Getting The Most From Your Video Tune Lesson mp4 & wmv Files (Page 2) Back To Page 1
With QuickTime: Make sure you have a recent version. I'm using the free Version 7.6.6. Open the player, pull down the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences," then "QuickTime Preferences." Click on the "File Types" tab and make sure the "MP3" box is checked.
- Looping The Files:
- Open the directory where you have your Video Tune Lesson mp4 files and click one of the phrase files to start QuickTime Player or open the player first and then double click one of the phrase files. Either way, the phrase will start to play.
- While the video is playing, hit Ctrl/L. This activates the looping feature in QuicTime. This video will now loop for you.
- To change phrases, just double click on the part or phrase video you want and the player will switch to that file. You'll have to hit Ctrl/L again to reactivate the loop feature.
- Controlling Playback Speed: Pull down the "Window" menu and select "Show A/V Controls."
- The A/V Controls popup window will appear. At the bottom right you'll see a horizontal bar that lets you adjust playback speed.
- The lower limit is half speed. You can speed up to 3X if you want.
- The sound quality suffers a little when you slow down or speed up, but it's decent; and the video quality is excellent. This is really terrific for visualizing exactly what's going on a very slow speed.
With iTunes: Make sure you have a recent version. I'm using Version 9. Open the directory where you're keeping your Tune Lesson Video files.
- Looping The Files: The plan here is to put all your video files for a single tune lesson into it's own playlist.
- Pull down the "File" menu and select "New Playlist Folder." Title your new folder with the name of your tune (ex. Angeline The Baker). You now have an empty playlist.
- Open your specific Tune Lesson directory where all 11 mp4 files are located, and copy all of them into the emply playlist. You should now have 11 new mp4 video files in your new playlist.
- Now find the "loop" button at the bottom left of your screen (it's the third button in, next to the shuffle button).
- Click the loop button once to highlite it and again to activate it. You should see a small "1" on the button. Now any file in your list will loop repeatedly when you play it. The video will open in a separate window.
- To change phrases, just double click on the list item you want and the player will switch to that file.
- Controlling Playback Speed: Unfortunately, iTunes does not currently allow you to vary the speed of playback. If you don't think you'll be needing the "slow down" feature, iTunes is a better option for the mp4 videos because you don't need to keep reactivating the loop feature.