Appendix C. QuickTime Player Quick Start

QuickTime Player is a freely distributed, cross-platform (Mac and PC) multimedia application. This appendix describes basic QuickTime Player functions such as controlling media playback attributes and presents timesaving keyboard shortcuts.

Using QuickTime Player

QuickTime Player is a freeware digital multimedia player for Macintosh and Windows-based computers that plays video, music and audio, and QuickTime virtual reality (VR) movie files. It also allows you to view graphics and still images in a variety of formats.

QuickTime Player allows the live resizing of video content as it’s played, it supports up to 24 channels of surround audio, and it provides extensive audiovisual controls that let you adjust ...

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