QuickTime X is a ground-up rebuild of the old standard (the latest prior version was 7.6) and was designed to sturdy the foundation of the platform. QuickTime X features stable new code, a new interface, screen capture functionality and allows fullscreen playback (QuickTime 7 required you to purchase the Pro version for access to this feature). However, many of the advanced features of QuickTime 7 were stripped out of QuickTime X during the rebuilding process. Lost features include:
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Open Image Sequence
Clip Trimming
Clip Copy and Paste
Exporting to specific codecs
Clip resizing
and more
If you find that QuickTime X doesn’t provide the features you need, you probably need to “downgrade” to QuickTime 7. Fortunately, you can install both versions side-by-side in Snow Leopard, and even specify which files to open with either version. Unfortunately, if you try to install QuickTime 7 from the internet by downloading it, Snow Leopard will kindly tell you that you already have a newer version installed.
QuickTime 7 can be installed from the Snow Leopard disk, but almost everyone hates having to find the disk. Everyone else got it from the bittorrents.
This handy guide tells us that if we right-click on a .qtz (a Quartz Composer file) and select “Open with QuickTime,” Snow Leopard will offer us the chance to download and install QuickTime 7 automatically.
My problem is that I don’t have (or can’t find) any .qtz files on my computer! Here is where I can make your life 100% better. Ready?
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Open TextEdit
Hit (shift)+(command)+T to make the document plain text
Save the document and change the file extension from .txt to .qtz
Bingo, now you have a perfectly legit .qtz file. Open it using QuickTime X and you will be prompted to install QuickTime 7.
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That worked great. Now how do I upgrade to QT Pro using my License number without having to go through all that purchase stuff again? In other words where can I get a QT pro download that will enable me to enter my code?
I have the Pro Apps installed (Final Cut, etc) so my QuickTime 7 was registered Pro automatically.
I do see a place to register under the menu “QuickTime Player 7″ > “Registration”, so that might work for you
Fantastic work, very impressed.
Nicely done. Thanks.
Works perfectly. I love simple solutions for my simple problems. Thanks dude.
THANK YOU! I thought I’d never again hear my .3g2 videos taken with my phone! Quicktime X just played the video, but no audio. Back to both streams – YAY!
This is awesome. I have been looking for this ever since I upgraded to Leopard. How long ago was that, 2 years? Quicktime has always been perfect for exporting timelapse image sequences. Does a better job than Final Cut and Motion, IMHO. Found this after I accidentally stumbled on a .qtz file in my system library that I tried to open. Was searching for info. just to make sure I wasn’t going crazy. Thanks for the peace of mind.
This is really brilliant! Thanks for this!
Thanks a lot. I needed this to slowdown songs (which QuickTime 10 can’t do for some reason) and not have to deal with any random online products and free trials. This is an awesomely simple way to get it.
Thank you Steve! Your solution worked perfectly!
THANK YOU! I just had a Genius reinstall my OS and my SuperDrive doesn’t work… anyway, very much appreciated.
thank you, what a simple effective work around, John Knox won a nobel for less.