Posted by Nathan Mercer on 10/18/05 06:28

Helpful Harry wrote:
>>>>I have just been reading that you have to buy Quicktime or pay $1.99 for
>>>>each
>>>>movie or Video..
>>>
>>>TV episodes (and music videos?) are being sold on Apple's iTunes web
>>>store at $2 to $3 each. These can then be played on the computer or
>>>transferred to the iPod Video.
>>>
>>>You don't "have to buy QuickTime" at all. You can download QuickTime
>>>for free (if you own a Mac it's already installed, but you may need to
>>>download the new QuickTime 7) and the only reason you'd pay for a
>>>QuickTime Pro regisitration code is if you want to play moves
>>>full-screen size rather than in a window ... or if you're tired of the
>>>nagging pop-up window.
>>
>>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.

URL handy for the software pls?

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