Playing midi files, Opening recently used files, Finding movies quickly using quicktime favorites – Apple QuickTime 7 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Using QuickTime Player

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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):

1

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

2

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

To specify a different synthesizer (in Windows):

1

Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.

2

Choose Music from the pop-up menu.

3

Select the synthesizer you want.

Opening Recently Used Files

You can easily open recently used files.

To open recently used files:

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Choose File > Open Recent > [option]

To change the number of items that appear in the Open Recent submenu (in
Mac OS X), choose QuickTime Player > Preferences, click General, and choose an option
from the pop-up menu. In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences.

Finding Movies Quickly Using QuickTime Favorites

You can easily find and open movies by putting pointers to them in your QuickTime
Favorites window. To view your list of favorites, choose Window > Favorites > Show
Favorites.

To add a movie to the Favorites list:

1

Open the movie in QuickTime Player.

2

Choose Window > Favorites > Add Movie As Favorite.

You can also drag a file from the Finder to the Favorites list window.

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