App for viewing .mp4

brclark82brclark82
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
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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  • Reply 1 of 7
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    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.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    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
  • Reply 3 of 7
    zoranszorans Posts: 187member
    Quote:

    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.
  • Reply 4 of 7
    brclark82brclark82 Posts: 182member
    Thanks guys, I'll try some of those out. I appreciate it.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Well gee. Um, iTunes plays full screen mp4.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    brclark82brclark82 Posts: 182member
    Quote:

    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.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    Quote:

    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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