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16 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player
Some QTVR movies have hot spots that take you from one scene (or node) to another.
As you move the mouse over a hot spot, the cursor changes to an arrow. To see all the
places where you can jump from one node in a scene to another, click the Show Hot
Spot button (an arrow with a question mark in it). A translucent blue outline of any hot
spots within the currently visible VR scene appears. (If there are no hot spots, clicking
this button has no effect.) Click a hot spot to jump to a new scene.
To step backward scene by scene, click the Back button. (The Back button appears only
on QTVR movie windows, not in all QuickTime movie windows.)
Viewing Still Images
You can view still images in QuickTime Player. Choose File > Open File and select the
file, or drag the file to the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock (Mac OS X only).
Mac OS X: You can use Preview to convert a still image to other formats (Preview is in
the Applications folder on your hard disk). You can also convert many kinds of files
using QuickTime Pro. For more information, see “Converting Files into QuickTime
Movies” on page 28.
Windows: If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use PictureViewer to import and export
various types of still image file formats and to rotate images. PictureViewer is in the
QuickTime folder on your hard disk.
Playing MIDI Files
QuickTime Player can import MIDI (Karaoke MIDI, Standard MIDI, and General MIDI)
formats. To open a MIDI file, choose File > Open File and select the file.
QuickTime uses its built-in synthesizer to play MIDI files. You can also set QuickTime to
use an external synthesizer instead of the built-in one.
To specify a different synthesizer (in Mac OS X):
1 Open System Preferences, click QuickTime, and then click Advanced.
2 Choose the synthesizer you want from the Default Synthesizer pop-up menu.
To specify a different synthesizer (in Windows):
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.
2 Click Audio.
3 Select the synthesizer you want from the Default Music Synthesizer pop-up menu.