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{{website|QuickTime|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/}}
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{{website|QuickTime|https://www.apple.com/quicktime/}}
[[QuickTime]] Player is developed by Apple and is the default player on any [[macOS]] system. There is also a version available for [[Windows]]. It is a pretty nice player with all the basic functions for playing and [[streaming]] in place. It is very extensible by use of plugins.
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QuickTime is developed by Apple and is the default player on any [[macOS]] system. There was a version available for Windows, but support was dropped in 2016. It is a pretty nice player with all the basic functions for playing and [[streaming]] in place. It is very extensible by use of plugins.
  
QuickTime comes in a standard (free) version, or as QuickTime Pro, which enables additional (basic) video editing capabilities and allows you to export video into different codecs.
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QuickTime comes in a standard (free) version, or as QuickTime Pro, which enables additional (basic) video editing capabilities and allows you to export video into different [[codec]]s.
  
 
==Compatibility==
 
==Compatibility==
VLC has a problem understanding certain types of streamed .[[mov]] files. If a file can be played in QuickTime Player and not VLC, open it in QuickTime and let it decide which datarate is best for your connection, then pause it and open the stream info. You should then be able to copy the link and open it in VLC.
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{{VLC}} has a problem understanding certain types of streamed .[[mov]] files (the native format for QuickTime). If a file can be played in QuickTime and not VLC, open it in QuickTime and let it decide which datarate is best for your connection, then pause it and open the stream info. You should then be able to copy the link and open it in VLC.
  
 
compatible with, .avi
 
compatible with, .avi
  
 
==A sample of how to stream from v4l source to quicktime player==
 
==A sample of how to stream from v4l source to quicktime player==
The following command is an example of streaming from [[Video4Linux]] to QuickTime Player:
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The following command is an example of streaming from [[Video4Linux]] to QuickTime (player):
  
 
  {{%}} vlc -vvv --intf dummy v4l:/dev/video0:norm=pal:frequency=37525:size=720x576:channel=0:adev=/dev/sound/audio:audio=0                 
 
  {{%}} vlc -vvv --intf dummy v4l:/dev/video0:norm=pal:frequency=37525:size=720x576:channel=0:adev=/dev/sound/audio:audio=0                 
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  sdp=http:/myserver.dot.com:8082/tv.sdp}'
 
  sdp=http:/myserver.dot.com:8082/tv.sdp}'
  
You need vlc and [[FFmpeg]] [[compile]]d with [[faad2]] library. I have tested it with vlc-0.7.2 on both side client and server on Linux and QuickTime Player on windows machines.
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You need VLC and [[FFmpeg]] [[compile]]d with [[faad2]] library. I have tested it with vlc-0.7.2 on both side client and server on Linux and QuickTime on Windows machines.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 07:10, 14 February 2019

QuickTime is developed by Apple and is the default player on any macOS system. There was a version available for Windows, but support was dropped in 2016. It is a pretty nice player with all the basic functions for playing and streaming in place. It is very extensible by use of plugins.

QuickTime comes in a standard (free) version, or as QuickTime Pro, which enables additional (basic) video editing capabilities and allows you to export video into different codecs.

Compatibility

VLC media player has a problem understanding certain types of streamed .mov files (the native format for QuickTime). If a file can be played in QuickTime and not VLC, open it in QuickTime and let it decide which datarate is best for your connection, then pause it and open the stream info. You should then be able to copy the link and open it in VLC.

compatible with, .avi

A sample of how to stream from v4l source to quicktime player

The following command is an example of streaming from Video4Linux to QuickTime (player):

% vlc -vvv --intf dummy v4l:/dev/video0:norm=pal:frequency=37525:size=720x576:channel=0:adev=/dev/sound/audio:audio=0                 
--sout '#transcode{acodec=mp4a, vcodec=mp4v,vb=2000,ab=128,vt=800000,keyint=80}:rtp{dst=239.2.12.42,port=1234,
sdp=http:/myserver.dot.com:8082/tv.sdp}'

You need VLC and FFmpeg compiled with faad2 library. I have tested it with vlc-0.7.2 on both side client and server on Linux and QuickTime on Windows machines.

See Also