Oh that sucks! youmeantheytook awaythe abialityin the newer quick time programs? Oh sucky!
On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:05, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Yes, sorry, I forgot about this since my use of this feature from QuickTime > Player 7 and the AppleScripts dates back from Tiger! The older version of > QuickTime player is still distributed with the Snow Leopard install media, > and Apple provides instructions on installing it. Apple's statement: "Should > you need it, a Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard-compatible version of QuickTime > Player 7 is also available for use with older media or with existing > AppleScript-based workflows." Here's a link to Apple's Support Document on > how to install it: > > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3678 > > I'll excerpt the information: > • Insert your Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Install DVD. > • Open the "Optional Installs folder" and double-click "Optional > Installs.mpkg". > • Select the QuickTime 7 option and click Continue. > • QuickTime Player 7 will be installed in your Utilities folder. > If you have QuickTime 7 installed, Snow Leopard handles the division of labor > for you, using QuickTime X when it can and QuickTime 7 when it needs to. > > If you don't already have QuickTime 7 installed, then the first time you try > to do something that requires it -- such as play a video that needs a > non-standard codec, for example -- Snow Leopard will ask if you want to > install it. > > In fact, if you have a valid Pro license on a Mac you update to Snow Leopard, > QuickTime 7 should be installed automatically with the Pro features enabled. > I know that Darcy, and some others, have QuickTime Pro 7 ($29.99). > > If you need to manually enter your QuickTime 7 Pro registration code: > > • Open QuickTime Player 7. > • Click the QuickTime Player 7 menu and choose Registration. > • Enter your QuickTime 7 Pro registration code. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 18, 2010, Robert Carter wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am I correct that you have to use an older version of QuickTime player to >> get the ability to speed up a file? If so, can one have both the current >> version and an older QuickTime player installed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Robert Carter >> >> >> On Nov 17, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Heather, >>> >>> You could use QuickTime Player to speed up playback. Navigate to the mp3 >>> file you want in Finder, then bring up the context menu (VO+Shift+M) and >>> find the selection "Open With". Right arrow to the submenu and select >>> QuickTime Player. If you bring up the A/V Control Window (Command+K >>> shortcut to toggle this window on, or go to the "Window" menu on the >>> QuickTime Player menu bar to find this option), navigate to the Playback >>> Speed slider and interact to set the speed you want. >>> >>> If you want to do this after locating your track in the iTunes songs table, >>> I think you can use Command+Shift+R to reveal your track location in Finder >>> under iTunes 10. (In iTunes 9 it's Command+R to bring up a Finder window >>> with your selected track highlighted.) Then, go to the context window to >>> "Open with QuickTime Player" as outlined above, and use the A/V Control >>> Window playback slider to speed things up. >>> >>> I use AppleScripts to switch track playback between iTunes and QuickTime >>> Player at preset faster speeds, following a tip that once appeared at the >>> Mac OS X Hints site, and which is described in this archived list post on >>> speeding up podcasts: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg09819.html >>> >>> However, you can always just open QuickTime from the context menu as I >>> described above. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On Nov 15, 2010, heather kd5cbl wrote: >>> >>>> Well, I was listening to some mp3 lectures using media player classic on >>>> the pc side and itunes on the mac side. I wanted to know if there is a >>>> way to speed up the media like there is with the digital players? Or is >>>> there another program that would allow me to speed up the media. I guess >>>> I am so used to listening to things fast that it get really boring to >>>> listen to it slow! Thanks Heather >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
