I see these acronyms all the time, but what do they mean? Because you use the same application for playing video that you do for simple editing, you can become a developer without even realizing it. Generally speaking, you use the browser plug-in for downloading, and the multipurpose standalone application (QuickTime Player) for playback and editing. QuickTime is a set of tools for downloading, playing, and developing multimedia. Įither way, you'll soon discover that this cross-platform, multiple-format, versatile playback, editing and development tool has a little something for everyone in the world of Web communications. If you're like my friend who's never considered touching it, you might want to read on anyway. If you're already using QuickTime, I guarantee you'll learn a few shortcuts you didn't already know. Today, we'll look at QuickTime primarily as it applies to Web usagewe'll download the application, use the plug-in and the player, and even throw in a few authoring tricks. Where it doesn't, I'll try to point out the difference in these articles. (On bad days, I have Excel and Word sitting there instead.) For the most part, the software behaves the same on either platform. On good days, I have video running on each machine. I've tinkered with QuickTime on both Windows 98 and Mac OS 8.5.1. Maybe he'll remember how terrific the Star Wars video looked. Someday, however, he may encounter a situation where QuickTime is better, such as for downloading high-quality video to include in his multimedia library. He prefers creating video to run on the Real G2 player, which is terrific. But now he knows a little more about another handy multimedia tool. Now I can guarantee you this guy isn't going to rush out and buy an iMac (or even a new iBook!). A couple minutes later he remarked, "That's some clean video." I handed him the headphones and said, "Have you seen this clip?" He took the headset and watched while I made a phone call.
I couldn't just leave it like that, so a few minutes later I called him back to my desk after I had downloaded the big Episode One trailer from the Star Wars web site. He smiled tightly and rushed off as if I had a dead rat hanging from the edge of my screen.
"Well, actually, this is a Windows app," I said wryly. He took one look at the metallic apple on the player interface and remarked, "Why are you putting that Apple stuff on your PC?"
I was running a QuickTime movie after having just downloaded the latest version (4.01). Editing functions built right into the playerĪ coworker stopped by my desk the other day while I was setting up a new Windows laptop. Works great on both Windows and Mac platforms Now includes support for MP3 audio files (CBR only) QuickTime looks a little different from each angle.
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