QuickTime 7.2 finally supports full screen playback

Filed under: Video, Windows, Macintosh, Apple

QuickTime 7.2 finally supports full screen playback

by Brad Linder Jul 12th 2007

Apple has released QuickTime 7.2 for Mac and Windows. The update includes a bunch of bug fixes, updates to the H.264 codec, and oh yeah: support for full screen playback.

That's right, the free version of QuickTime has finally caught up to pretty much every free media player on the market. Up until now, if you wanted to watch full screen video using QuicktTme, you had to pay $30 for a QuickTime Pro license.

QuickTime Pro still has a few features that set it apart from its free cousin:

Create videos using H.264
Record audio
Create movies
Save movies from the web

But full screen playback isn't a bonus feature, or something you'd only expect from a package designed for multimedia creators. In fact, if you just want to watch QuickTime movies, you can use VLC or Media Player Classic and QuickTime Alternative. It's possible that if Apple hadn't taken so long to unlock a feature that should have never been locked, hackers wouldn't have felt the need to put together alternative solutions.

[via AppleInsider]

Tags: full screen video, FullScreenVideo, media player classic, MediaPlayerClassic, quicktime, quicktime alternative, QuicktimeAlternative, vlc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wiser said 12:17PM on 7-12-2007

Unfortunately, it still seems to have issues playing back .mov files for me. It crashes every single time after playing for a little bit. I was really hoping 7.2 would've fixed this issue... (p.s. I'm running Vista)

kojo87 said 1:09PM on 7-12-2007

finally! what kind of program is so stingy that it forced you to PAY to watch full screen? oh yeah...one made by Apple...

Hao said 1:09PM on 7-12-2007

Quicktime just seems don't work well on windows. I am running vista with quicktime alternative, it crash firefox half of the time.

Cyclotron said 4:56PM on 7-12-2007

The article is a little misleading. You get many more features for the $30 than just full screen. I paid for the pro version years ago and have yet to pay again even with updates. (knock on wood.) People need to stop being cheap about shareware.

David Chartier said 9:02AM on 7-13-2007

While I completely agree that lumping the full screen feature into the $30 QuickTime Pro upgrade is incredibly lame, that isn't *all* you get by purchasing QT Pro. It also includes the ability to encode in true H.264 and a number of other editing features.

Still, I'm glad Apple finally stopped the silliness and unleashed full screen video playback for free.

Dr Rumble said 9:08AM on 7-13-2007

Apple is teh genius!

James said 5:29PM on 7-13-2007

Media Player Classic kicks the ass off every other playback software on the market, pay or otherwise. While some companies were frittering away efforts with things like "skinning" or 3D music visualizations, MPC was working on things like compact, efficient code and almost unlimited customization. Where else can I assign keyboard shortcuts to any function the player is capable of? There's even a web remote interface!

In short, QuickTime is worthless and I hope it dies.

Gayle Wohlken said 9:35AM on 8-20-2007

Since my computer software updater downloaded Quicktime 7.2, I cannot view one single Quicktime thing on he web. What happened? This was my son's computer and I bought it from him. Quicktime Pro was registered in his name with his password, which I don't know. I am stuck now because he is hiking the Appalachian Trail and won't be home until October. I'm not very happy.

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