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QuickTime Player 7

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License:	Freeware	OS:	Mac OS X 10.3.9+
Rating:		Submitted:	19 May 2005
File Size:	25.73 MB

Like to take a magic carpet ride?

Just launch QuickTime Player, and there's no telling where you're likely to land. The Player may whisk you to Tibet or other exotic locations. Take you on a virtual field trip to the National Museum of the American Indian. Or treat you to the latest news, movie trailers, PBS specials or music videos.

When you hop aboard QuickTime 7 Player, you're assured of a truly rich multimedia experience.

Get More with H.264
That's because QuickTime 7 Player takes advantage of the latest video compression technology. It's called H.264, and it's an important new industry standard that's quickly grabbed widespread support. Chosen as the industry-standard codec for 3GPP (mobile multimedia), MPEG-4 HD-DVD and Blu-ray, H.264 represents the next generation of video for everything from mobile multimedia to high-definition playback.

Ultra-efficient, the H.264 codec compresses video tightly — resulting in much smaller files — but without sacrificing any quality. So you can watch video of astonishing quality — crisp, clear and brilliantly saturated — in a window up to four times the size you currently used to seeing.

Just Open It and It Works
The new QuickTime 7 Player not only delivers startling quality, but it's easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime 7 Player automatically determines your system's connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime 7 Player automatically reconnects. Now, that's convenience.

You also have the option of using the Player's new audio and video playback controls. With them, you can easily adjust balance and volume or make changes to bass and treble response. Want to speed through a movie? Or really s l o w t h i n g s d o w n? A handy slider lets you set playback speed from 1/2x to 3x normal speed. And by using the new Jog Shuttle, you can adjust the speed at which you search through individual movie frames.

Sounds Really Good, Too
Do you think great video deserves great audio? QuickTime 7 Player delivers truly outstanding multi-channel audio. In fact, it provides you with up to 24 channels of audio. So if you watch a movie that offers surround sound, you?ll be amazed at the heightened audio experience you?ll enjoy from your Mac or PC and your surround-sound speakers. A really good sport, QuickTime 7 Player supports a wide-range of industry-standard audio formats, including AIFF, WAV, MOV, MP4 (AAC only), CAF and AAC/ADTS.

QuickTime Player is licensed as freeware and is therefore free to download, use and keep.