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QuickTime Player User Guide
QuickTime Player has onscreen playback controls that let you play, pause, fast-forward, or rewind your video or audio file.
You can also use playback controls to share a file, or play a file on an AirPlay-enabled device.
Open a file
To open a video or audio file in the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, do any of the following:
Double-click the file in the Finder.
If your videos or audio files are in iCloud Drive, click iCloud Drive in the Finder sidebar, then double-click your file. See Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Choose File > Open File, then select a file, and click Open.
If a file is an older or third-party media format, QuickTime Player may convert it before playing.
Tip: You can also open a file you’ve worked with recently by choosing File > Open Recent.
Play a file
In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, open a video or audio file.
Move the pointer anywhere over the movie to show the playback controls. Controls for audio files are always visible.
Tip: Depending on the duration of the file or how much time is left during playback, you can change the playback or reverse playback speed by 2x, 5x, 10x, 30x, or 60x. Simply keep clicking the forward or rewind button until you play at the desired speed.
Note: Some media files display timecode—an 8-digit code (00-00-00-00)—in the playback controls, instead of the 4-digit code showing the remaining time. The timecode shows source time information about a specific frame or recorded point, like the time of the original recording, or the frame number. When editing a project, you can use the timecode to navigate to an exact location of a frame in the media file.
Use the playback controls to play the video or audio file; you can drag the controls to move them out of the way.
If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can use the playback controls in the Touch Bar.
If you want the file you’re playing to appear in front of all other windows on your screen, choose View > Float on Top so a checkmark appears next to it. Choose it again to turn it off.
Play a video with picture-in-picture
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With picture-in-picture , you can play a video in a resizable floating window, so you can see it on your screen, while you do other tasks on your computer.
In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, open a video file.
Use the playback controls to play the video file.
Click the picture-in-picture button in the playback controls.
You can click and drag the picture-in-picture window to anywhere on the screen, or click and drag any edge of the window to resize it.
Click the full screen button or the close button to close the picture-in-picture window.
Play a file in a continuous loop
You can set a video or audio file to play continuously, so that it plays to the end and then starts over from the beginning.
Select the video or audio file you want to loop.
Choose View > Loop so a checkmark appears next to it.
To turn off continuous play, choose the command again; the checkmark is removed.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts or gestures to open, play, or pause a file, and more.
Windows Media Player is available for Windows-based devices. Use this table to find the right version of the Player for your system. (If you've got a Mac, you can download Windows Media Components for QuickTime to play Windows Media files.)
Operating system/browser | Player version | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
Windows 10 | Windows Media Player 12 | Included in clean installs of Windows 10 as well as upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. In some editions of Windows 10, it's included as an optional feature that you can enable. To do that, select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Manage optional features > Add a feature > Windows Media Player, and select Install. DVD playback isn't included. Go to the DVD playback for Windows page to find out how to add DVD playback to Windows 10. |
Windows 8.1 | Windows Media Player 12 | Included in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro, but doesn't include DVD playback. Go to the DVD playback for Windows page to find out how to add DVD playback to Windows 8.1. For Windows Media Player 12 for Windows 8.1 N and KN editions, get the Media Feature Pack. |
Windows RT 8.1 | N/A | Windows Media Player isn't available for Windows RT 8.1. |
Windows 7 | Windows Media Player 12 | Included in Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. For Windows 7 N or KN editions, get the Media Feature Pack. |
Mac OS X | Windows Media Components for QuickTime |
If you want to reinstall Windows Media Player, try the following:
Click the Start button, type features, and select Turn Windows features on or off.
Scroll down and expand Media Features, clear the Windows Media Player check box, and click OK.
Restart your device. Windows Media Player should be uninstalled.
Repeat step 1.
Scroll down and expand Media Features, select the Windows Media Player check box, and click OK.
Restart your device. Windows Media player should now be reinstalled.
Note: To troubleshoot issues like playback and codec problems, see the 'Get help' section in Windows Media Player.