Besides playing MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, and MP3 content, QuickTime supports timecode tracks as well as MIDI standards such as the Roland Sound Canvas and GS format extensions. QuickTime also supports key standards for web streaming, including HTTP, RTP and RTSP. Plus, QuickTime supports every major file format for images, including JPEG, BMP, PICT, PNG and GIF. QuickTime also features built-in support for digital video, including the DV camcorder formats, as well as support for AVI, AVR, MPEG-1, MPEG-2**, H.263 and OpenDML.
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 QuickTime User’s Guide
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 QuickTime FAQ
QuickTime Player
- Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files
- Playback of MPEG-4 video, 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
Mac System Requirements
- A 400 MHz PowerPC G3 or faster Macintosh computer
- At least 128MB of RAM
- Mac OS X v10.2.8-10.3.x
Windows System Requirements
- A Pentium-based PC or compatible computer
- At least 128MB of RAM
- Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Supported Web Browsers
(Macintosh and Windows)
- Safari 1.0 or later
- America Online 3 or later
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x or later
- Netscape Navigator 3.x or later
*QuickTime also supports import of multiple images and layers in TIFF, FlashPix, and Photoshop files.
**Playback of program and elementary streams available via QuickTime 6 MPEG-2 Playbck Component, sold separately in the Apple Store online.
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Import file formats
- 3DMF (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
- 3GPP
- 3GPP2
- AIFF
- AMC
- AMR
- Animated GIF
- AU
- Audio CD Data (Mac OS 9)
- AVI
- BMP
- Cubic VR
- DLS
- DV
- FlashPix*
- FLC
- GIF
- GSM
- JPEG 2000 (Mac OS X)
- JPEG/JFIF
- Karaoke
- MacPaint
- Macromedia Flash 5
- MIDI
- MPEG-1
- MP3(MPEG-1, Layer 3)
- M3U(MP3 Playlist files)
- MPEG-2**
- MPEG-4
- M4A, M4B, M4P (iTunes 4 audio)
- PDF (Mac OS X)
- Photoshop*
- PICS
- PICT
- PLS
- PNG
- QCP (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
- QuickTime Image File
- QuickTime Movie
- SD2 (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
- SDP
- SDV
- SF2 (SoundFont 2)
- SGI
- SMIL
- System 7 Sound (Mac OS 9)
- Targa
- Text
- TIFF*
- TIFF Fax
- VDU (Sony Video Disk Unit)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Wave
Export formats
- 3GPP
- 3GPP2
- AIFF
- AMC
- AU
- AVI
- BMP
- DV Stream
- FLC
- Image Sequence movie exporters
- JPEG/JFIF
- JPEG 2000 (Mac OS X)
- MacPaint
- MIDI
- MPEG-4
- Photoshop
- PICT
- PNG
- QuickTime Image File
- QuickTime Movie
- SGI
- System 7 Sound
- Targa
- Text
- TIFF
- WAV
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Video Codecs
- 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
- JPEG 2000 (Mac OS X)
- Microsoft OLE (decode only)
- Microsoft Video 1 (decode only)
- Motion JPEG A
- Motion JPEG B
- MPEG-4
- Photo JPEG
- Planar RGB
- PNG
- Sorenson Video 2
- Sorenson Video 3
- TGA
- TIFF
Audio Codecs
- 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
Video effects
- Alpha gain
- Blur
- Brightness
- Color style
- ColorSync
- Color tint
- Contrast
- Edge detection
- Emboss
- Film noise
- General convolution
- HSL balance
- Lens flare
- RGB balance
- Sharpen
- SMPTE Effects
- Travelling Matte
- Zoom
Component Download
QuickTime supports components from third-party developers that extend the functionality of QuickTime. See the current list of participants in the Component Download program. |
