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After 10 years and with millions of users worldwide, Apple's QuickTime player still provides one of the best solutions for digital media. Whether you're watching streaming movie trailers online or diving headlong into QuickTime as a creation platform, you'll find little to quibble about in this veteran player.
Its few quirks are quickly offset by the elegant Apple interface and the top-notch audio/video playback quality. QuickTime 7 comes in two varieties. The free standard player handles popular audio, graphic, and video formats, including the much-ballyhooed H.264 and MPEG-4. Also, for $29.95, you can upgrade to the content-creation-friendly Pro version, which adds features such as full-screen playback, easy editing, H.264/MPEG-4 production, and the ability to save movies from the Web.
MPEG-2 support is available, but at an additional cost of $19.95.High-definition content looks impressive with the new H.264 codec, but hardly better than with similar offerings from Microsoft. The stylish transport controls and the friendly layout work well. Inclusion of the autoupdate and automatic-network-detection features make getting started and staying current easy.
Overall, QuickTime 7 continues to be a must-have for anyone surfing the Web or looking to experience the best in digital media.
Apple QuickTime - Play audio and video files in an elegant interface - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
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QuickTime features advanced video compression technology called H.264 to deliver brilliant, crisp HD video using less bandwidth and storage. Just launch QuickTime Player, and there's no telling where you're likely to land. The Player may whisk you to the Moon or perhaps to an exotic location on this planet. Take you on a virtual field trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Or treat you to the latest news, movie trailers, music videos, HBO series or PBS specials. That's because QuickTime 7 Player takes advantage of the latest video compression technology. It's called H.264, and it's an important new industry standard that's quickly garnered widespread support. Chosen as the industry-standard codec for 3GPP (mobile multimedia), MPEG-4 HD-DVD and Blu-ray, H.264 represents the next generation of video for everything from mobile multimedia to high-definition playback. H.264 icon.
What's new in this version: Version 7.7.4 improved bounds checking.
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"QT converter"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.3
Pros
Very Good softwere
Cons
To lern about AQT
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"Corporations must simply be executed"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.3
Pros
The Apples of the world taught us that darkness doesn't work
Cons
Abusive. Abusive. Proprietary crap.
Summary
I'm still trying to figure out how to download from the site that CNET 'helpfully' links to. CNET is not at fault. Apple is not at fault. I have no use for either. Now cough up the stuff!
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"apple are liars. enough said."
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.3
Pros
apple are liars. enough said.
Cons
apple are liars. enough said.
Summary
apple are liars. enough said.
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"Not sure what this is supposed to do..."
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
No idea...
Cons
Quicktime player letters/images appear "fuzzy", as if they are meant to be viewed on an Iphone or small screen.
Summary
Overall, this is terrible. I was hoping for something that would allow me to convert files easily so I can view and edit them (imovie) on the ipad. Secondarily, I was looking for software that I could use to make, edit, etc, movies. I'm not sure what I got for $30, honestly! As far as I'm concerned, this was very counter-apple, as it wasn't very easy to use, made little sense (zero intuitiveness) and generally just makes me frustrated. At this point, I STILL cant convernt or upload video to my ipad from a third party source (HD Camcorder).
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"QT 7.7.1 does not work with Win. XP Pro"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
DOES NOT WORK ON WINDOWS XP PRO
Cons
All kinds of problems with QT Unavailable was not found error #1307900
Summary
Every time I have tried to install QuickTime it gives me me the above error and keeps repeating until it uses up my memory. I have installed over a dozen times and each time I have to un-install it. Plus, Apple does not support this or iTunes when you have a problem, especially if you are running Windows.
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"Nice if it worked"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
Looks nice
Cons
Pro version plus thirty some bucks for (the industry standard) MPEG addon. Still doesn't do editing.
Summary
Look elsewhere.
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"Poor customer service for a product non-working product"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
People seem to like it
Cons
Incredibly long wait time for customer service
Summary
For whatever reason we have trouble installing QT pro after purchase. Called to get assistance. 2 1/2 hours later they where unable to offer a solution that worked and flatly refused to refund the money. So, not only where we out of the purchase price but 2 1/2 hours on hold.
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"Works well when needed for webpage."
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
When a webpage requires quicktime to play a video, the video usually plays without problems.
Cons
Don't have much use for it except when required for webpage.
Summary
I don't use this software except when webpage requires it. It seems to work well when needed but I use other media players.
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"CANNOT DOWNLOAD To Linux"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.7.1
Pros
built into mac os. CANNOT DOWNLOAD
Cons
i'm using linux. CANNOT DOWNLOAD
Summary
apple.com thinks i'm running macos, so it will not allow me to download the windows QT to my linux computer.
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"Useful piece of software"
Version: Apple QuickTime 7.6.9
Pros
Essential for some programs
Cons
No issues with the software
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