Menu Bar
The KTPlayer menu bar runs along the top of the macOS screen while KTPlayer is the active application. It contains five menus: KTPlayer, File, Playback, View, Help.
| Item |
Shortcut |
What it does |
| About KTPlayer |
|
Opens the About window; shows the installed version of KTPlayer. |
| Preferences… |
⌘, |
Opens the Preferences window. See Preferences. |
| Services ▸ |
|
Standard macOS Services submenu. Contents depend on installed system services. |
| Hide KTPlayer |
⌘H |
Hides the KTPlayer window. Reveal with ⌘Tab or by clicking the dock icon. |
| Hide Others |
⌥⌘H |
Hides every other application's windows. KTPlayer remains visible. |
| Show All |
|
Reveals every hidden application. Disabled when no applications are hidden. |
| Quit KTPlayer |
⌘Q |
Closes KTPlayer. Warning: quitting while a show file is loaded closes the file. Save first via File → Save Changes if you have unsaved edits. |
| Item |
Shortcut |
What it does |
| Activate a license… |
|
Opens the activation dialog for adding a new license to this machine. See Getting your show file and activating your production license. |
| Open File… |
⌘O |
Opens a file picker for choosing a show file (.ktd ) to load. |
| Recent Files ▸ |
|
Submenu listing recently opened show files. Select an entry to re-open it. |
| Save Changes |
⌘S |
Saves edits made in the Edit View to the current show file. Disabled when there are no unsaved changes. |
| Reset All Changes |
|
Discards every unsaved change and reverts the show file to its last saved state. Disabled when there are no unsaved changes. Warning: this cannot be undone. |
| Close |
⌘W |
Closes the currently loaded show file. KTPlayer remains open. |
| Item |
Shortcut |
What it does |
| Warping quality |
|
Audio quality used when KTPlayer time-stretches content to match tempo changes (radio group, pick one). Mirrors Preferences → Devices → Warping quality. |
| ↳ Fastest Warping |
|
Lowest CPU, lowest quality. |
| ↳ Balanced Warping |
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Default. Balanced CPU and quality. |
| ↳ Best Warping |
|
Highest quality, highest CPU. |
| Quantized Go |
Q |
Toggle. When checked, Go presses fire on the next measure instead of immediately. Mirrors Preferences → Behavior → Quantize GO to next bar. |
| Devices ▸ |
|
Submenu with two sections. |
| ↳ Devices |
|
Every Core Audio output device currently recognized by macOS, with a tick beside the active one. Selecting one switches the output device without opening Preferences. |
| ↳ Buffer Size |
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Every available buffer size (64 , 96 , 128 , 192 , 256 , 384 , 512 , 1024 ), with a tick beside the active one. |
| Item |
Shortcut |
What it does |
| Show Mixer |
⌘X |
Toggle. When checked, the mixer panel is visible in the main window. |
| Show Timeline |
⌘T |
Toggle. When checked, the timeline panel is visible in the main window. |
| Edit Cuelist |
⌘E |
Switches between main interface and Edit view. |
| Enter Full Screen |
⌃⌘F |
Toggles macOS full-screen mode for the KTPlayer window. The label changes to Exit Full Screen while active. |
| Item |
Shortcut |
What it does |
| Search |
|
Standard macOS help search field. Type a menu item name to highlight it in the KTPlayer menu bar. |
| Help |
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Opens the KTPlayer troubleshooting page on the KeyboardTEK site, https://www.keyboardtek.com/ktplayer/troubleshooting . |
