25 Things You Can Do With QuickTime Player

macmost.com/e-2764 QuickTime Player is a lot more than just a simple video playback app. You can record video too, record and play audio, do some basic editing, grab frames, combine images and much more.
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00:00 Intro
00:31 1. Play Audio Files
01:02 2. Stream to Apple TV
01:19 3. Record From Your Camera
01:45 4. Record From Your Microphone
02:11 5. Play a Video From the Internet
02:26 6. Convert An Image Sequence
02:53 7. Export At a New Size
03:48 8. Send To KZbin
04:27 9. Rotate and Flip
04:39 10. Trim
04:54 11. Split
05:18 12. Append Or Insert
05:43 13. Remove Audio Or Video
05:54 14. Add Audio
06:14 15. Float On Top
06:31 16. Picture-In-Picture
06:45 17. Vary Playback Speed
07:21 18. Move By Frame
07:28 19. Scrub With Trackpad or Mouse
07:43 20. Loop
08:02 21. Language Tracks and Subtitles
08:14 22. Show Time Remaining
08:31 23. Start Multiple Videos
08:42 24. View Video Details
09:04 25. Export Frame As Image
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[@cookie_monster3200]

Apple is so much better with stock apps than windows. Imagine, Windows apps can‘t probably even do 10 % of what Apple apps can do without needing 3rd party tools. That‘s so great! Thanks for showing it to us Garry!

[@MaiElizabeth]

Totally agree.

[@HCIbn]

Programs runs better on windows. On Mac, I need to run a 3rd party app to run the program.

[@GarryOwen]

Bloody awesome as usual Gary … your videos are so well done … just a steady presentation of all the good stuff! As a budding Vodcaster, I learn a lot from your work 😜

[@nidostar2013]

Thanks, Gary. Despite the fact that I’ve owned iMacs since 2009 and feel I’ve thoroughly explored most of the standard apps you always manage to come up with something new. Brilliant!

[@MRrwmac]

Another excellent video. So much info I had to rewind several segments! Thank you!!

[@vijayverma1984]

Thankyou Gary, your videos are my favourite among all other such videos on youtube. Crisp and full of meaningful stuff.Your presentation style is best

[@MacLamar]

You have the absolute best educational videos sir. Thank you so much for sharing on all these different topics. I always know that I am going to find the answer to the question I have.

[@peterthomson5155]

Great content as always Gary. Thank you. I’ll be doing much more with QT

[@carolinebarlow4795]

That was amazing, thank you very much Gary! There certainly is a lot more to QuickTime than meets the eye.

[@PaulBeiser]

Fantastic Gary! No idea of the power wrt editing that was present, esp what you can do with audio. Your videos are the best.

[@macfafhnir]

Wow! i'm working with the Quicktime Player for ages now, but i had no idea that you can do so much with it! thnx for that genius collection of tips!

[@bodhichita777]

Hey Gary! Thanks for another great video. I’ve watched your tutorials for years and learned so much. I’m planning to join your Patreon community soon!

[@macmost]

Thanks!

[@MaiElizabeth]

One of the topics I wanted to look for but never did because I keep forgotting. Suddenly I see this on the feed. Thanks Gary. You sure have read my mind.

[@anmaroller]

Just brilliant! I've been a Mac user forever and I've learnt a heap from this video that will make my movie making so much easier and faster.

[@roccit]

Good stuff, thanks. And happy Friday everyone!

[@guipe43]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing!

[@SoNowWhat]

WOW! Some really useful functions that I did not know about! Than you so much!

MARAVILHA. Thanks for sharing Gary.

[@Greg-fg1rd]

WOW! Really good one today! Thanks

[@shantagees9425]

I could not keep up with all the good stuff you were throwing at me, this is unbelievable.. thank you.

[@THE_HMRC]

Great video Gary!...Thanks

[@bridgetteyoung6305]

Good stuff! Thanks!

[@ssury2002]

This is a super video, Gary.

[@cjc363636]

Seriously, Garry, the starting multiple QT windows at the same time.... Where has that been all my life?! LOL. Ever so often I compare videos, and until this lesson, I didn't know a dual start was a kb shortcut away. Thank you so much!!

[@RickJones222]

Awesome! Thanks Gary!

[@johnvender]

Another thing a lot of people are not aware of is that GarageBand can open videos created and/or edited using QuickTime Player or whatever else, make changes to the audio with the power of all the GarageBand facilities and save it back to the video. Came extremely handy recently when I recorded a video using QuickTime Player, the camera in my iMac and a microphone connected via a Scarlett Solo USB interface. Because the microphone is in the first input of the interface the sound is recorded only in the left channel of the video audio track. Once open in GarageBand it's trivial to make it mono so both left and right have the sound, and while there I could easily do a bit of EQ, compression and de-esser and get the level of the audio optimal. Then easily put that audio onto that clip and Bob's your uncle :)

[@charliezxi]

So, as someone who worked as a Quicktime QA Engineer at Apple, I have to say that this is a very thorough walkthrough of the different capabilities of the QT player. Nice Job!

[@macmost]

Thanks!

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

@@macmost Gary, WTH happened to the export all the video frames as TIFFs? I saw your bit at the end ab copying a single frame to preview via the clipboard- but that’s not gonna do it… There’s got to be a way, and this removing functions is pretty annoying for media professionals. Do I need a third party app or something? Thanks for the great video, BTW. Cheers, and thanks for all your great info, and in advance if your able to help.

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

@@macmost never mind-vlc or ffmpeg -how bloody annoying. Cheers

[@dickusmaxximun8126]

Man, you guys did a really crappy job. The less intuitive app in the market.

[@charliezxi]

@@dickusmaxximun8126 You did a crappy job on that second sentence.

[@razvanmihai4884]

The feature of making quick video recordings will come in handy with the new Ventura OS once you can use your iPhone camera with your Mac. Thanks, Garry for bringing it to light.

[@jonesemj60]

Thanks, that was very useful.

[@sekaf4125]

Just got my fully loaded 14"MBP. Wow on QuickTime. love your knowledge sharing Thank you so much!!!!!

[@williamhalstediq]

I didn't know about the new from the clipboard! cool great Video

[@philpowell3416]

Thank you very much.

[@Punketeria1369]

This is great; many thanks for the video :) chEErs!

[@arangulanathan5825]

Super Sir Thank you

[@lenkel]

This was very good and thorough. I’m always looking for a way to display QuickTime movies full screen on a second monitor while still being able to use other apps on my desktop on my main screen. I could use another app from a third-party, but I think QuickTime should be able to handle this.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! I’m always learning something new! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

[@igweogba6774]

great video

[@TravellerPal]

Very useful video

[@bricksuntold]

Many new tips but the best one was to convert image sequence to movie file. That I didn't know. I create stop motion animations and this tip is useful. Thank you!

[@vincyagain]

I never knew quicktime could do so many things! thanks for sharing~~~

[@TheEricBooth]

I had no idea Quicktime could do 90% of these tips. Thanks for this.

[@arrahim9075]

I have learned many things from this lesson.

[@pierrecabot]

thanks buddy

[@JayAreOne]

Thanks, lots of information here. Does QuickTime Player Pro add much functionality to the free version?

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches

[@captainmagic4797]

I love the most about it is that it can split a video non-destructively without any re-coding.

[@brianjohn3839]

You number one for information Gary. And you must get hundreds of questions. So I'll understand if you don't replay to mine. My question is my quicktime player only records for 58 seconds. Is it possible for it to record for longer time?

[@amfareed30]

Thanks gary for the awesome video anyway to make the quicktime autoplay the file once i open it? Not have to click on play button first?

[@macmost]

No. So why not just use Quick Look instead in that case?

[@arnabbhaumik279]

brilliant video Gary. I have a question can we change the close,minimise (yellow and green or red button) button color or style to it before it was on Mac OS X ? is it possible?

[@macmost]

No, you can't change it. I don't remember it looking significantly different. Do you mean all the way back to MacOS 9?

[@xXGambleXx]

I never knew this I only used QuickTime to play videos and listen to music, thanks for these tips!

[@ssury2002]

Amazing presentation. Great to know all these possibilities. Is it then better than VLC which I have been using all along?

[@macmost]

VLC has a whole different set of features like playlists, export controls and more.

[@lorensims4846]

I knew you could do a lot of these but you've shown me some new tricks. I'll stop complaining about the editing features that were not carried over from QuickTime Pro 7 that I still use under Snow Leopard on my OG white polycarbonate MacBook. I'm still having trouble stitching together two halves of a full movie. It seems to be working until it bails with "An Error Occurred." I assume the segments are simply too big. Same problem when I try to separate two full movies that were inadvertently stitched together.

[@paulobarone9102]

Hi, thanks for the excellent video. I use Quicktime as my default audio player. If I double click my audio file in Finder, Quictime opens it and I have to click one more time in Quicktime play button to start playing the music. Please, is it possible to get the file to play automaticaly in QT just by double clicking it in Finder? In other words, double click the file would cause QT to open AND star playing the music.

[@macmost]

I don't think so. But if your goal is to quickly hear the audio file contents, then use Quick Look instead. Select the file and press spacebar. But this won't work well if you want to listen to music. In that case, the Music app is probably a better choice. Why not have your music in your Music App Library -- that's what it is for.

[@TheJoaolyraaraujo]

Clipboard tip is neat

[@Tikoexiste]

Rather useful video! Although, I got here specifically to find out how to play a bunch o videos in sequence, is there any way to do that? Like, to create a video playlist....

[@macmost]

There are apps that do that, like VLC.

[@joseagonzalez2973]

Great video! But I have a question. My video footage from my camera SD card won’t play on QuickTime. It says the MOV is not compatible. What do I do? I tried numerous times even re-format my SD card but it doesn’t work. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[@MrEcomKing]

Great video! What software are you currently using to record this video to show up in the right corner in a square like that? I see Quicktime player doesn't allow you to do circles/sqaures on movie recordings.

[@macmost]

macmost.com/what-i-use

[@KathleenNewton-nu8ni]

Thanks. Was able to trim/edit following your instructions. Will not let me save or move as it says QTP does not support the format of video MPEG-2. Are there any workarounds? I'm struggling to find a way to trim these videos on my Mac. TIA.

[@macmost]

So you were able to open and trim, but not save? Maybe try Export instead?

[@mathmandrsam]

Hi Gary, Many thanks - excellent... Quick question.. on the Maximum setting on QT player when recording is uses a LOT of disc space (like, way more than say 4K) ... approx 500MB per minute... can this be right? Do people really record this way? Kind regards, Sam

[@macmost]

Yes. You can export from QuickTime Player after you record with more compression, but then it won't look as sharp. Depends what you are doing with the video.

[@theresaframe3007]

I was wondering if I could use QT and an HDMI to USB adapter to use my iMac for video games, roku streaming, etc.? Or would I need a capture card? (Not interested in recording, really, just using my IMac as an integrated monitor.). Thanks!

[@macmost]

Well, you probably could, using something like the Elgato CamLink, but it would be overkill. You could get a bigger TV cheaper. Or just stream directly on your Mac (At least for streaming services like Netflix, etc).

[@christophenevejan4782]

Thanks for the nice video’s. Any video’s on how to add subtitels ?

[@macmost]

Depends on the type of subtitles. If you want proper subtitles (that can be turned on or off) you would do that using video editing software that had that feature, or subtitle software. But if you want it in something like KZbin, you simply add the subtitles in the KZbin interface. If you want something permanently imprinted on the video that can't be turned on or off then just use titles in any video editor, like iMovie.

[@gennosukekoga01]

Thank you for your hard work. I was wondering if we could have something to modify a pdf and view 360 videos?

[@macmost]

Two different things. As for modifying a PDF, what do you mean exactly: annotating it or changing the actual document? As for 360 videos, Final Cut Pro and other pro apps can handle that.

[@marcusbarnes5929]

Gary what program do you recommend is best to use with mac to do file conversion from .wmv to .mp4? I have recently switched to mac and found Quick time doesn't linke .wmv or .AVI file type videos.

[@macmost]

QuickTime Player should be able to handle those, but remember those file types are just containers that can include many different types of videos (different compression types and settings, for instance). So it could just be the one you tried wasn't compatible. If not, maybe something like VLC will do it. But I'd always try QuickTime Player first.

[@GTTubeMonkey]

What version of QuickTime are you referring to? My MacBook Pro originally has QuickTime 10.4. I did a update to 10.6 and there is a big difference. I would like to know what version is in the KZbin video.

[@macmost]

QuickTime Player has been at version 10.5 for a while, and is currently at 10.5 for Ventura. This video is from 4 months ago, so using Monterey which would have had QuickTime Player 10.5 as well.

[@peterline9567]

Always good but the 'video from image sequence' part does not deal with frame rate or how to edit the resulting video. I fed in some standard screenshots and the result was unwatchable. How do you control and edit?

[@macmost]

It is meant for stop motion, not slideshows. Best to use iMovie if you want longer times for each slide.

[@johnflowers4092]

Hey Gary - is there a way to queue videos to play in QT? Or any other app in Mac OS?

[@macmost]

You mean just have a playlist and they automatically play one after the other? Something like VLC will do that.

[@GetReferralsEveryTime]

hi nice thank you Gary question please. On a zoom meeting, I used logitech usb plug in headset. it recorded me fine, but... not the person I spoke to, is there a work around ? or magical button somewhere. thanks B

[@macmost]

Probably something that the Zoom app is doing. Zoom has its own internal recording features. Use those instead.

[@GetReferralsEveryTime]

@@macmost thanks Gary, I do that, just like to have a backup in the event zoom conversion doesn’t work one time ( it has once or twice ). Cheers b

[@issadad]

If your movie is a compilation of several clips joined, is it possible to change playback speed (or any A/V control) for each clip separately? For example, I changed playback speed for one clip before adding it, but after I added it to the main movie I was making, the whole movie's speed changed.

[@macmost]

In QuickTime Player, the speed control is just for playback. It doesn't change the video itself. If you want to actually speed up or slow down clips, you'd do that in iMovie.

[@gregdavidson5898]

And yet one cannot even do bass and treble controls on the audios. Previous versions you could. Any idea why they would take a good feature off?

[@WarrenPeaceOG]

I'm missing the "Add to Selection and Scale” option from the Edit menu. In Quicktime classic, when audio went out of sync due to editing, you could cut the audio, then put it back using "Add to Selection and Scale” to make it sync correctly. Then select Save (not Export). There's no workaround as the beauty of editing with Quicktime is you don't need to re-compress the video file. Anyway, hoping this option comes back

[@mrdonsmith]

I learned from this. Thank you. But I was hoping to finally find out how to record the audio from the computer. I can't seem to get that down.

[@macmost]

Do you mean from the internal mic? Just use Voice Memos. Or, you can use QuickTime Player and use File, New Audio Recording.

[@macmost]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/b53cYZSdi9x1iK8

[@jamescbower]

What version of Quicktime Playing are you using? I've been using 10.4 and it does not have Remove Audio or Remove Video in the menu. Also tried the older Quicktime Player 7.

[@macmost]

Whatever version was current 11 months ago when the video was made. So whatever shipped with macOS Monterey. The current version is 10.5 and I see both of those in the Edit menu when I have a video open that has audio.

[@richmartinez96]

I have a question. What do you consider to be the best way to get the highest quality image from video ?

[@macmost]

You mean like a screen grab? Use QuickTime Player, pause on the frame you want, Copy, then paste into Preview or any image editing app.

[@fledgling5616]

It’s absolutely mind-blowing to me how much you know about Apple products.

[@briantdaniel9280]

Gary, can you export only the audio from a KZbin video with Quick Time Player?

[@macmost]

A KZbin video, on KZbin? That's web video and not using QuickTime Player. Or is this a video you created and you have the original file? If so, look at #7 in the video. There is an option to export video only.

[@Afreedsideas]

Hi Gary! I have a little question. I use QuickTimePlayer for recording my screen,webcam is there any way to make the webcam circle?

[@macmost]

Not with QuickTime Player. Lots of third-party apps to record both at the same time though.

[@frankscully]

What does that mean "webcam circle"

[@macmost]

@@frankscully I think he mans putting the camera image in a corner in the shape of a circle. Like I do in my videos, but mine is square.

[@Afreedsideas]

@@macmost omgggg! thanks for the reply!!! can you suggest a good one?

[@macmost]

@@Afreedsideas I use Screenflow, but that does so much more and is price appropriately.

[@sebastiangomezmusic]

Is there a way to make and automator file that launches a new audio recording in QuickTime and has the volume all the way up? I've tried making a workflow and recording what I do but it fails when I actually try it.

[@macmost]

So in Shortcuts (why use Automator?) You can run an AppleScript that is just "set volume input volume 100" and that sets the input volume to 100%. I assume that's what you mean by "volume." Then use the Record Audio Shortcuts action to record.

[@nanabeybutow5418]

I became to love your channel. You tech tips are smart, intelligent and interesting! learned a lot from those. I have a q: I need to convert/ subtract/extract etc text from audio/ video quicktime files. How do I do it? tried many things it did not work:(

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. Is the text shown in the video? You could stop the video on that frame and try to use Live Text to select and copy it. But what do you mean by "audio?" Is it spoken?

[@nanabeybutow5418]

@@macmost Thanks for quick reply! Yes, it is a video of a lesson, it is spoken. I watch on website and I would like to extract a text out of it.

[@macmost]

@@nanabeybutow5418 Is a transcript of the video provided? If so, use that to get the numbers. Otherwise your best bet is to just type them.

[@skyhi9383]

I am having a issue with quick time player , I did screen recording and then did editing of videos like trim and split of screen recording. Once i convert it into hd format , it run succesfully in my mac . But when i am uploading same video on youtube its audio is getting cracking sound. (I am combing 2-3 screen recording together. but with same resolution 4k and then making them convert them all in one.) It is having issue with some video while in other videos it works completely fine. Can you please help me in this!!!

[@macmost]

Hard to guess what could be wrong. Maybe look for a commonality between the videos? Are you uploading via the KZbin web interface?

[@frankvet1]

May have mentioned before, but boy it'd be nice to record the screen (WITH AUDIO playing on the mac) from this app. Odd that i can use screen recording on ipad that will do just that, but for some reason, on the mac, QT will not record audio with the screen recording (e.g., like a zoom call or other presentation etc..)

[@macmost]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pF6odIuklpabn7s

[@onesyphorus]

9:25 cool! now i can just use this app rather than downloading yt videos from random sites !!

[@usmcgoatman5464]

For Touch Bar MBP's are there shortcuts for screen recording to: Start, Pause, Resume record, End Record that can be created? I'm a novice and struggle with narration and editing

[@macmost]

No, not with the built-in recorder. If you need keyboard shortcuts though perhaps a third-party recording app will do better.

[@usmcgoatman5464]

Thank you for your reply. I’ve tried looking at Camtasia and VLC with no luck. I’m guessing most don’t need to pause when doing screen recordings. Thank you for your video btw - lots of helpful tips!

[@macmost]

@@usmcgoatman5464 ScreenFlow definitely does it. I use it (pausing with a keyboard shortcut) all the time to make my tutorials. macmost.com/what-i-use

[@nedywest71]

Garry can you make video on HOW to add ons to QuickTime Player and more specific HOW to play MKVs video files with Quick Time Player! I am new to APPLE try to stay / use native apps everywhere I can. Most of my subscriptions / windows software is not compatible with Apple OS. For video I got licence of PowerDVD for windows but Cyber link does not support Apple.

[@macmost]

You'd want to just get a third-party video app for that. Maybe VLC or the like?

[@nedywest71]

@@macmost Thank you Garry!

[@user-bn6ev3ep5f]

is there a way to add text to a video on quicktime player, I've been looking for a way to do this?

[@macmost]

No. Use iMovie for that.

[@ronadvincula9250]

Garry, I really appreciate your videos and it really helps me a lot, but if you ca do some of the videos you are making a little bit slow, that would be appreciated. YOu are doing a great job and I really like all the videos you make and share with us. Still sticking with your videos about MAC and I am passing the word around and asking people to subscribe to your channel. Keep it up.

[@MrLuigi-oi7gm]

You can adjust the playback speed of a KZbin video. Just hit the Gear Icon (on the iPad it is at the top right) and click on "playback speed." Choose a speed as slow as needed.

[@BattlestarVoices]

Hi, I just want to record a video of Bank of America for a short demo, how do I record that?

[@macmost]

Not sure what you mean. A video of a bank? Like the outside of a building? Or do you mean a website?

[@razorbackroar]

gary what about stitching a 4k 60 video to a 1080p 60 what happens.

[@macmost]

Try it and see.

[@user-tm6kj4zk1x]

Is there a way to blur the image using quick time player?

[@macmost]

No.

[@digitaljourneys396]

*PLEASE HELP* I uploaded a video with airdrop to my MacBook and QuickTime is playing the video in a much worse quality than was taken on my iPhone. Will it be like that if I post it anywhere from my MacBook or is it going to be better quality? I don’t understand why it looks good on my phone and then trash on QuickTime..

[@macmost]

From which iPhone app did you AirDrop it? Did you change the window size for QuickTime Player? Did you check the video dimensions on your iPhone, and then compare with the video dimensions you can see with Get Info in QuickTime Player?

[@digitaljourneys396]

@@macmost the iPhone XR. I first airdrop directly from iMovie and then I tried to send it from camer roll.

[@macmost]

@@digitaljourneys396 Perhaps you are exporting from iMovie at a lower resolution? GO back to your original clip (not the one that went though iMovie) and AirDrop that.

[@BearyWishes]

Its disappointing that you cannot connect the newer iPhones ie: iPhone 12 to QuickTime and view in Landscape. It will show on screen in Portrait. I kept my IPhone 6xPlus for this reason. I’ve looked for something equivalent but cannot find anything other than use a different camera app but then I loose quality if I do not use the apple camera.

[@macmost]

What is it you are trying to do, exactly? Just view your iPhone's screen on your Mac? For what purpose? There are other solutions, but it depends on what you are really trying to do.

[@BearyWishes]

@@macmost Record to iphone but view what I’m recording on MacBook screen so I know I’m still in frame. I think since apple 11, the on board camera app no longer goes to landscape in QuickTime. I kept my iPhone 6s Plus so once I hook up iPhone 6 to QT and image from the iphone camera turns to landscape on the MacBook. I record direct to the iphone only. I want to use the newest camera setting but not able to because the image will not turn to landscape even tho it will record in landscape, it defeats my purpose to see what I’m doing. I have iPhone 12 plus. I’ve tried other camera apps but I find videos are not as sharp as the onboard camera. Hope this makes sense. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[@macmost]

@@BearyWishes Maybe try using AirPlay? Starting with Monterey you could set your Mac to be an AirPlay receiver. Then you can mirror your iPhone's screen to your Mac that way. support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-your-mac-to-be-an-airplay-receiver-mchleee00ec8/mac

[@Dimezz_edits]

What’s the name of the program u used to make that

[@macmost]

My tutorials? macmost.com/what-i-use

[@jkyoft78]

Can I zoom into a video using QT?

[@macmost]

No. You'll need to use iMovie or better for that.

[@meeluanistyn1644]

I’ve just learned 23 new things I didn’t know I could do.

[@neilohara6880]

👍🏻 can you view cctv camera through QuickTime?

[@macmost]

Technically if it provided a standard format stream with a URL you could. But it all depends on what the software of the camera does in that regard.

[@shrok-is-very-funneh]

Hey gary, I’ve heard quicktime isnt safe “anymore” is that true?

[@macmost]

What do you mean? Not safe how? QuickTIme describes a lot of things. What did you read, exactly, and where?

[@shrok-is-very-funneh]

@@macmost people say that it may cause damage to your computer due to the software being outdated.

[@shrok-is-very-funneh]

@@macmost i read it on steam, i wanted to export an animation and steam said i needed quicktime, so i looked in “discussions” and a lot of people said it was dangerous.

[@macmost]

@@shrok-is-very-funneh What? What "people." Point to sources. Claiming that QuickTime "isn't safe" is ridiculous. It is part of macOS and there is nothing "unsafe" about it.

[@shrok-is-very-funneh]

@@macmost thank you.

[@ProAttique]

i searched so may websites and youtube videos but could not find how to set hotkeys to quicktime player to let's say pause and unpasue screen recording

[@macmost]

You can't. There's no option for that. If you really need that, a lot of third-party screen recording tools offer it.

[@ProAttique]

@@macmost I watched a boring video about it. A guy can do that by playing woth services in the control panel. Can set some commands there but it was hard for me to understand coz i got no knowledge about programming

[@macmost]

@@ProAttique Not sure what you could mean by "services in the control panel" as that sounds like Windows, not Mac. A long time ago there used to be another screen recording option that had a way to pause, but if you want that now just get a third-party app. Plenty to choose from.

[@ProAttique]

@@macmost thank you for the reply. I’m sorry to say about the control panel as it is different on macOS. The guy was playing with some command prompts. As we can set some services to extract audio, or do other functions inside macOS. So in the video the person was dealing with some sort of command prompts. To make it more clearer, it was about creating shortcuts as we do on iPhone. I use OBS studio, but I don’t know why it is lagging too much even though I’m using it on Mac M2. As a content creator, I face a lot of difficulties in screen recording, and facecam in OBS. Personally, I can’t afford any ScreenRecorder if the options are for the paid one.

[@macmost]

@@ProAttique So you make content as your work but can't afford a screen recording app? They aren't expensive. But if you really want to stick with free, remember you don't have to pause screen recording. You have other options. Keep recording and then edit out portions you don't need. Or, record multiple clips and then edit them together after. There are so many solutions for you.

[@Rev_Oir]

Vaguely helpful, but I've got a huge project with 1,500 Sony mp3 audio files that must be arranged chronologically. I can't possibly do it manually. And none of the apps I've tried show the recording dates... I suspect I am royally screwed.

[@macmost]

Arranged in what way? Just as a list of files? Sort them by date, then?

[@Rev_Oir]

@@macmost the recording dates show up ONLY on the MP3 player. None of the apps I've tried, Audacity, GarageBand, or Quicktime, seem to show the dates. Altho they MAY be accessible thru some magic, secret setting I can't find...

[@macmost]

@@Rev_Oir Which MP3 player app are you using? Can you just use the files in there, or do you need them to be in order in some other way?

[@Rev_Oir]

@@macmost the app on the recorders? They don't give it a name. It's just the player app on the ICD-UX560 and ICD-UX570 recorders. I need to arrange them chronologically. And also sort them into three recording locations.

[@macmost]

@@Rev_Oir OK. Feel like I'm missing some info here, but that the goal is to basically get them so that the date is used in the name of the file. I have this video which won't help you directly since it is for photos, but maybe it will give you some idea of what could be done with scripting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GonY2Oedafg6c I think you'll need something like that.

[@black_baron_net]

☠BLACK BARON☠ Is the Interface "Light" or "Dark" in Bug Sur Tim Apple?

[@chinkurgp]

Any option to skip 5 seconds or x seconds?

[@macmost]

If you use an Apple trackpad you swipe with two fingers left or right to skip about 10 seconds at a time.

[@TheYugendharEileiCPA]

pause option ?

[@macmost]

Not sure what you are asking. There is a pause/play button.

[@chandlergarrison7271]

why do all the links i try with open in location say its not compatible?

[@macmost]

Could be because they are not the right type of streaming format for QuickTime Player.

[@chandlergarrison7271]

@@macmost whats the correct type? and how would I know if it is or isnt before trying?

[@macmost]

@@chandlergarrison7271 The website should say what type it is. Not sure of the typeS that QuickTime works with. Read whatever the site has to say about the video stream and how to view it.