Apple QuickTime for Snow Leopard for Mac

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET Staff on November 08, 2008

After 10 years and with millions of users worldwide, Apple's QuickTime player still provides one of the best solutions for digital media. Whether you're watching streaming movie trailers online or diving headlong into QuickTime as a creation platform, you'll find little to quibble about in this veteran player.

Its few quirks are quickly offset by the elegant Apple interface and the top-notch audio/video playback quality. QuickTime 7 comes in two varieties. The free standard player handles popular audio, graphic, and video formats, including the much-ballyhooed H.264 and MPEG-4. Also, for $29.95, you can upgrade to the content-creation-friendly Pro version, which adds features such as full-screen playback, easy editing, H.264/MPEG-4 production, and the ability to save movies from the Web.

MPEG-2 support is available, but at an additional cost of $19.95.High-definition content looks impressive with the new H.264 codec, but hardly better than with similar offerings from Microsoft. The stylish transport controls and the friendly layout work well. Inclusion of the autoupdate and automatic-network-detection features make getting started and staying current easy.

Overall, QuickTime 7 continues to be a must-have for anyone surfing the Web or looking to experience the best in digital media.

Publisher's Description

From Apple:

QuickTime Player 7 supports older media formats, such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime movies, and MIDI files on Snow Leopard. It also accepts QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes, which turn on QuickTime Pro functions.

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    2.7 stars

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    • 2 star: 4
    • 1 star: 15
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  • 1.0 stars

    "plugin not to be found"

    April 5, 2012  |   By vishnu

    Version: Apple QuickTime for Snow Leopard 7.6.6

    Pros

    Apparently plugin 7.6.6 is needed but there's no link or explanation. Screw apple!
    All the $$ in the world and you won't make your products work right!

    Cons

    Apparently plugin 7.6.6 is needed but there's no link or explanation. Screw apple!
    All the $$ in the world and you won't make your products work right!

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    "This version has got me stumped"

    November 13, 2010  |   By seedcake

    Version: Apple QuickTime for Snow Leopard 7.6.6

    Pros

    I avoid using it,because it`s not reliable.

    Cons

    Apple wants to make up their mind up to sort out all these player`s

    Summary

    I have already got the same version you are offering to download,and i have had it for quite a while now. I have stopped using it because when you try and watch a film a drop down says you need the codec, and i have downloaded it, but to me it`s like a piece of paper with a programme written on it.

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