What's new in QuickTime Player
Both the free QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro provide a host of new features. New in QuickTime Player:

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H.264 video support
This state-of-the-art, standards-based codec delivers exceptional-quality video at the lowest data rate possible, across data rates ranging from 3G to HD and beyond.
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Live resize
Playback continues smoothly as you change the size of the QuickTime Player window.
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Zero-configuration streaming
You no longer need to set your Internet connection speed in QuickTime Preferences. QuickTime automatically determines the best connection speed for your computer. If a connection is lost during streaming, QuickTime automatically reconnects to the server.
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Surround sound
QuickTime Player can now play up to 24 channels of audio. With QuickTime 7, your Mac, and surround speakers, you can enjoy the full effect of your surround sound movie or game.
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New and improved playback controls
Use the new A/V Controls window to adjust settings for the best viewing experience. Easily change settings including jog shuttle, playback speed, bass, treble, and balance.
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Full screen playback
Get the most out of display by using every pixel possible. Thee
new modes allow you fit the content to any size screen.
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Additional keyboard shortcuts
QuickTime Player now supports the same transport
control keyboard shortcuts as Final Cut Pro. While viewing a movie, press J, K, or L to
rewind, pause or resume playback at variable speeds.
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Closed captioning
An option in QuickTime Preferences allows you to display
standard CEA-608 closed captions, when they're available in your movies.
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Timecode display
QuickTime Player now allows you to switch between displaying
movie time, timecode, and frame count. You can also jump to a specific timecode or
frame number using the keyboard.
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Spotlight-friendly media
New in Mac OS X v10.4, Spotlight makes it easy to find your QuickTime content. Spotlight can search for movie attributes such as artist, copyright, codec, and so on.
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Screen reader compatibility Using VoiceOver, included with Mac OS X v10.4, visually impaired users can enjoy QuickTime Player features.
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All-new content guide The all-new QuickTime Content Guide provides the latest in entertainment on the Internet.
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Easy access to QuickTime Pro
When you use the free QuickTime Player, features available only in QuickTime Pro display a “Pro” by their names. If you choose one of these items, you’ll see a definition of the feature and learn how to upgrade to QuickTime Pro.
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Floating controls
Full-screen mode now provides floating DVD-like controls for easy access to functions like pause, play, fast-forward, rewind, and full-screen modes. Move your mouse and the controller appears on the screen for several seconds.
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Record audio and video
With a digital video camera connected to your computer, you can quickly create vido postcards to share with family and friends.
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Share movies
Easily create a movie file for sending via email or posting to a website.
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Create H.264 video
Use this codec for all your video encoding needs. Create content ranging in size from HD (high definition) to 3G (for mobile devices), and everything in between.
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Create surround audio
Create a rich multimedia experience for your customers by adding multi-channel audio to your movie. If some of your customers don’t have surround speakers, don’t worry; QuickTime automatically mixes the audio to work with the speaker setup of each user.
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Concurrent exports
Export multiple files at onceand continue with your next playback or editing task.
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Export for Web
Automatically create versions of your movie that are optimized for delivery to iPhone and the desktop, including a reference movie and HTML snippet that you can use to embed the movie on a web page.
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Export to Apple TV, iPod, and iPhone
New presets allow you to easily export your movies in
formats optimized for use with Apple TV, iPod, and iPhone.
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Improved movie authoring
Editing tasks are much easier with new hot keys for in and out points. In addition, the Movie Properties interface has been completely redesigned to facilitate simple and efficient movie authoring.
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New AAC constant-quality mode
Create AAC audio files optimized for constant quality rather than a constant bit rate for a consistently high-quality listening experience.
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Conform to Aperture
View a movie’s aperture mode, and choose to have the movie conform to new aperture settings, including pixel shape.
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Deinterlace Source Video
When exporting with the Movie to QuickTime Movie option, you can now deinterlace the video by setting an option in Export Size settings.
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3G streaming
Create 3G files for RTSP streaming that are fully interoperable with other 3G streaming handsets and delivery architectures.
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Automator-compliant With Mac OS X v10.4, 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. The combination of Automator and QuickTime 7 Pro also lets you create your own set of personalized QuickTime-based Automator actions.
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Podcast sharing
With Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, you can easily send a movie file to Podcast Producer, on Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard, for automatic creation and delivery of podcasts.
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