Play Quicktime movie from Terminal [closed]

Question

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 1

open movie_file_name.mov

will open the default player from the terminal.

Answer 2

open -a "quicktime player" movie_file_name.mov

You can specify other players, like VLC if you want:

open -a vlc movie_file_name.mov