The standard media player QuickTime wrongly believe unpretentious player. But Apple has laid in it the possibility of much larger than it seems at first glance. We talk about the five non-obvious functions of the media player.
1. Changing Playback Speed
Sometimes you need to increase or decrease the speed of video playback. The latest versions of QuickTime Apple removed the option to smooth speed control, so now video can only accelerate. To do this, press the rewind button forward, hold down the Option key. The next time while watching a boring lecture or shtudirovaniya next video tutorial guitar you will know how to save time.
2. basic editing
Yes, QuickTime, and can it! To enter edit mode, while watching press the keys Command + E. We available separation roller on the individual clips (Command + Y), video rotation (Shift + Command + R / L), the removal of the individual fragments (Delete) or adding new ones. In short, the implementation of basic operations, for which it makes no sense to run iMovie or Final Cut Pro.
3. Accurate fast
QuickTime is able to dissipate the video in several ways. The easiest - click in the right place at the progress bar or drag the position indicator with the mouse. For Single-frame need to use the arrow keys on the keyboard. You can also rewind the video with the choice of speed, hold down the Option key while pressing the rewind button. In this case the speed change step will not × 2, 5 ×, 10 ×, 30 ×, 60 ×, and 0.1 ×.
4. Reverse video playback
Another type of rewinding. You can enable the video playback in the reverse direction by pressing Command + ←. Similarly, adjust the speed by pressing on the rewind button with holding the key Option. It is also possible to go to the beginning and end of the video by using shortcuts Option + ← and Option + →.
5. Floating player window
A lot of people working at the computer, doing several things simultaneously. Especially if the work is not hard and does not require concentration. To simultaneously watch some spinal sitcom and surfing in Safari or direct order in the mail, you need to fix the QuickTime window on top of the other by selecting the appropriate item in the menu "View".