How to view Quicktime that's larger than my screen

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How to view Quicktime that's larger than my screen

Without resizing the Quicktime Player window, how can I pan the window to view other parts of my movie at 100%.

Are there any 3rd party players that allow this?

iBook 12 2004

Posted on Apr 26, 2007 12:36 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 26, 2007 12:53 PM in response to Navarro Parker -

Quicktime Pro allows you to do full screen.

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Answer 2

Apr 26, 2007 2:40 PM in response to David M Brewer

That would involve shrinking the video area, wouldn't it?

It would be fairly easy to make something using Director that lets you view a larger than screen size QuickTime, and to be able to pan around it. What's the actual application?

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Answer 3

Apr 26, 2007 3:16 PM in response to Colin Holgate

oh...dear...didn't really read the post....

On a mouse with a scroll wheel...you can make the desktop bigger and pan around.......Control+wheel...

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Answer 4

fflynn

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Apr 26, 2007 4:04 PM in response to David M Brewer

Or,if you're using a CRT monitor, simply increase the screen resolution until the entire video window can be seen.

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Answer 5

Apr 26, 2007 4:22 PM in response to fflynn

But then you wouldn't need to pan! Just kidding.

I'm curious what the application is, it may well be a humongous movie for some good reason.

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Answer 6

Apr 27, 2007 10:52 AM in response to Colin Holgate

Thanks for your suggestions. But I haven't found a solution.

I have an LCD 22" screen, so the resolution can't go any higher.

I have a QT movie that's 2048x1556 and I need to view it at 100%. I must not reduce the image size.

Using Control-Scroll will only enlarge pixels. Using QT's fit to screen (cmd-3) will reduce the size of the movie.

I really need a movie player that will allow be to pan within the window -- like scroll bars!

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Answer 7

fflynn

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Apr 27, 2007 3:09 PM in response to Navarro Parker -

I'm trying to understand your problem. If you can see an edge of the video window, aren't you able to move the entire window ? OSX won't allow you to move the window up past the top of the desktop, but you can move it all the way left and right and downwards by grabbing the top or side edges of the window.

If you can play the video in Classic with QT 6, then you can also move the window up past the top edge of the desktop.

Other than that, if it's very important to you, I suggest borrowing a CRT monitor to view all of this video.

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Answer 8

Apr 27, 2007 3:39 PM in response to Navarro Parker -

When you use the control+wheel....moving the mouse...not the wheel you can then pan the desktop, to a certain extent.

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