[opendtv] Re: QuickTime Player on Windows
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:50:31 -0800
E-V-I-L lying bastards. The first time, I thought I made a mistake. The
second time, I thought "how cynical are these bastards?" They have only
gotten more so: daily checks and weekly or more-frequent reminders to
download the "latest" version.
All the playing with content I need to do, I can do with VLC, including
using it to store PSIP output to disk. I can do that for free, without
using regedit -- notoriously user-unfriendly -- to remove software I
specifically deselected twice. I can do it without paying $19.95 to handle
codecs that I would never use to watch transport streams in an evil media
player.
Actually, Richard, "computers" are now Apple's red-headed stepchild; QT for
Windows is a bastard child. QuickTime for Windows should be turned over to
Telestream, just like Microsoft turned over Windows Media Player for Mac to
them. Telestream will eventually get it right.
I told Craig several times that VLC was all I needed to view Quicktime, it's
just that to view the stream he referred to or to download it, the bastards
were going to force me through the multi-level and ineffectual process of
downloading the latest "update" which, if consistent with their current
practice, ONLY updates the ads for QuickTime Pro.
E-V-I-L lying bastards.
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Richard C. Ramsden
Enviado el: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:10 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: QuickTime Player on Windows
You have to de-select iTunes twice (or more). I've done it multiple
times, each time I update.
You can kill the update, though it may take regedit.
The basic player is fine for most people's need. Yes, if you want to
play with content you need Pro. There are other free players that can
play .mov's
All players try to become default.
You may want to try vlc: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
It has some problems with Quicktime reference files, other than that it
out performs Quicktime in several aspects. Especially in MPEG2 playback.
I use the Quicktime SDK and am a registered Quicktime developer. I have
an open bug report with Apple that hasn't been touched in 9 months.
Quicktime onWindows is Apple's red headed step-child.
dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I'm afraid I have to agree with some negative comments about QuickTime
> Player for Windows:
>
> 1. iTunes comes with QuickTime, even if you de-select it.
> 2. Updates everytime I log on is annoying. I suppose its good to
> update often, but with QT, it is too often.
> 3. One must buy QT Pro to really get the use out of QT. The free QT
> player has very limited features.
> 4. The player tries to become the default player.
> And many others that have been mentioned.
>
> Not that any player is perfect.
>
> Dan
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