QUICKTIME Specifications
General
Compatibility PC
Version 6
Localization English
Distribution media Download
Feature 1 QuickTime Player is an easy-to-use application
for playing, interacting with or viewing video, audio, VR or graphics
files.
Feature 2 QuickTime’s extensible architecture gives its
users yet another added benefit — viewing more types of Internet
content via QuickTime components, or “plug-ins,” created
by other companies.
License
Software license pricing Standard
Software license qty 1 user
Software license type Complete package
System Requirements
Min operating system Microsoft Windows 98/2K/Me/XP/NT
Min hard drive space N/A
Min processor type Intel Pentium
Min RAM size 32 MB
Interface devices Mouse, Modem
QuickTime 7 System Requirements
(Macintosh)
- 400 MHz Power PC G3 or faster Macintosh computer
- At least 128MB of RAM
- Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
(Windows)
- Pentium processor-base PC or compatible computer
- At least 128MB of RAM
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or XP
For viewing videos purchased from the iTunes Store:
(Macintosh)
- 1 GHz G4 processor or better
- 256MB RAM
- 16MB video RAM
- QuickTime 7.1.3 or later
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
(Windows)
- 2.0 GHz Pentium-class processor or better
- 512MB of RAM
- 32MB video RAM
- QuickTime 7.1.3
- Windows 2000 or XP
For viewing 640x480 standard definition (SD) H.264 video:
(Windows)
- 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium class or better processor
- At least 512MB of RAM
- 64MB or greater video card
- Windows 2000 or XP
Recommended Hardware Configurations for H.264 High-Definition (HD) Playback
To play high-definition video, a large amount of data must be processed by your computer. A powerful system will deliver the best playback experience.
For 852x480 (480p) video at 24 frames per second:
(Windows)
- 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or faster processor
- At least 512MB of RAM
- 64MB or greater video card
- Windows 2000 or XP
For 1280x720 (720p) video at 24-30 frames per second:
(Macintosh)
- 1.8 GHz PowerMac G5 or 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo or faster Macintosh computer
- At least 256MB of RAM
- 64 MB or greater video card
(Windows)
- 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 or faster processor
- At least 512MB of RAM
- 64MB or greater video card
- Windows 2000 or XP
For 1920x1080 (1080p) video at 24 frames per second:
(Macintosh)
- Dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 or 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo or faster Macintosh computer
- At least 512MB of RAM
- 128MB or greater video card
(Windows)
- 3.0 Ghz Intel Pentium D (dual-core) or faster processor
- At least 1GB of RAM
- 64MB or greater video card
- Windows 2000 or XP
QuickTime 7 Supported Audio/Video Formats
Supported Video Formats
- Animation
- Apple BMP
- Apple Pixlet (Mac OS X v10.3 only)
- Apple Video
- Cinepak
- Component video
- DV and DVC Pro NTSC
- DV PAL
- DVC Pro PAL
- Graphics
- H.261
- H.263
- H.264
- JPEG 2000
- Microsoft OLE (decode only)
- Microsoft Video 1 (decode only)
- Motion JPEG A
- Motion JPEG B
- MPEG-4 (Part 2)
- Photo JPEG
- Planar RGB
- PNG
- Sorenson Video 2
- Sorenson Video 3
- TGA
- TIFF
Supported Audio Formats
- 24-bit integer
- 32-bit floating point
- 32-bit integer
- 64-bit floating point
- AAC (MPEG-4 Audio)
- ALaw 2:1
- AMR Narrowband
- Apple Lossless Encoder
- IMA 4:1
- MACE 3:1
- MACE 6:1
- MS ADPCM (decode only)
- QDesign Music 2
- Qualcomm PureVoice (QCELP)
- ULaw 2:1
*QuickTime also supports import of multiple images and layers in TIFF, FlashPix and Photoshop files.
**Playback of program and elementary streams available via QuickTime MPEG-2 Playbck Component, sold separately in the Apple Store online.
This information can be viewed on the official Apple® web site at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/specs.html
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