ABSTRACT
QuickTime has two primary playing components: the QuickTime Player and the QuickTime Plug-in (in addition, an ActiveX component comes into play for Internet Explorer 5.5 and above on the Windows platform; see Chapter 8 for more details). These components are placed on your hard drive at the time of installation. The QuickTime Plug-in will install itself automatically into any browser you have installed, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. The Player is a stand-alone application that plays movies by itself without the aid of a browser. The plug-in, on the other hand, plays content through your browser but it is not essential for playing content on the Web; the Player itself will also play content from the Web. The Player has many more functions, however, and you can even go to QuickTime content on the Web and play media through the Player alone.
