Posted by Jerry Kindall on 10/18/05 07:15

In article <43549618$1@clear.net.nz>, Nathan Mercer <nmercer@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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?

<http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?mode=basic&action=search&s
tr=quicktime+full+screen&plt%5B%5D=macosx&x=15&y=10>

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Jerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/>

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