The advantages of Quicktime Pro?

As being new to a Mac, I was just wondering, what are the benefits from upgrading to Quicktime Pro? I understand it allows you to edit and create movies on the fly, but I plan on using iMovieHD once I get a good camera. What I was really wondering about, however, were certain specifics...
For instance, does it allow for better playback and if I were to purchase Pro, would I get a free upgrade to the next Quicktime Pro, or do I have to pay for that as well?

It doesn't make movie play any better than the basic program.
It does allow you to do many things that the basic program can't.
Some of which you have pointed out...
Here read this:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/mac.html
and this:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/tutorials.html
Since you going to get a camera and use iMovie it would be wise to get and worth every penny...$29. And can save you from some headaches down the road when your editing/compressing...

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I'm trying to decide if I should upgrade to Quicktime Pro.
It seems like the only advantage is full screen mode and capturing clips on the internet. Both of which aren't necessary features for me.
Editing movies and slideshows are listed as features but why would I use quicktime pro if I already have iMovie? Is it better? different? I'm confused...
I use iMovie all the time to edit home movies - would there be any benefit to getting Quicktime Pro?

iMovie is a digital video editing app. If you add a still image to 10 seconds of audio it becomes 300 "copies" (30 fps) of the file.
QuickTime Pro allows you to keep the total file size much lower by using just the data from your source image file (say 30KB's) as it doesn't convert your single image into a "time" like video.
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http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/California/index.html
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It can use up to 99 "tracks" per movie which allows you to interchange them depending on your audience without having to create a new iMovie "video". As easy as enabling or disabling a track with a mouse click.
You can add text tracks (again, no video rendering) that are very small in file size and are also vector based so they scale in size without distortion:
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/Lemon_Trees/index.html
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Try it. You'll also find it very useful for converting files to other formats.

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Hi There,
I just installed the Key for QuickTime Pro on my Win XP laptop. Now, whenever I try to export a movie, QT just hangs there, using 99% of the CPU. The buttons in the dialog box seems to be active (change appearance when I hover them) but clicling any of them (including OK or Cancel) does nothing. The only way out is to kill the QT task.
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Cannot Get Quicktime Pro to work

I am a Windows user who is having difficulty believing there is no technical support for this product.
I have purchased QuicktimePro 3 times, trying to get it to work. It does not. I get my key, and enter it in the Quicktime applet in Control Panel, and when I hit "apply" it says I have QuicktimePro. But when I open the Quicktime player (latest version), it doesn't have any of the Pro features enabled, and includes ads at the bottom trying to get me to buy QuicktimePro (again). Then I go back into Control Panel and look at the Quicktime icon again, and it doesn't say "Pro" and doesn't have my registration information in it. I enter the key again and it takes, but if I close and reopen the applet, the registration info is gone again, and again, I have regular QuickTime player.
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801greg,
hey greg i went thru the same **** EXACTLY! finally called apple support and some smart fella finally figured it out...
it took him awhile...
at the point where you hit the 'apply' key instead hit the 'return' key... it will then activate your quicktime into pro...
very sloppy work apple...
btw, i'm having a dickens of the time trying to learn to edit movies in quicktimepro... do you know where the faq or a learning the basics of quicktime pro online manual can be found?
thanks,
tws

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Message was edited by: vrkiran

Quicktime does play DVDs OK. Its not as smooth as VLC, but very acceptable.
However, my MPEG2 video files are Hi-definition files from Hi-definition camcorder. These are 1080i (1920x1080 interlaced) files.
These files play perfectly smoothly on the same Mac when I use VLC player.
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Image Sequence in Quicktime Pro

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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
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Gregory Wilson
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The fix : I installed Leopard, and it fixed my Quicktime Pro registration. Horray. I'm glad I wasn't forced to purchase/ upgrade to Final Cut Pro 6 before 2008.
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Hi. I am looking for an app that will convert HD video from my new camcorder and allow me to post that video on the web with the assurance that no one can copy or steal it off of my website. I also need to be able to have a watermark on the video. Can I do this with Quicktime Pro?
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http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/F/index.html
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