What is quicktime player

• Plays many common audio and video files
• Provides a clean user interface with simple playback controls
• Delivers HD video using H.264 compression
• Exports supported video and audio formats
• Allows users to capture audio, video, and screen recordings

Apple QuickTime Player is a free media player bundled with macOS. It supports many common audio and video formats, provides video and audio exporting capabilities, and comes with audio and video recording features. The software was previously available for Windows, but Apple discontinued Windows versions of the player in 2016.

QuickTime Player supports many multimedia formats, including .MOV, .MP4, .M4V, .MP3, .AIFF, .AAC, and .WAV files. With the application, you can also play a series of still images, such as JPEG and .PNG images. QuickTime Player comes with some basic video and audio exporting capabilities. For example, you can export a video file to the QuickTime Movie (MOV) format at different resolutions and in the H.264 or HEVC codecs (only for 4K or 1080p resolutions). Also, you can export supported audio files to the MPEG-4 Audio (.M4A) format.

QuickTime Player also allows you to record audio and video. The software can record audio via a connected microphone or the internal one built into your machine. Or, the software can record video with a connected camera, such as an iPhone or iPad, or your computer's camera. You can also create a screen recording and save it as a MOV file.

Summary

QuickTime Player is an excellent media player for Mac users. It comes bundled with macOS, supports many media files, provides (limited) audio and video exporting capabilities, and allows you to capture audio, video, and screen recordings. While it does not have many advanced capabilities, the Apple QuickTime Player will meet most of your media playback needs.