Apple 7.2 Viewing Still Images, Playing Midi Files, To specify a different synthesizer in Mac OS

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Some QTVR movies have hot spots that take you from one scene (or node) to another. As you move the mouse over a hot spot, the cursor changes to an arrow. To see all the places where you can jump from one node in a scene to another, click the Show Hot Spot button (an arrow with a question mark in it). A translucent blue outline of any hot spots within the currently visible VR scene appears. (If there are no hot spots, clicking this button has no effect.) Click a hot spot to jump to a new scene.

To step backward scene by scene, click the Back button. (The Back button appears only on QTVR movie windows, not in all QuickTime movie windows.)

Viewing Still Images

You can view still images in QuickTime Player. Choose File > Open File and select the file, or drag the file to the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock (Mac OS X only).

Mac OS X: You can use Preview to convert a still image to other formats (Preview is in the Applications folder on your hard disk). You can also convert many kinds of files using QuickTime Pro. For more information, see “Converting Files into QuickTime Movies” on page 28.

Windows: If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use PictureViewer to import and export various types of still image file formats and to rotate images. PictureViewer is in the QuickTime folder on your hard disk.

Playing MIDI Files

QuickTime Player can import MIDI (Karaoke MIDI, Standard MIDI, and General MIDI) formats. To open a MIDI file, choose File > Open File and select the file.

QuickTime uses its built-in synthesizer to play MIDI files. You can also set QuickTime to use an external synthesizer instead of the built-in one.

To specify a different synthesizer (in Mac OS X):

1Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and then click Advanced.

2Choose the synthesizer you want from the Default Synthesizer pop-up menu.

To specify a different synthesizer (in Windows):

1Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.

2Click Audio.

3Select the synthesizer you want from the Default Music Synthesizer pop-up menu.

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player