ÂAutomator integration. With Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger or later, employ the easy-to-use interface of Automator for streamlining your QuickTime workflow. QuickTime 7 Pro users have exclusive access to a set of QuickTime-based Automator actions for easily automating such tasks as starting and stopping captures, hinting movies, enabling tracks, and more. With Automator and QuickTime 7 Pro, you can also create your own personal set of QuickTime-based Automator actions.

System Requirements

For Mac OS computers:

ÂA 400 MHz or faster G3 PowerPC–based or Intel-based Macintosh computer

ÂAt least 128 MB of RAM

ÂMac OS X version 10.3.9 or later

For Windows computers:

ÂA Pentium processor–based PC or compatible computer

ÂAt least 128 MB of RAM

ÂWindows XP Service Pack 2

Types of Files QuickTime Supports

You can open (import) dozens of types of media with QuickTime. Some of the formats you can open in QuickTime include the following:

ÂVideo formats: MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,1MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, JPEG, DV, Motion JPEG, AVI, MQV, H.264

ÂAudio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, CAF, MOV, MP3, MPEG-4, AU, WAV, iTunes audio

ÂStill-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, JPEG 2000, PDF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG, Photoshop (including layers), SGI, Targa, FlashPix (including layers), TIFF (including layers)

ÂAnimation formats: Animated GIF, FLC, Flash, PICS

ÂOther formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File, QuickTime VR, Text

For a complete list of supported formats, see the Products area of the QuickTime website.

To determine if QuickTime Player can open a file, choose File > Open File and select the file you want to open. You will be able to select only files that can be imported.

1.MPEG-2 playback is available via the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, sold separately at the Apple Store online. Because some file formats can contain many different kinds of audio and video, QuickTime may not be able to play all audio and video formats within a particular file format.

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