# play a movie by Psychtoolbox

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-a-movie-by-psychtoolbox/1930>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-a-movie-by-psychtoolbox/1930 "2009-01-30T17:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Ingling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Allen\_Ingling](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Allen_Ingling)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-a-movie-by-psychtoolbox/1930/1 "2009-01-30T17:59:26Z")

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Hi,   
  
could anyone give me some hint how to play a movie by Psychtoolbox? i have searched and   
got some information on it, but what I gonna to do is to play a movie clip, which will last for   
15 minutes.   
  
cheers,  
Yue

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**Author:** ![mariokleiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@mariokleiner](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/mariokleiner)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/play-a-movie-by-psychtoolbox/1930/2 "2009-02-01T16:59:08Z")

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Single movie at a time playback:  
  
help PlayMoviesDemoOSX  
  
All movie demos:  
  
help QuickTimeDemos  
  
Contrary to what the name suggests, most demos work  
on OS/X and MS-Windows.  
  
On Windows, you need Quicktime 7 installed,  
on OS/X that is included anyway.  
  
--In [psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com](mailto:psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com), "terrycui2004" \<terrycui2004@...\> wrote:  

> \>  
> \> Hi,   
> \>   
> \> could anyone give me some hint how to play a movie by Psychtoolbox? i have searched

and   

> \> got some information on it, but what I gonna to do is to play a movie clip, which will last

for   

> \> 15 minutes.   
> \>   
> \> cheers,  
> \> Yue  
> \>
