 3 Select the synthesizer you want.
Opening Recently Used Files
You can easily open recently used files. To open recently used files: m Choose File > Open Recent > [option] To change the number of items that appear in the Open Recent submenu (in Mac OS X), choose QuickTime Player > Preferences, click General, and choose an option from the pop-up menu. In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences.
Finding Movies Quickly Using QuickTime Favorites
You can easily find and open movies by putting pointers to them in your QuickTime Favorites window. To view your list of favorites, choose Window > Favorites > Show Favorites. To add a movie to the Favorites list: 1 Open the movie in QuickTime Player. 2 Choose Window > Favorites > Add Movie As Favorite. You can also drag a file from the Finder to the Favorites list window.
To rearrange movies in the list, drag them. To delete an item from the list, drag the item to the Trash or select the item and press the Delete key. (In Windows, drag the item to the Recycle Bin or select the item and press the Backspace key.) Deleting an item from the Favorites list does not delete the file from your hard disk (or wherever the file is saved).

To get QuickTime Pro, choose a QuickTime Pro menu item and click Buy Now, or choose QuickTime Player > Buy QuickTime Pro. You must be connected to the Internet using the computer on which you want QuickTime Pro installed.You may need to restart QuickTime Player to make the new options available.
Using Advanced Playback Options
With QuickTime Pro, you have many options for playing movies, such as presenting movies at full screen, playing a movie on a second display, and more.
Viewing Movies at Full Screen
With QuickTime Pro, you can set the screen so that only the movie is visible, not the QuickTime Player window, desktop, or other windows. This presentation setting is called full-screen mode. (You can also set a movie to play at half size, double size, or other sizes.) To play a movie at full screen, do one of the following: Choose View > Full Screen. Choose View > Present Movie, choose Full Screen, and click Play. To quit full-screen mode, press Esc.
You can also set options for all movies playing at full screen. For example, you can hide the movie controls, or change the amount of time they display before they hide. To set these options in Mac OS X, choose QuickTime Player > Preferences and click Full Screen. To set these options in Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences, and then click Full Screen. Note: As long as Display full-screen controls is selected in QuickTime Player Preferences, you can make hidden controls appear by moving the pointer. If you are authoring a movie, you can save it so that it always opens at full screen. For information, see Saving a Movie With Specific Playback Settings on page 40.
Playing a Movie on a Second Display
With QuickTime Pro and a two-display setup with dual display support, you can play a movie on one display while working in another application on the other display. This arrangement is useful for presentations. Mac OS X: Make sure Mirror Displays is not selected. (Open System Preferences, click Displays, and click Arrangement. If you dont see an Arrangement button, your computer does not support this feature.) Windows: Whether you can play a movie on a second display depends on your computer and monitor. Open the Display control panel, click Settings, and make sure that the second display is enabled. If it is not enabled, click it and make sure Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor is selected. To play a movie on a second display: 1 Open a movie in QuickTime Player. 2 Choose View > Present Movie. The two displays are shown side by side; one contains the menu bar. A Q appears on the display on which the movie will play. To play the movie on the other display, click it. 3 Choose an option from the pop-up menu. To play the movie without displaying the QuickTime Player controls, choose Full Screen. 4 Select Movie or Slideshow mode. In slideshow mode, you can advance frames by clicking the mouse or pressing the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key. 5 Click Play. You can open other applications while the movie is playing. To make another application active, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab). You can now use the mouse and keyboard in other applications while the movie continues to play.

Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro
To stop the movie before it ends, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab) to make QuickTime Player active, and then click the mouse. All QuickTime movie playback keyboard shortcuts are available in full-screen mode.
Presenting a Movie as a Slideshow
In a slideshow, the viewer clicks to advance to the next frame. With QuickTime Pro, you can set a movie to play as a slideshow. To play a movie as a slideshow: 1 Choose View > Present Movie. 2 Click Slideshow, then click Play. 3 To advance the slideshow, click the mouse or press the Left or Right Arrow keys.
Changing the Color Around a Movie
By default, the onscreen area around the edge of a movie playing in full-screen mode is black, but you can change it to another color. To change a movies border color: 1 Choose View > Present Movie. 2 Click the color well to the right of the pop-up menu, then choose a color from the Colors window. If you have more than one display, you can have this color appear on all displays (not just the one playing the movie), by selecting Display background color on all screens.
Loading Movies Into RAM for Better Playback
QuickTime has two memory (RAM) options you can use to improve playback performance. Preload puts the entire movie into memory before it is played; Cache keeps movie data in memory after it has played. This option is useful for small files you want to loop. With QuickTime Pro, you can adjust memory options for a QuickTime movie track. To adjust memory options for a track: 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select the track you want to adjust and click Other Settings. 3 To put the track into memory, select Preload this track. 4 To keep track data in memory, select Cache. Use these options only with tracks that contain very small amounts of data; too much data in memory may cause poor performance, system errors, or unpredictable results.
Creating Movies and Other Media
With QuickTime Pro, you can create movies in various ways.
Recording Video and Audio
With a video camera and a Macintosh computer you can use QuickTime Pro to record a movie. QuickTime Pro can capture video from most FireWire-equipped sources, including the Apple iSight, DV cameras, and some webcams. With a Mac OS X or Windows computer, you can also record audio using a built-in or external microphone To record audio or video with QuickTime Pro: 1 Connect the camera or microphone to the computer (unless you are using a built-in microphone). 2 In QuickTime Pro, choose File > New Movie Recording (or File > New Audio Recording). A preview window appears, which you can use to adjust settings such as camera position, lighting, and audio level before you start recording. 3 To start recording, click the Record button at the bottom of the window. 4 To stop recording, click the button again. You can also Option-click the Record button to pause and resume recording, and press Option to stop recording. The movie you just recorded appears in a QuickTime movie window. By default, the movie is saved on the desktop, but you can choose another default location in the Recording pane of QuickTime Player Preferences. To see where the movie has been saved, Command-click the icon at the top of the window. Setting Recording Options When you first use QuickTime Pro to record video or audio, settings are automatically chosen for you. If you want, you can change settings such as which recording device and format to use, and where recorded movies are stored. To change recording options: 1 Choose QuickTime Player > Preferences. 2 Click Recording. 3 Choose the desired options for your video source, microphone, and quality, and then choose a default location to store recorded files.

About Saving Movies

With QuickTime Pro, you can create and edit movies, and then save them. When you choose File > Save As, you can save the movie as one of the following: A self-contained movie includes all the data (video, audio, and so on) you used to create the movie within a single file. A reference movie contains pointers to other movies (or parts of movies) stored elsewhere, such as in different folders on your hard disk or even on a web server. Pointers to other movies are created when, for example, you copy and paste part of a movie from one movie into another. If you are concerned about free space on your hard disk and can be sure your source movies wont change location, you can save your movie as a reference movie; the media you copy and paste is stored as a space-saving pointer to that media, rather than being stored entirely inside your new movie file. When you play a reference movie, QuickTime follows the pointers to access and play the other movies (or parts of movies). To determine whether a movie contains pointers to other data, choose Window > Show Movie Properties, select the movie at the top of the window, and click Resources. If the file containing the movie does not appear in the list, then the movie has pointers and is not self-contained. If a small document icon appears to the left of the filename in the title bar of a player window, you can Command-click the icon to see the name and location of the file that contains the movie. The term reference movie is also used for the files you can create to intelligently deliver different-sized streams to different users depending on their connection speeds. For more information, see Creating Reference Movies to Optimize Web Playback on page 47.
Saving Movies From the Internet
With QuickTime Pro, you can save (download) a movie viewed in your web browser to your hard disk. (The movie must be authored to allow for saving.) If its a streaming movie, QuickTime Pro saves a small reference movie that points to the stream. To save an Internet movie on your hard disk: 1 When the movie finishes loading (when the entire progress bar is filled with gray), click the down arrow in the playback controls. 2 Choose Save as QuickTime Movie. If this command is not available, the movie is authored so that it cannot be saved.
Creating a Slideshow or Animation From Still Images
With QuickTime Pro, you can combine a series of still images to create a movie that plays like a slideshow. This process is an easy way to share the pictures from your digital camera or mobile phone. Note: Slideshows look best when all the images are the same size. To create a slideshow from still images: 1 Put all the graphic files you want to include in a folder. 2 Name each file with the same name followed by an increasing number; for example, picture1, picture2. Most digital cameras number files automatically. The numbers must be increasing but dont have to be precisely sequential (for example, you could name the files picture1, picture5, picture10, and so on). 3 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open Image Sequence, then select the first file. 4 Choose a frame rate (how long each frame will be displayed) from the Image Sequence Settings pop-up menu. Slideshows usually work best when slides are shown at 2 to 3 seconds per frame. QuickTime Pro creates the movie, which shows each picture in sequence. 5 Choose File > Save to name and save the movie. You can add music to your slideshow by adding an audio track to your movie before saving it. Open an audio file, select the portion you want to add to the slideshow, and choose Edit > Copy. Select the slideshow (or a portion of it) and choose Edit > Select All, then choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. The audio is sped up or slowed down to fit the length of the paste destination (the pitch remains the same). For best results, make the slideshow length match that of the audio as closely as possible. You can also lengthen a soundtrack by adding multiple audio files to the movie, each beginning at a different point. Alternatively, you can keep the original audio speed and alter the image speed by opening a new player window, copying and pasting the audio into the new window, and then copying the slideshow and pasting it into the new window by choosing Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. If youre using Mac OS X: You can also use the recording feature in QuickTime Pro to narrate your slideshow. See Recording Video and Audio on page 25.

Working With Audio Tracks
QuickTime audio includes music tracks, which contain MIDI or other data, and sound tracks, which contain digitized audio. Adding an Audio Track to a QuickTime Movie You can easily add audio and other tracks to a QuickTime movie. To add an audio track to a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and select the audio file you want to import. 2 In the QuickTime Player window that opens, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire audio file, then choose Edit > Copy. 3 Open the movie to which you want to add the audio. 4 To add the audio to the whole movie, choose Edit > Add. To add the audio to a part of the movie, select a part and choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. Add to Selection and Scale slows down or speeds up the audio track to fit the length of the selected part of the movie; the pitch remains the same (when you play the movie in QuickTime Player). You could add video to sound instead, and speed up or slow down the video to match the audio. You might have better results if you compare the timelines of the two tracks and cut from one or the other until they have the same duration. Note: If your audio and video are created by the same device, such as a DV camera, and are created at the same time, the audio and video will be synchronized.
Changing Sound Track Volume Levels and Other Audio Settings With QuickTime Pro, you can change the volume and balance of audio and music tracks. For example, if a movie has more than one audio track, you can adjust the volume of the tracks relative to one another. You can also change the bass and treble levels. To change settings for an audio track: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 In the Properties window, select the audio track and click Audio Settings. 3 Drag the sliders to adjust the settings. 4 Use the pop-up menu to the right of each audio channel to specify where the channels sound should be directed. To direct a channel's sound to the subwoofer, choose LFE Screen. To specify a particular output for the audio device, choose one of the Discrete options. To silence a channel, choose Unused. 5 To turn off the audio (without having to delete the track), select Mute. To play only the selected audio track, select Solo. 6 To save the balance and channel settings with your movie, choose File > Save or Save As.
Presenting Multiple Movies in the Same Frame
With QuickTime Pro, you can place multiple video tracks in the same window to play movies side by side or to create a picture-within-a-picture effect. To present multiple movies in the same frame: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire contents of the first movie. 2 Choose Edit > Copy, then open the second movie. 3 Move the playhead to the point at which you want the first movie to begin playing (usually the beginning or end of the original movie), and choose Edit > Add to Movie. 4 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties, select the new video track, and click Visual Settings. 5 Use the Current Size and Layer controls to set the new video to a desired size and layer (layers with lower numbers are farther forward, or more on top). For example, for a picture-within-a-picture effect, with the added movie inside the original movie, make the new movie smaller and assign it a lower layer number.

To overlay text: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and then select the text file. 2 Choose Edit > Select All and then choose Edit > Copy. (In Windows, click Options, select the Keyed Text checkbox, and copy the track). 3 Select the part of the movie on which you want to overlay the text. 4 Choose Edit > Add to Selection and Scale. 5 Save as a self-contained movie. The text appears throughout the part of the movie you selected. For information about adjusting how long each line of text displays, see Setting the Frame Duration of a Text Track on page 35. Specifying Font Styles for Text Tracks With QuickTime Pro you can change the font attributes of a text track already in a movie. To do so, you export the track, make changes, then reimport the track. To change font styles for the text track: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export. 2 Choose Text to Text from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options and select Show Text, Descriptors, and Time. 4 Use a text editor to alter the values after the {QTtext} tag. 5 Import the text track back into your movie. In Windows, click Convert. To import the text with the default settings, click Save. To select different settings (such as font attributes), click Options. You can also insert tags throughout the text to change values while the movie plays. Setting the Frame Duration of a Text Track With QuickTime Pro, you can set the duration of each frame in an existing text track to a value other than 2 seconds. To do so, you export the track, make changes, then reimport the track. To change the current text frame information: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export and choose Text to Text from the Export pop-up menu. 2 Click Options and select Show Text, Descriptors, and Time. 3 Edit the information in the text file and then import the track back into the movie. The duration for each line of text in the text file appears on a separate line before the line of text. The time you type is the length of time after the movie has started at which this line of text will appear.
Timestamps are specified as hours:minutes:seconds:fractions of a second (the default Text to Text export setting is 1/600th of a second). For example, if you enter the time 00:02:11:00, the text on the following line appears at 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the movie. For information about the other text track descriptors, see the developer section of the QuickTime website at www.apple.com/quicktime/.
Specifying Languages for Individual Tracks
With QuickTime Pro, you can create a movie with support for multiple languages by specifying a language for an individual track. For example, you can create a movie that contains a separate audio track for each language. QuickTime automatically plays the correct track, based on the language setting of the users computer. To specify languages: 1 Create or assemble the alternate tracks. Record voiceovers in each desired language or create text tracks to use as subtitles. Save each alternate track as a self-contained movie, and put all the alternates together in a single folder. 2 Put a copy of your original movie, self-contained and minus any tracks that are now stored as alternates, in the folder with the alternates. 3 Open the movie and choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 4 In the Properties window, select a sound or text track and click Other Settings. 5 Choose the language of this track from the Language pop-up menu. 6 Choose a track to use when a different language is selected from the Alternate pop-up menu. 7 Save as a self-contained movie (choose Edit > Save As and make sure Make movie selfcontained is selected). 8 Repeat these steps for additional language tracks; each time, choose the previously selected language from the Alternate pop-up menu.

Setting a Movies Poster Frame
A poster frame is a still image of a movie that represents the movie in places like the QuickTime Player Favorites window and the Finder. The default poster frame is the first frame in the movie. With QuickTime Pro, you can change the poster frame.
To change a movies poster frame: 1 In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead (or use the arrow keys to move the playhead) to the desired frame. 2 Choose View > Set Poster Frame. To view a movies poster frame, choose View > Go to Poster Frame.
Saving a Movie With Specific Playback Settings
With QuickTime Pro, you can specify how a movie should open and play, and what happens when the movie finishes. To specify playback options: 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select Movie and click Presentation. 3 Select desired options. 4 Save the movie.
Changing the Movie Controller Type
With QuickTime Pro, you can specify the kind of playback controls available on the QuickTime Player window. For a QTVR movie, for example, you can save the movie with one of the QTVR movie controllers. To specify a movie controller type: 1 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 Select Movie and click Presentation. 3 Choose an option from the Movie Controller Type pop-up menu. 4 Save the movie.
Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro
If you want more control over how QuickTime creates a file, use the Export feature of QuickTime Pro.
With QuickTime Pro, you can export a movie to a number of different file formats, such as QuickTime movie (MOV), MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AVI, and DV. In addition, you can export an audio track to several different audio formats, export the individual frames of a movie as separate image files, or export a text track to a text file. To see the list of file formats available for a movie open in QuickTime Player, choose File > Export and browse the list of file format choices in the Export pop-up menu.
About Video and Audio Compression
Because uncompressed video and audio require a lot of disk space to store and a lot of bandwidth (the rate at which data can be transferred) to deliver, youll want to compress (encode) your movie before sending it to another computer or on the web. Movies are usually compressed (encoded) as part of the export process.

Movies with higher frame rates show motion better but have larger file sizes. If you choose a frame rate thats lower than the movies current frame rate, frames will be deleted. If you choose a number thats higher than the movies current frame rate, existing frames will be duplicated (not recommended, since it increases file size without improving quality). When choosing a frame rate, use a simple fraction of your current frame rate, such as 1/2, 1/3, and so on. For example, if your current frame rate is 30 (29.97), use 15 or 10. Other options: Some compressors or codecs offer options specific to the codec. After you select a compressor (codec), any special options appear.
Adding Special Effects and Filters to a QuickTime Movie
With QuickTime Pro, you can add special effects such as blur, emboss, and film noise to a movie before you export it. You add special effects by using filters. To set a filter for a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options, click Filter, and select the filter and settings you want to use. The selected filter is applied to the entire movie.
Changing Image (Frame) Size
With QuickTime Pro, you can change the size of a movies video frame. For example, if your movie will be viewed on a small screen (such as a mobile device), you can change the movies dimensions to match the target device. You can experiment with making the frame size smaller for a given data rate to get better encoding results. To change the size of a movies video frame: 1 Choose File > Export. 2 Choose a file format from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options. 4 In the Video area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Size and then choose an option: Use current size: This option (the default) keeps the exported movies image size the same as your original source movie. Use custom size: When you choose this option, you can specify (in pixels) a height and width for the exported movies image size. For best results, choose dimensions smaller than your source movie, and keep the height-to-width ratio the same as the source (so that objects dont appear distorted).
Customizing Sound Export Settings
To customize sound settings for export: 1 Choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options. 4 In the Sound area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Settings and then choose your options: Format: Choose the compressor (codec) you want to use for compressing sound. For general use and Internet delivery of music, MPEG-4 Audio (AAC) is recommended. Channels: Choose between mono (1 channel) or stereo (2 channels). Rate: Digitized sound is made up of sound samples. The more samples per second, the higher the sound quality. To maintain quality, music requires a higher sampling rate than spoken voice because music uses a wider range of frequencies. Audio CDs use a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. Other options: To see additional options specific to your chosen codec, if any, click the Advanced Settings button.

Preparing Movies for Internet Delivery
With QuickTime Pro, you can create movies so that they can be delivered over the Internet. You can deliver a movie over the Internet in two ways: With HTTP download, the movie is downloaded to the clients hard disk. Fast Start is a QuickTime feature that enables users to watch or listen to media as it is being downloaded (long before the whole movie has been downloaded) from a standard web server to their hard disks. Fast Start works well for short-form movies where file size is limited. It ensures high-quality playback regardless of users Internet connection speeds, although those with slower connections will wait longer before media starts to play. Real-time streaming provided by QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) delivers media in real time over the Internet, from modem rates to broadband. No file is ever downloaded to a viewers hard disk. Media is played, but not stored, by the client software as it is delivered. You would choose real-time streaming rather than Fast Start for webcasts of live events in real time, delivery of long-form video, 24/7 Internet radio and TV channels, and other cases in which you dont files stored on a users hard disk. QTSS uses the RTSP protocol.
Preparing a Movie for Fast Start
With QuickTime Pro, you can set up a movie to start playing from a web server before the movie has completely downloaded to the users hard disk. This is called a Fast Start movie.
Set the Fast Start setting just before you distribute your movie; making other changes and resaving may undo the Fast Start setting. If the movie is in the format you want, you can set it up for Fast Start by choosing File > Save As and then selecting Save as a self-contained movie. If the movie is not in the format you want, you need to encode it first by following the steps below. To convert a movie and set it up for Fast Start: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Click Options and select video and sound compression options appropriate for web delivery. For more information, see Customizing Video Export Settings on page 42, Customizing Sound Export Settings on page 45, and the tutorials at http:// www.apple.com/quicktime/tools_tips/tutorials/. 4 Make sure the Prepare for Internet Streaming checkbox is selected and Fast Start appears in the pop-up menu.

Preparing a Movie for Real-Time Streaming
With QuickTime Pro, you can set up a movie to be streamed over the Internet. To do so, you should compress the movie so that its data rate is appropriate for the bandwidth at which your users will connect. Hinted streaming format is for use with QuickTime Streaming Server or Darwin Streaming Server. When you choose hinted streaming, hint tracks (information needed to stream the movie) are added to the movie. If the movie is already in the desired format, you can prepare a movie for streaming by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to Hinted Movie. If you want to change the movies format, follow the steps below. To set up a movie for Internet streaming: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie from the Export pop-up menu. 3 Choose a streaming option from the Use pop-up menu. 4 Click Options and select the Prepare for Internet Streaming checkbox. 5 Choose Hinted Streaming from the pop-up menu.
If you want to stream a QuickTime movie using QuickTime Streaming Server, you should use a web-optimized video or audio compressor to compress the movie file. All QuickTime compressors are compatible with QuickTime Streaming Server, but the compressors listed here are optimized to give the best results for delivery over the Internet. For a complete list of compressors that QuickTime supports, see the Products area of the QuickTime website (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/). Video compressors: H.264, MPEG-4, Sorenson Video (any version), H.263, H.261 Audio compressors: AAC, QUALCOMM PureVoice, AMR, QDesign For more information about preparing a movie for streaming, go to www.apple.com/ quicktime/tools_tips/tutorials/.
Creating Reference Movies to Optimize Web Playback
You can use reference movies to provide the appropriate movie for different users connection speeds. For example, you can have a smaller movie streamed to users connected over a standard modem, and a larger version of the movie streamed to users connected over a broadband connection. Apple provides a free tool, MakeRefMovie X, that greatly simplifies the process of creating reference movies. You can download this software at: http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/

Exporting MPEG-4 Files

MPEG-4 is the latest worldwide industry standard for delivering professional-quality audio and video over a wide range of bandwidths, from mobile multimedia to high definition. When you want to create a file that will work with another MPEG-4 device, use QuickTime Pro to create MPEG-4 content by exporting a movie. To export a file to the MPEG-4 format: 1 Open the movie you want to export in QuickTime Player, then choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to MPEG-4 from the Export pop-up menu. To adjust settings such as file format, compression, and distribution restrictions, click Options. The options you choose depend on the network over which youll deliver the file and the viewers connection. The following sections describe the options in detail.

MPEG-4 Video Export Options
When you export a movie to MPEG-4 format (by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to MPEG-4), you access the following options by clicking Options and then clicking Video. File Format: To ensure operability with devices made by ISMA members, choose MP4 (ISMA). For more information, go to http://www.isma.tv/.
Video Format: Choose the video compressor (codec) you want to use to compress your video. For the highest quality at the lowest data rate (or the smallest file), H.264 is recommended. If you need the file to play on a device that supports MPEG-4 video, choose MPEG-4 Basic or MPEG-4 Improved, depending on the target device. If your source movie's video track is already compressed, you can choose Pass through so that the video doesnt get compressed again. Data Rate: The more kilobits per second (kbps), the better the movie quality. For best playback, however, dont choose a data rate higher than the available bandwidth. Optimized for: If you choose H.264 from the Video Format pop-up menu, choose your intended delivery method from the Optimized for pop-up menu. This setting tells the codec how much the data rate can vary above and below the data rate you choose. Image Size: Current maintains the source material size. To choose a size not listed in the pop-up menu, choose Custom. Frame Rate: In most cases, your video will look better if you choose a number that is exactly divisible by the FPS (frames per second) of your source. For example, if your source is captured at 30 FPS, choose a frame rate of 10 or 15. Dont choose a rate larger than that of your source material. Key Frame: The more often you specify a key frame (the lower the number), the better the video quality, but the bigger the file. If you choose MP4 from the File Format pop-up menu and H.264 from the Video Format pop-up menu, and then click Video Options, you get the following additional options: Restrict Profile(s) to: If you need the file to play on a device that conforms to one or more of the standards profiles, check those profiles here. Encoding Mode: Choose whether you want the best quality or faster encoding.

MPEG-4 Audio Export Options
When you export a movie to MPEG-4 format (by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to MPEG-4), you access the following options by clicking Options and then clicking Audio. Audio Format: Choose your audio compressor (codec) here. If your source movie has only one audio track and it is already compressed, you can choose Pass through so that the audio doesnt get compressed again. Data Rate: As with video, the more kilobits per second, the better the audio quality. Channels: Choose between mono (1 channel) or stereo (2 channels). Output Sample Rate: Available only with AAC audio. Its best to match the sample rate to that of the target device.
Encoding Quality: Available only with AAC audio. The Good setting is optimized for the highest-speed encoding, for higher-quality, choose Best for 16-bit audio, or Better if your audio source is 24-bit.
MPEG-4 Streaming Export Options
When you export a movie to MPEG-4 format (by choosing File > Export and then choosing Movie to MPEG-4), you access the following options by clicking Options and then clicking Streaming. If youre going to deliver the exported file using RTSP streaming, select Enable streaming. Streamed data must be sent in smaller-size packets. Some networks have limitations on packet size and packet duration. If your network provider gives you information about size limitations, you can change the packet size and the maximum packet duration to comply with your delivery network. Otherwise, use the default values.

Exporting 3G Files

QuickTime Player can import and play back files for use on 3G networkshigh-speed mobile networks that enable multimedia to be sent between mobile devices. QuickTime supports standards for nearly any kind of 3G mobile network. To import a 3G file, choose File > Open File and then select the file. You can also open a 3G file in QuickTime by dragging it to the QuickTime icon in the Dock or doubleclicking the file (Mac OS X only). With QuickTime Pro, you can export video, audio, and text to one of the many 3G formats that QuickTime supports. To export a file to the 3G format: 1 Open the movie you want to export in QuickTime Player, then choose File > Export. 2 Choose Movie to 3G from the Export pop-up menu. To adjust settings such as file format, compression, and distribution restrictions, click Options. The options you choose depend on the mobile network over which youll deliver the file and the capabilities of the viewers phone. The following sections describe the options in detail.

balance changing for an audio track 33 balance controls 19 bass level 19, 33 bit rate. See data rate browser playing movies in a 12
help getting additional 10 onscreen 10 hinting 46 HomePage 28 HTTP 14
Cache checkbox 24 chapter lists 12, 38 color changing a movies border 24 compressing audio and video 4151 connection speed 14 content guide 19 converting files to QuickTime 28 copy-protected movies 18 cropping movies 30
importing files 9 Instant-On streaming 14 Internet connection speed 14 preparing movies for delivery over the 4547 saving movies from the 26 sharing movies via the 28
data rate 14, 43, 46, 48, 50 dimensions of a movie changing 20, 44 determining 34 disk cache 13 displays using more than one 23

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keyboard shortcuts 53 key frame options 43
languages 36 Layer control 33 locked media files 18 looping 20
recording audio and video 25 reference movies 13, 26, 47 repeating a movie 20 resizing a movie 37 rotating a movie 37 RTSP 14
media keys 18 memory options 24 MIDI 17 MIME Settings 15 Mirror Displays 23 monitors. See displays movie controller 40 Movie Download Cache Size slider 13 MPEG-4 files exporting 4749 Multi-pass mode 51 Mute checkbox 31, 33
Save movies in disk cache checkbox 13 saving a movie 26 secured media files 18 selecting part of a movie 29 self-contained movies 26 sharing movies 28 Show Movie Info command 18 Single-pass mode 51 size changing movie 20, 44 slideshow creating from still images 27 slideshows 24, 27 Solo checkbox 31, 33 special effects 44 still images converting to slideshow 27 exporting frames from a QuickTime movie 28 viewing and modifying 16 streaming 46 subtitles 21 system requirements 9
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Open Image Sequence command 27 opening files 9, 11 opening files automatically 19 opening more than one movie at a time 20 Open Recent command 17
pass through 51 pasting items into a movie 33 playback options 13, 18, 40 playhead 11 playing movies 11 playing sound 19 Play movies automatically checkbox 13 poster frames 39 Preferences 19 Preload this track checkbox 24, 39 Preview application 16 protocols 14
technical support 10 text adding a text track 34 finding 21 overlaying a movie with text 35 specifying font styles 35 titles 21 tracks 3036 adding an audio track 32 adding a text track 34 disabling 31 transparency 38 treble level 19, 33 Trim to Selection 30
QuickTime Player Preferences 19 QuickTime plug-in 12 QuickTime Pro defined 6 getting 22 QuickTime Streaming 46 QuickTime VR movies 16 QuickTime website 13