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To use HTTP streaming (in Mac OS X):
1 In QuickTime Player, choose QuickTime Player > QuickTime Preferences (or open
System Preferences and click QuickTime).
2 Click Advanced.
3 Choose Custom from the Transport Setup pop-up menu.
4 Choose HTTP from the Transport Protocol pop-up menu.
To use HTTP streaming (in Windows):
1 In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.
2 Choose Advanced.
3 Choose Custom from the Transport Setup pop-up menu.
4 Choose HTTP from the Transport Protocol pop-up menu.
If QuickTime can configure itself for your firewall, you can now watch streaming
QuickTime movies. If you still experience problems, contact your network administrator
or see the information on the Apple QuickTime website (www.apple.com/quicktime/).
Setting QuickTime to Handle More or Fewer File Types (MIME Settings)
When files are downloaded over the Internet, each file is assigned a MIME type to
indicate what kind of file it is. Your browser keeps track of which plug-in should be
used to display each kind of file.
QuickTime can display a wide variety of file types. To make QuickTime handle more or
fewer file types, you can edit the MIME type settings. If you edit the list, you can return
to the default list by following the instructions below and clicking Use Defaults.
To edit MIME settings in Mac OS X, open QuickTime Preferences and click Advanced. In
Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences, choose Browser, and
click MIME Settings.
Viewing QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) Movies
QTVR movies display three-dimensional places (panoramas) and objects with which the
user can interact. With a QTVR panorama, it’s as if you’re standing in the scene and you
can look around you up to 360 degrees in any direction. In a QTVR movie of an object,
you can rotate the object in any direction.
To pan through a QTVR movie, drag the cursor through the scene. To zoom in or out,
click the + or – button. (If the buttons are not showing, zoom in by pressing Shift; zoom
out by pressing Control.)