QuickTime Player from Apple allows the Playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats:
The new
QuickTime Player not only delivers startling quality, but it's easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead,
QuickTime Player automatically determines your system's connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video,
QuickTime Player automatically reconnects. Now, that's convenience.
Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files
Playback of MPEG-4 video, H.274, AAC audio & Instant-On media
Easy-to-use controls
Enhanced interface
Bass and treble controls
Balance control
Streaming media support
Ability to save movie favorites
Ability to view VR & interactive content
Get More with H.264
That’s because QuickTime 7 Player takes advantage of the latest video compression technology. It’s called H.264, and it’s an important new industry standard that’s quickly garnered widespread support. Chosen as the industry-standard codec for 3GPP (mobile multimedia), MPEG-4 HD-DVD and Blu-ray, H.264 represents the next generation of video for everything from mobile multimedia to high-definition playback.
Ultra-efficient, the H.264 codec compresses video tightly — resulting in much smaller files — without sacrificing any quality. So you can watch video of astonishing quality — crisp, clear and brilliantly saturated — in a window up to four times the size you are currently used to seeing.
Full Screen Playback
Tired of pillar bars and letterboxes? Full screen playback, now included in the free
QuickTime Player, has been enhanced to allow you to take full advantage of your computer’s widescreen display. Select from three different modes to fit your content to any size screen.
Just Open It and It Works
The new QuickTime 7 Player not only delivers startling quality, but it’s easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime 7 Player automatically determines your system’s connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime 7 Player automatically reconnects. Now, that’s convenience.
You also have the option of using the Player’s new audio and video playback controls. With them, you can easily adjust balance and volume or make changes to bass and treble response. If you're running Mac OS X Tiger or later with a capable video card, you can adjust brightness, color, contrast and tint with sliders in the same control palette, too. Want to speed through a movie? Or really s l o w t h i n g s d o w n? A handy slider lets you set playback speed from 1/2x to 3x normal speed. And by using the new Jog Shuttle, you can adjust the speed at which you search through individual movie frames.
Sounds Really Good, Too
Do you think great video deserves great audio? We do, too. And QuickTime 7 Player delivers truly outstanding multi-channel audio. In fact, it provides you with up to 24 channels of audio. So if you watch a movie that offers surround sound, you’ll be amazed at the heightened audio experience you’ll enjoy from your Mac or PC and your surround-sound speakers. A really good sport, QuickTime 7 Player supports a wide-range of industry-standard audio formats, including AIFF, WAV, MOV, MP4 (AAC only), CAF and AAC/ADTS.
QuickTime 7 System Requirements
(Windows)
■2.0 GHz Intel or AMD processor
■2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor for HD-quality videos
■512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD-quality videos
■A DirectX 9.0-compatible video card with 32MB of video RAM, 64MB recommended
Recommended Hardware Configurations for H.264 High-Definition (HD) Playback
For 852x480 (480p) video at 24 frames per second:
(Windows)
■2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or faster processor
■At least 512MB of RAM
■64MB or greater video card
■Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista or Windows 7
QuickTime 7 Supported Audio/Video Formats
Supported Video Formats
■Animation
■Apple BMP
■Apple Pixlet (Mac OS X v10.3 only)
■Apple Video
■Cinepak
■Component video
■DV and DVC Pro NTSC
■DV PAL
■DVC Pro PAL
■Graphics
■H.261
■H.263
■H.264
■JPEG 2000
■Microsoft OLE (decode only)
■Microsoft Video 1 (decode only)
■Motion JPEG A
■Motion JPEG B
■MPEG-4 (Part 2)
■Photo JPEG
■Planar RGB
■PNG
■Sorenson Video 2
■Sorenson Video 3
■TGA
■TIFF
Supported Audio Formats
■24-bit integer
■32-bit floating point
■32-bit integer
■64-bit floating point
■AAC (MPEG-4 Audio)
■ALaw 2:1
■AMR Narrowband
■Apple Lossless Encoder
■IMA 4:1
■MACE 3:1
■MACE 6:1
■MS ADPCM (decode only)
■QDesign Music 2
■Qualcomm PureVoice (QCELP)
■ULaw 2:1
*QuickTime also supports import of multiple images and layers in TIFF, FlashPix and Photoshop files.
**Playback of program and elementary streams available via QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, sold separately in the Apple Store online.