Apple 7.2 manual QuickTime Pro Keyboard Shortcuts, Automating QuickTime Player with AppleScript

QuickTime Pro Keyboard Shortcuts

To do this	Press (Mac OS X)	Press (Windows)
Enter full-screen mode	Command-F	Control-F
Exit full-screen mode	Command-period or Esc	Control-period or Esc
Play movie at half size	Command-0	Control-0
Play movie at normal size	Command-1	Control-1
Play movie at double size	Command-2	Control-2
Play movie at full size	Command-3	Control-3
Move In marker to playhead	I	I
location
Move Out marker to playhead	O	O
location
Extend selection to the left	Option–Shift–Left Arrow
Extend selection to the right	Option–Shift–
	Right Arrow
Extend selection to point clicked	Shift-click
in LCD

Automating QuickTime Player with AppleScript

In Mac OS X, you can use AppleScript to automate QuickTime Player functions. For example, you can open a movie and tell it to play for a specific duration; automate the conversion of movies from one format to another; adjust track playback properties such as start time, volume, and layer; or adjust movie properties such as copyright and author.

To determine all of the AppleScript commands you can use to control QuickTime Player, install AppleScript and look at the QuickTime Player AppleScript dictionary.

1Open Script Editor.

2Choose File > Open Dictionary.

3Select QuickTime Player.

Sample QuickTime Player scripts can be found on the AppleScript website (www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/).

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