Posted by Bruce Hoult on 12/24/08 11:30

In article <181020051236269239%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com>,
Helpful Harry <helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com> wrote:

> > What?!? Quicktime wont even show video in full screen?!?
> >
> > That's pretty crap. Typical Mac, I guess.
>
> It has absolutely nothing to do with "Mac".
>
> It's one of the limitations that Apple have decided to put into the
> free version of QuickTime. If you pay to upgrade it to the Pro version
> you get full-screen playback (among a few other things). This is no
> different to many other companies that have a limited "free" version
> and a pay-for "pro" version.
>
> There is of course other player software that will play the movies
> full-screen.

You're managing to skate around the actual facts.

An unregistered copy of the program "QuickTime Player" does not enable
full screen playback. The QuickTime library itself is perfectly capable
of doing it, and any 20 line program you might write yourself or
download can do so without buying QuickTime Pro.

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