Page 1 of 1
Quicktime Alternative
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:08 pm
by BlueGene
I just did a format, and I'm trying to figure out if Quicktime Alternative is worth installing. At some point I started having issues playing Quicktime trailers, did apple do something with quicktime movies or did my system mess up? Is anyone else able to watch quicktime trailers with Quicktime Alternative?
Thanks.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:10 pm
by plained
my guess is they will change it once a week to keep it proprietary
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:17 pm
by BlueGene
Nevermind just installed it again and it works fine, my system must of messed up before.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:37 pm
by Bdw3
Keep it up to date and you should be golden.
They're usually pretty quick about getting it up date when apple upgrades QT.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:57 pm
by Geebs
Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:49 pm
by 4days
Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
on a windows box, it has a silly ui, a pop-up and it tries to keep a process running all the time.
you can disable it easily enough - but it's easier to use the alternative that just does what you want it to do when you want it to it without any fucking about.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:51 pm
by dzjepp
I install it so I can watch .mov clips with media player classic, afaik you can't do the same with the official qt install.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:32 am
by phantasmagoria
dzjepp wrote:I install it so I can watch .mov clips with media player classic, afaik you can't do the same with the official qt install.
indeed, which you can then use to pause and take quick screengrabs from.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:09 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
calm down
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:26 am
by mjrpes
Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
You can't do fullscreen in the free version.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:37 pm
by Kills On Site
mjrpes wrote:Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
You can't do fullscreen in the free version.
That is the reason I don't like quicktime, no fullscreen. I just use media player classic if there is something I wish to watch in fullscreen.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:50 pm
by MKJ
in the old days you could press apple-m and itd be fullscreen. that was when quicktime was only updates when needed, not so that their name stays in the market
QT 2.5 was bliss
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:41 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Kills On Site wrote:mjrpes wrote:Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
You can't do fullscreen in the free version.
That is the reason I don't like quicktime, no fullscreen. I just use media player classic if there is something I wish to watch in fullscreen.
erm...
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:04 pm
by Geebs
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:Geebs wrote:Given that quicktime is free, what's the fucking point? Oh, yeah, it's "bloat", i'd forgotten.
calm down
Nah man, it was a friendly fuck
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:14 pm
by bitWISE
What I really hate is when QT gets ahold of all the file associations.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:15 pm
by SOAPboy
and with QTA you can install itunes without installing normal QT.. assuming you like Itunes