Play Quicktime movie from Terminal

macos quicktime automator
Daniel picture Daniel · Sep 11, 2012 · Viewed 20.6k times · Source

Is there a possibility to play a Quicktime movie (.mov) file from the command line (i.e., Terminal)?

I haven't found a way to achieve this. I could do it with an Automator script but it would be nicer if I can run it directly from the Terminal.

Answer

Riccardo Marotti picture Riccardo Marotti · Sep 11, 2012 
open movie_file_name.mov

will open the default player from the terminal.

Related questions

Turning a screen into a virtual web cam

Is there an app (preferable a Mac app) that will turn an area of your screen into a virtual web cam, such that it would be available as an input source for other apps that want to access your web …

Read More
How do I install pip on macOS or OS X?

I spent most of the day yesterday searching for a clear answer for installing pip (package manager for Python). I can't find a good solution. How do I install it?

Read More
Find (and kill) process locking port 3000 on Mac

How do I find (and kill) processes that listen to/use my tcp ports? I'm on mac os x. Sometimes, after a crash or some bug, my rails app is locking port 3000. I can't find it using ps -ef... When …

Read More