Apple 7.2 Viewing Movies at Full Screen, To play a movie at full screen, do one of the following

ÂPlay sound in frontmost player only: Select to play the audio for only one QuickTime Player window (the active window); deselect to play the sound of all playing movies simultaneously.

ÂPlay sound when application is in background: Select to play audio even if QuickTime is not the frontmost application; deselect to mute the audio when QuickTime is not the active application.

ÂShow equalizer: Select or deselect to show or hide the equalizer (which shows the presence of audio) in the QuickTime Player window.

ÂShow Content Guide automatically: Select to see the latest content listings when QuickTime Player first opens (unless you open a specific movie file).

ÂPause movie before switching users: Select to automatically pause a movie when you use fast user switching to let another person use your computer.

ÂHide selection indicators for empty selection: Select to have the selection indicators in the timeline removed when no frames are selected.

ÂShow closed captioning when available: Select to see the closed caption information, if captions have been provided by the movie’s creators.

With QuickTime Pro, more options are available. For information about them, see “Getting QuickTime Pro” on page 23.

Viewing Movies at Full Screen

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:

ÂChoose View > Full Screen.

ÂChoose View > Present Movie, choose Full Screen, and click Play.

To quit full-screen mode, press Esc. To adjust the way the picture is sized to fit your screen, such as stretched to fit or in letterbox format, move the pointer to the top of the screen to display the QuickTime Player menu options, and then choose a setting from the View menu. The following additional options are available in full screen mode:

ÂFit to Screen: The content is scaled to fill your screen as fully as possible without cropping the movie or changing the aspect ratio.

ÂZoom: The content is scaled and cropped to completely fill your screen in at least one dimension. This can eliminate black areas on the top (letterboxing) or side (pillarboxing) but may hide or distort the content.

ÂPanoramic: The content is scaled to fit your screen and the outer horizontal edges compressed to avoid cropping the image.

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player

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