Note: This article pertains to Mac OS X Server versions 1.x, which were released prior to May 2001.
QuickTime enables editing and playback of multimedia content in a variety of video, sound, and graphic formats.
Notes Specific to this Release
The QuickTimePlayer application is a demonstration of QuickTime technology on MacOS X Server. It offers the following features:
- It is based on QuickTime 3.0.
- Media files can be opened and played.
- The player enables simple editing features.
Known Issues
- The version of QuickTime client included with Mac OS X Server does not currently support the Streaming features provided in QuickTime Streaming Server.
- QuickTime 3.0 third-party codecs are not supported in this release. This includes Sorensen Video, Indeo, QualComm PureVoice, and QDesign Music codec.
- Audio and video capture are not currently supported.
- There is no developer access to the QTML framework yet. This will be rectified in the Carbon release.
- Movies playing offscreen may display incorrectly when brought back onscreen. Use the Window Shade button to hide and show the window to redraw its contents.
- Files need to be world-readable to be viewed.
- Files at root (/) cannot be read. Try moving them into a directory.
- The movie thumb controller sometimes leaves portions of itself behind.
- If the QuickTimePlayer application crashes, sometimes the cursor is left hidden.
- Shift-click and drag in the movie controller doesn't work (use shift-click instead).
- QTVR, QD3D, and MPEG are not currently supported.
- Playing movies backwards may sometimes fail.
- PC graphics cards set to 4444 16-bit pixel format will not get correct visual results.
- Dual monitor setups are not supported.