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QuickTime Video for Macintosh
By Dan Pacheco, WashingtonPost.com Staff,
and Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Staff Writer
The following instructions explain how to configure Netscape Navigator, the most popular Web browser, to play QuickTime video files. These instructions assume you are using Windows 95. We also offer help for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
Install QuickTime
To see QuickTime movies, you must have QuickTime version 2.0 or higher installed on your computer.
If you bought your Macintosh in the last two years or are using System 7.5 or 7.5.3, you already have the correct version of QuickTime. If you are using a lower system version, you either need to buy the Apple System 7.5.3 upgrade, which includes all the latest Apple software, or download the latest QuickTime version.
To do that, go to Apple's QuickTime page and click one of the links under the heading "QuickTime 2.5 for Macintosh"
If you opt to download QuickTime, make sure you bookmark this page (here's how), since the process requires you to restart your computer.
If you're using Netscape Navigator 3.0, QuickTime videos will load with no further setup. Go ahead and try a sample video. If you don't have Navigator 3.0, learn how to upgrade on our browser page. Then return to this page and try out a sample QuickTime video.
If you don't want to — or simply can't — upgrade your browser, you'll need to ...
Install Movie Player
Users who can't use Netscape Navigator 3.0 need a program called MoviePlayer. If you just installed the new version of QuickTime, the MoviePlayer came with it and you can set up your browser now.
If you still need MoviePlayer, here's how to get it:
Go to Apple's QuickTime page and click one of the links under the heading "Latest MoviePlayer 2.5.1". Netscape will save the file to your desktop. Since you've already told the browser to let Stuffit Expander handle stuffed files, this compressed archive will be processed automatically, leaving you with a folder called "MoviePlayer 2.5.1" on your desktop.
Drag the folder to a convenient place on your hard drive. Remember where you've parked it, since you'll need to find it in a few steps.
Introducing Netscape to MoviePlayer
To tell Netscape how to play all QuickTime movies with MoviePlayer, do the following:
Open Netscape and select the "General Preferences" item from the
"Options" menu.
Click on the "Helpers" tab in the window that appears. Scroll down until you see the listing for
video/quicktime. Click once on that line to select it.
Click on the "Browse" button and locate your copy of MoviePlayer. Select it and click the "Open" button. Make sure the "Launch application" box has a check in it.
Click the large "OK" button and you're done. By doing this, you've also told your Mac to use MoviePlayer for any QuickTime files you might open.
Now, skip ahead to try out a sample QuickTime movie.
View a Sample QuickTime Movie
The following link will download a sample QuickTime movie.
 Pumpkin (Quicktime, 51K)
You should see a box like this:
To see the pumpkin glow, just click the play button, which is similar to the one on a VCR.
Is That All?
For QuickTime video, yes. But you'll also find a lot of AVI videos on the Web. Read our AVI guide to learn how to get the best AVI tool.
QuickTime for:
 Windows 95
Windows 3.1
Macintosh
AVI tool for:
Windows 95
Windows 3.1
Macintosh
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