Hi Robert,
Yes, sorry, I forgot about this since my use of this feature from
QuickTime Player 7 and the AppleScripts dates back from Tiger! The
older version of QuickTime player is still distributed with the Snow
Leopard install media, and Apple provides instructions on installing
it. Apple's statement: "Should you need it, a Mac OS X v10.6 Snow
Leopard-compatible version of QuickTime Player 7 is also available for
use with older media or with existing AppleScript-based workflows."
Here's a link to Apple's Support Document on how to install it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3678
I'll excerpt the information:
• Insert your Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Install DVD.
• Open the "Optional Installs folder" and double-click "Optional
Installs.mpkg".
• Select the QuickTime 7 option and click Continue.
• QuickTime Player 7 will be installed in your Utilities folder.
If you have QuickTime 7 installed, Snow Leopard handles the division
of labor for you, using QuickTime X when it can and QuickTime 7 when
it needs to.
If you don't already have QuickTime 7 installed, then the first time
you try to do something that requires it -- such as play a video that
needs a non-standard codec, for example -- Snow Leopard will ask if
you want to install it.
In fact, if you have a valid Pro license on a Mac you update to Snow
Leopard, QuickTime 7 should be installed automatically with the Pro
features enabled. I know that Darcy, and some others, have QuickTime
Pro 7 ($29.99).
If you need to manually enter your QuickTime 7 Pro registration code:
• Open QuickTime Player 7.
• Click the QuickTime Player 7 menu and choose Registration.
• Enter your QuickTime 7 Pro registration code.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 18, 2010, Robert Carter wrote:
Hi,
Am I correct that you have to use an older version of QuickTime
player to get the ability to speed up a file? If so, can one have
both the current version and an older QuickTime player installed?
Thanks,
Robert Carter
On Nov 17, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Heather,
You could use QuickTime Player to speed up playback. Navigate to
the mp3 file you want in Finder, then bring up the context menu (VO
+Shift+M) and find the selection "Open With". Right arrow to the
submenu and select QuickTime Player. If you bring up the A/V
Control Window (Command+K shortcut to toggle this window on, or go
to the "Window" menu on the QuickTime Player menu bar to find this
option), navigate to the Playback Speed slider and interact to set
the speed you want.
If you want to do this after locating your track in the iTunes
songs table, I think you can use Command+Shift+R to reveal your
track location in Finder under iTunes 10. (In iTunes 9 it's Command
+R to bring up a Finder window with your selected track
highlighted.) Then, go to the context window to "Open with
QuickTime Player" as outlined above, and use the A/V Control Window
playback slider to speed things up.
I use AppleScripts to switch track playback between iTunes and
QuickTime Player at preset faster speeds, following a tip that once
appeared at the Mac OS X Hints site, and which is described in this
archived list post on speeding up podcasts:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg09819.html
However, you can always just open QuickTime from the context menu
as I described above.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 15, 2010, heather kd5cbl wrote:
Well, I was listening to some mp3 lectures using media player
classic on the pc side and itunes on the mac side. I wanted to
know if there is a way to speed up the media like there is with
the digital players? Or is there another program that would allow
me to speed up the media. I guess I am so used to listening to
things fast that it get really boring to listen to it slow!
Thanks Heather
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