QuickTime Movie Controller
The QuickTime movie controller is shown below.
   • It controls the playback of a movie.

 

   • The first icon (far left) sets the sound volume of the movie
      · a pop-up slider appears when the button is clicked.
   • The next icon toggles between playing or pausing the movie.
   • The grey slider bar in the centre represents the length of the movie
      · clicking on the bar jumps to that part of the movie.
   • The slider indicates the current position in the movie
      · dragging the slider ‘flips’ through the corresponding frames of the movie,
      · dragging the slider while holding down shift selects the corresponding portion of the movie.
   • To the right of the slider bar are the step backward and step forward buttons
      · step backward moves to the previous frame of the movie,
      · step forward moves to the next frame of the movie.
   • The last icon (far right) is the size box
      · the size box resizes the movie window.

QuickTime Movie Controller Tips
   • Volume
      · press shift while clicking the volume icon to increase the volume by up to three times,
      · press option while clicking the volume icon to toggle the sound on and off,
      · press up arrow to increase the volume and down arrow to decrease it.

   • Play/Pause
      · press shift while clicking the play button to select the movie as you play,
      · press space or return to toggle between playing or pausing the movie,
      · press command-right arrow to play the movie forwards (if the Speed Palette is open, the movie will play in the direction selected in the palette).
      · press command-left arrow to play the movie backwards (if the Speed Palette is open, the movie will play in the direction selected in the palette).
      · double-clicking a movie will play it, and a single-click will pause it.

   • Slider Bar
      · press shift while clicking in two different positions in the slider bar to select the portion of the movie between the two positions,
      · press shift while dragging in the slider bar to select a portion of the movie,
      · press delete to clear the selected portion of the movie or the current frame.

   • Step Buttons
      · press shift while clicking on a step button to add a frame to the selection,
      · press option while clicking on the step forward button to jump to the last frame of the movie,
      · press option while clicking on the step backward button to jump to the first frame of the movie,
      · press control while clicking on a step button to display a mini-slider which lets you increase the speed of the movie by up to 2.5 times, either forwards or backwards,
      · press left arrow to step a frame backwards,
      · press right arrow to step a frame forwards.

   • Size Box
      · press option while dragging the size box to size the movie in or out at regular intervals
         — i.e. double, normal, half, third and quarter sizes,
      · press shift to disregard the length-to-width aspect ratio.