qtdefaults(1) BSD General Commands Manual qtdefaults(1)NAMEqtdefaults-- access the QuickTime Preferences
SYNOPSISqtdefaults read LegacyAudioCodecsEnabled
qtdefaults read LegacyVideoCodecs [<codec>]
qtdefaults read InstalledLegacyVideoCodecs
qtdefaults read TransportSettings
qtdefaults read MimeSettings
qtdefaults read MediaKeys [category]
qtdefaults reset DownloadCache
qtdefaults reset TransportSettings
qtdefaults reset MimeSettings
qtdefaults reset LegacyVideoCodecs
qtdefaults write LegacyAudioCodecsEnabled <yes | no>
qtdefaults write LegacyVideoCodecs <videocodec> <enabled | disabled>
qtdefaults write MediaKeys <category> <key>
qtdefaults write TransportSettings <protocol> <port>
qtdefaults delete MediaKeys <category> <key>
DESCRIPTIONqtdefaults allows users to read, write, reset and delete QuickTime user
preferences from a command line shell. The commands are as follows:
read LegacyAudioCodecsEnabled
Prints whether legacy audio codecs are enabled for use in the
export settings.
read LegacyVideoCodecs <videocodec>
Prints whether the specified legacy video codec is enabled for
use in the export settings. It will print "enabled" if the
codec is enabled, "disabled" if disabled, or "unrecognized" if
the codec is unknown.
read LegacyVideoCodecs
Prints list of legacy audio codecs currently enabled for use in
the export settings.
read InstalledLegacyVideoCodecs
Prints out a list of all legacy video codecs installed in the
current system. This list includes both enabled and disabled
video codecs. These codec identifiers are used with 'qtdefaults
read LegacyVideoCodecs' and 'qtdefaults write Lega‐
cyVideoCodecs'.
read TransportSettings
Prints the transport settings being used by QuickTime for
streaming media.
read MimeSettings
Prints the MIME types currently being handled by the QuickTime
plugin.
read MediaKeys <category>
Prints the media keys being used by QuickTime to playback
encrypted movies. The optional <category> parameter can be used
to list only the media keys associated with the specified cate‐
gory.
reset DownloadCache
Empties the cache being used by QuickTime to store downloaded
content.
reset TransportSettings
Resets QuickTime to automatically determine the best protocol
and port for streaming media.
reset MimeSettings
Resets QuickTime plug-in to handle the default MIME types.
reset LegacyVideoCodecs
Disables all QuickTime legacy video codecs.
write LegacyAudioCodecsEnabled <value>
A <value> of "yes" will enable the legacy audio codecs for use
in the export settings and a <value> of "no" will disable them.
write LegacyVideoCodecs <videocodec> <value>
A <value> of "enabled" will enable the specified legacy video
codec for use in the export settings and a <value> of "disabled"
will disable it.
write MediaKeys <category> <key>
Adds the media key specified by <category> and <key> values to
the list of media keys used to playback encrypted movies.
write TransportSettings [protocol [port]]
Sets QuickTime streaming to use the transport settings as speci‐
fied by <protocol> and <port>. Following are the recommended
values for <protocol> and <port>:
- To use HTTP, specify <protocol> = HTTP and <port> = 80
- To use UDP, specify <protocol> = UDP and either <port> =
554 or <port> = 7070
delete MediaKeys <category> <key>
Deletes the media key specified by <category> and <key> if it
exists.
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