Unit 65- Task 5

QuickTime Player

QuickTime is a type of software which has been created from the well-known company Apple Inc. It’s a very powerful multimedia technology which features a built-in media player. QuickTime allows you to watch videos and audio from your computer. QuickTime allows you to view several different kinds of file formats for example for video and audio file formats that can be used by QuickTime are:

Video file formats

QuickTime Movie (.mov) MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4v) MPEG-2 (OS X Lion only) MPEG-1 3GPP 3GPP2 AVI DV

Audio File Formats

iTunes Audio (.m4a, .m4b, .m4p) MP3 Core Audio (.caf) AIFF AU SD2 WAV SND AMR

All these entire file formats are viewed by a high quality which is due to the software QuickTime. QuickTime allows you to view Internet videos, HD movie trailers, sound and panoramic images and interactivity as well as personal media which can be viewed in the file formats above. Surprisingly QuickTime can be available for Windows XP not just Apple’s operating system. I feel like that’s clever of them to allow people who don’t have Apple operating system to have it as it allows them to create larger amount of profits instead of only coming as a package it can be done separate as it’s a software by itself.

QuickTime is available on operating systems such as Mac OS X Leopard, QuickTime X, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion.

QuickTime features advanced video compression technology which is called H.264. They have this compression technology as it helps to deliver brilliant, sharp HD video which is efficient as it uses less bandwidth and storage. This allows you to save vital space as well as experience pristine video quality wherever you decide to watch. QuickTime can be used for the internet and using devices such as your mobile phones, it’s still shows it’s high quality even on your PC and on website pages!

This is the layout and presentation of QuickTime. The design is a simplistic design with easy to understand controls. The position of buttons and navigation is a doddle to use. QuickTime have really thought about how simplistic to make it in order for the viewer to watch videos and audio the most enjoyable way. It has a clean, uncluttered interface which isn’t too bright and annoying to get you distracted from you loved videos. The navigation and interactivity hides away within seconds when you choose the option play. They have a useful handy slider which allows you to drag and drop to the exact point you want to start and stop from. It also has another option which allows you to set playback from x1, x2 and x3 the normal speed. You have the power to pause the view on a frame and it allows you to clearly see each individual frames with no blur.

I feel like the colour scheme to QuickTime is to a very professional standard. I feel like the simplistic it is, the better it is for a viewer. The only problem I would suggest is to permanently have the navigation bar i.e. the options of file, view, modify etc. permanently on show instead of having the option to hide it because I feel like some people who will have the option won’t know how to change it back or won’t be able to fine it at all. One thing that I do have a problem with is the close, enlarge and maximize buttons. I feel like it’s too hard to understand but that is a feature which all Apple Incs products include in. I feel like it’s just too all complicated, I’m not sure if it’s just something I’m not use to or it’s silly. In general my overall view is that I feel like it’s clever for software to allow you to watch clear, high quality videos.

Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that shows uncompromised expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers from all over the internet.

Flash Player is optimized for high performance on computers but just for computes on mobile screens too so it still shows the same high quality on any type of device. In addition they keep the design the same but they change to fit the device capability which helps it better looking, easy to use player for people who use it!

Not only is Flash is a player with very high quality it is very important. It’s used for shockwave files which are basically for animations or movies. Most animations can be found on the internet as shockwave is the most popular file format. Flash Player is used for internet so we can view certain movies, animations and music video’s etc. This is to do with videos on websites that cant host by itself.

This is the presentation of Flash player. I feel like it’s a useful player which is very simplistic and very easy to understand. Flash player features a navigation bar at the top ranging from File to Help. That navigation is presented there prenatally and doesn’t fade it evidentially. I feel like it would look better if it was hidden but I think it’s logical to stay, this is because people will be confused and wouldn’t know how to find it any other way if it wasn’t at the top. I feel like the simpler the better, the thing I only advise is try and make the layout and design a bit more unique and a new professional layout.

Shockwave player

Shockwave player is a player that is used for many different types of media. All this media i.e. photo’s, interactive videos and animation can be shown on computers if they have a plug in already installed.

Real player

Real Player is a multi-platform media player which allows playing a lot of different file formats. Real player allows you to view audio files as well as video file formats. Real Player allows you to listen/ view MP3, Windows Media quick time as well as a lot selection of video and audio file formats.

Media player

Media player is a type of computer software which is usually automatically installed when you first receive your computer/ laptop. It allows you to play multimedia files. It’s a player which is the most time efficient as you don’t have to install major applications as it’s already there for you. Plug in’s for the files have to installed for media players in order to activate it.