Hi Andy, Travis, and Others, I'm pretty sure that smil files were only supported under QuickTime 7 (the version of QuickTime that came with Mac installations up through Snow Leopard, and which is replaced by QuickTime X on all current Mac operating systems). They aren't supported under QuickTime X. And in the latest versions of QuickTime 7 that you can separately download, I believe you couldn't get web browser plug-in support for smil files unless you also installed a third party program called Perian. Only locally played smil files with proper configuration and no encryption would work with QuickTime 7, and if you wanted to stream smil files through a web browser plug-in you had to install Perian for the latest version of QuickTime 7.
Mountain Lion comes with QuickTime X. QuickTime 7 can be separately downloaded and installed, following Apple's Knowledge Base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3678 There is an old post in the archives about using AppleScripts to speed up playback of podcasts on the Mac using QuickTime 7. I'll just paste in the information about the QuickTime 7 slider controls: iTunes can't change the speed of playback, but VLC and QuickTime Player can. The version of QuickTime Player that was used by default before Snow Leopard, and which is now called QuickTime Player 7, has an A/V (audio/visual) control window. You show or hide it with the shortcut Command-K, and there are sliders that let you adjust playback speed, along with volume, balance, treble, bass, pitch, along with video brightness, color, and tint. This is AppleScriptable, so what I do is use a pair of AppleScripts to switch between playing a track in iTunes and Quick Time Player 7. I haven't been using QuickTime 7 with smil files, so someone would have to check this. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 22, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Andy Collins wrote: > I just tried to open a smil file on this Mac, but it reported that it didn't > recognise the file type; this is under Mountain Lion - > > Andy > On 22 May 2014, at 13:27, Travis Siegel wrote: > >> I don't know about newer versions of osx, but it used to be, that with >> quicktime (I don't think it was a pro only option) you could simply open the >> smil file for the daisy book in question, and quicktime would handle the >> book just fine. This assumes of course, there's no encryption to deal with, >> and the smil file was properly configured. I discovered this by accident >> way back in thtiger days when reading the hunt for red october which I had >> purchased on cd from brilliance audio. Since I'd purchased the mp3 cd, I >> copied it all to the computer, and went to see what was in the folder. I >> found the smil file, clicked, (more out of interest than anything else) and >> quicktime opened it right up, and gave me the list of chapters, all in their >> proper order. >> I don't use daisy format much, so I don't know if either quicktime or osx >> has changed this behavior, but just something for those who may be able to >> use this solution. >> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
