Mar 24 |
QuickTime has been around since well before OS X, dating back to 1991, but this old dog gets new life in the next version of the Mac OS.
If you have made the move to Snow Leopard then you are using the new QuickTime X. There are a few keyboard shortcut that can help you while using the new application.
here’s list how you can navigate the video from the keyboard:
- Spacebar
Play and pause video playback - Option-Up Arrow
Increase volume to maximum volume - Option-Down Arrow
Mute audio - Up Arrow
Increase volume level - Down Arrow
Decrease volume level - Command-Left Arrow
Rewind movie, you can press multiple times to rewind the movie faster - Command-Right Arrow
Fast forward within the movie, with audio, again you can tap multiple times to fast forward in the movie at a faster pace - Left and Right Arrows (With no modifier keys)
allows you to scrub the video in slow motion, viewing in either rewind or forward frame by frame - Option-Left Arrow
Go to the beginning of the selection of the movie.
(Note: When using the Option-Arrow combination, the cursor will go from the end of the movie to the previous cursor position, to the beginning of the movie.) - Option-Right Arrow
Go to end of the selection of the movie - Command – I
Show Movie Inspector (Source, Format, FPS, Data Size, Movie Size in pixels ) - Full Screen Mode
Command – F - Windows Sizes
Command – 1 – Actual Size
Command – 3 – Fit to Screen
Command – + – Increase Size
Command - – Decrease Size



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