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Opening and Playing Files in a Web Browser

With the QuickTime plug-in (part of the free QuickTime software), you can play most multimedia you encounter on the Internet within your web browser. On some websites, movies play automatically. On other sites, you need to click an image of the movie or a play button.

When a movie plays on a webpage, you typically see controls you can use to play, pause, fast-forward, rewind, and adjust the volume of the movie.

To play a movie in a web browser, go to the website and follow the site's instructions to watch the movie.

With QuickTime Pro, you also have the option of saving the movie to your hard disk (if the author of the movie allows it). To save a movie from the web, click the downward-pointing arrow on the right and choose "Save as QuickTime Movie" or "Save as Source" from the QuickTime Pro menu. If the movie is a Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) movie, it is saved as a small "reference movie" that points to the actual movie on the Internet.

The QuickTime website has a number of QuickTime movies (including the latest movie trailers) that you can view in your web browser. Go to www.apple.com/pl/quicktime/.