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post #1 of 8
11/16/05 at 12:22pm
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I was just wondering if there were any good apps out there for viewing mp4 files in full screen. I just spent $2000 on a new powerbook and now they want me to spend an extra $30 just so I can watch videos in full screen. That is complete BS. I would happily pay for another app but Apple will not be getting any more of my money for this particular program. It would be different if I was going to use any of the other features of Pro, but I can't figure why full screen is only a feature of the pro version. Anyway sorry for the rant, any suggestions are appreciated.
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post #2 of 8
11/16/05 at 12:39pm
There are several ways.

1. You can get QTFS, a Dashboard widget that will let you watch movies fullscreen using QuickTime

2. You can get QuickTime Amateur that will let you watch movies fullscreen

3. Or you can write a little AppleScript script as so:

Quote:
tell application "QuickTime Player"
present front movie scale screen
end tell

and execute this everytime from the script menu when you play movies in QuickTime.

You choose.
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post #3 of 8
11/16/05 at 2:31pm
VLC also works well. I find it is less bloated than QT 7. I use it for playing videos full screen even though i have QT Pro.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
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post #4 of 8
11/16/05 at 8:00pm
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Originally posted by Cosmo
VLC also works well. I find it is less bloated than QT 7. I use it for playing videos full screen even though i have QT Pro.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

Same, although I love QT's control's in Full Screen.
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post #5 of 8
11/17/05 at 10:45am
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Thanks guys, I'll try some of those out. I appreciate it.
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post #6 of 8
11/17/05 at 2:14pm
Well gee. Um, iTunes plays full screen mp4.
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post #7 of 8
11/17/05 at 7:21pm
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Originally posted by ipodandimac
Well gee. Um, iTunes plays full screen mp4.

I guess I didn't realize that. I've never used any of the iTunes video stuff.
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post #8 of 8
11/17/05 at 7:21pm
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Originally posted by ipodandimac
Well gee. Um, iTunes plays full screen mp4.

Well, gee. Um, iTunes plays them fullscreen if you have QT Pro.
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