What is QuickTime Player?
QuickTime Player is a media player application developed by Apple Inc. It is free software that comes pre-installed on Macintosh computers. QuickTime Player can play a wide variety of audio, video, image, VR, and audiovisual formats including MP4, MOV, M4V, MP3, AAC, JPEG, PNG and more.
Some key features of QuickTime Player include:
- Plays a wide variety of media file formats
- Allows basic video editing like trimming, rotating and cropping
- Can export edited videos
- Screen and audio recording capabilities
- Picture-in-picture and side-by-side video playback
- Streaming of media files over a network
- Supports VR 360 playback
- Minimal interface focused on media playback
QuickTime Player does not have advanced features offered by other media players and editors such as complex effects, multicam editing, speed controls etc. But its seamless media handling and tight integration with the macOS makes it a popular basic media player for Mac users.