Apple QuickTime 7.2 - Manual (Page 19)

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 19
 Play 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.
 Play 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.
 Show equalizer: Select or deselect to show or hide the equalizer (which shows the
presence of audio) in the QuickTime Player window.
 Show Content Guide automatically: Select to see the latest content listings when
QuickTime Player first opens (unless you open a specific movie file).
 Pause movie before switching users: Select to automatically pause a movie when
you use fast user switching to let another person use your computer.
 Hide selection indicators for empty selection: Select to have the selection
indicators in the timeline removed when no frames are selected.
 Show 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:
 Choose View > Full Screen.
 Choose 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:
 Fit to Screen: The content is scaled to fill your screen as fully as possible without
cropping the movie or changing the aspect ratio.
 Zoom: 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.
 Panoramic: The content is scaled to fit your screen and the outer horizontal edges
compressed to avoid cropping the image.