What Is Apple Quicktime Software?
QuickTime is multimedia software for home computers that plays video files and sound, either from a computer or from the Internet. It can also be used to edit home video and is capable of displaying high definition video. Although it's part of the software set supplied by Apple on its Mac computers, laptops and other gadgets, QuickTime is also available for using on a PC. The software is free and can be downloaded from Apple's website. For a fee, QuickTime 7 users can upgrade to QuickTime Pro 7, which allows users to create and edit videos.
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Platforms
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Released in March 2010, QuickTime 7.6.6 is designed to work with a Mac running the OS X Leopard operating system, as well as with a PC with either the Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista,or Windows 7 operating system. QuickTime 7 is part of iTunes, and you can also find versions of QuickTime on all incarnations of the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad.
File compatibility
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Video files with the extension .mov are native QuickTime files, though the software can also decode MPEG, MP4, DivX and DivX HD (.mkv) files among others (some through though third-party plug-ins). New features in QuickTime 7 include multi-channel audio support for .mov files, as well as compatibility with the H.264 codec to show high definition video. Like iTunes, QuickTime 7 supports MP3, AIFF, WAV and MP3 audio.
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Upgrades
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Quicktime Pro 7 lets users create and edit movies as .mov files or as HD files, and send them using email. Since September 2007 the basic QuickTime player has been able to show movies in fullscreen mode, which used to be a QuickTime Pro feature.
QuickTime X is exclusive to Apple's latest (as of July 2010) operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It features faster loading times, ColorSync and HTTP live streaming.
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