why is apple going all "microsoft" on me!?!?!

[The-guy-who-loves-mac-stuff]

ok... all I want to do is watch movies in quicktime at full screen. but it says i need quicktime pro to watch movies in full screen. why don't all new computers come with quicktime pro installed on them? there is no way im going to pay $30 just to watch some media in full screen. is there any way around this? or do I just have to switch media players?

[Wrong Robot]

use VLC (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5758)

or maybe this (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11670) or this (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10767)

[The-guy-who-loves-mac-stuff]

thank you!!! I tried VLC... and it seems to skip a lot more then I like so...:no:

but that other link is great!

[Wrong Robot]

VLC (and mplayer) are still very useful to have. They can play most any weird .avi that comes from windows.

[PB]

There is also Cellulo (http://www.cellulo.info/). It is a great application.

[tommy_thompson]

Trying Cellulo for work as we speak. Have QT Pro at home, and didn't really think about paying for it. Sure, it'd been nice not to pay for QT Pro...:wow:

[mmmpie]

Quicktime will quite happily let you play full screen without paying for Pro. Its just the _player_ application that wont. You can download any of the free quicktime players, try looking on macupdate, and they will play fullscreen.

Cellulo is nice, if need of a bit of a graphic overhaul.

You'll probably also want to install the various divx codecs ( divx.com, 3ivx.com ) so that you can play most divx movies with quicktime. Typically divx movies are in avi files. The 3ivx codec fixes they audio sync issue that QT has with divx movies.

[Relic]

SSSSSHHHHHH, go here (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/upgrade/)

[MOD EDIT: Link "cleansed" :) - Jambo]

[Vox Barbara]

Originally posted by mmmpie
Quicktime will quite happily let you play full screen without paying for Pro. Its just the _player_ application that wont. ...


Thank you for pointing that out. It is embarrassing, isn't it? It is a blow indeed.

[low-fi]

Here (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.phpstory=20020722081156794&mode=print)

[Bouba]

(*
Full-screener! by Mikey-San.
http://www.mikey-san.net/
If you make changes, add a comment below and keep the ones above!
*)

on open theMovie
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
set request to display dialog "Select a scaling, fool!" with icon ¬
note buttons {"normal", "double", "screen"} default button "screen"
if button returned of request is "normal" then
open theMovie
present movie 1 scale normal
else if button returned of request is "double" then
open theMovie
present movie 1 scale double
else if button returned of request is "screen" then
open theMovie
present movie 1 scale screen
end if
end tell
end open



Here you go. This is all good to have a quicktime movie in full screen! Just copy and paste it in AppleScript, save it as an application and drop the desired movie on it. All you have to do, is select the desired size! :)

[Ra]

Even easier:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
present movie 1
end tell