Dusty Chalk Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 So I went to the Apple trailers site, and it said I needed QuickTime v. 7 to view the Simpsons movie teaser. So I went to download it, and it's called "iTunesSetup.exe" -- WTF? Have they merged the two softwares? Is this like RealPlayah? I really like just having the media player, I don't need iTunes' other carp. So I guess the real question is, has anyone else installed this, and if so, can I still just watch vid clips like on the trailers site with it? Or if I click on the wrong thing, am I going to accidentally buy some MP3's...or somesuch whatnot...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwild Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 So I guess the real question is, has anyone else installed this, and if so, can I still just watch vid clips like on the trailers site with it? Or if I click on the wrong thing, am I going to accidentally buy some MP3's...or somesuch whatnot...? You aren't going to accidentally buy any songs, don't worry. iTunes, unlike realplayer, opens when you open iTunes or plug in an iPod. It doesn't try to tackle you to the ground and do lude things, while crashing your machine at random like realplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 That's what I like to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 afrer i D/Ld that, no quicktime vids will play anymore on my computer without stuttering nonstop. i tried getting rid of it and putting an earlier version in, but i don't want to go to a more primitive itunes update. tying them together stinks. oh well, this just means i dont watch junk that needs QT to run it anymore, no big loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acs236 Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Why does anyone use Quicktime, anyway? What advantages does the the format have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Why does anyone use Quicktime, anyway? What advantages does the the format have? In my case, it's purely convenience. There are vids out there, that I enjoy seeing (such as the movie trailers on apple.com) that are in .mov format, and I don't feel like looking for it in another format. Ditto Real. I found something called "Real Alternative" which is great in that it plays real format vids just fine (you can't press stop, though -- you have to re-open the file if you do), but doesn't subsume the computer like RealPlayer does. Now I need to find "Quicktime Alternative". I don't feel like installing software I will never use (iTunes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 You can still get the stand-alone player... @ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html They hide it well, but the link is available on the right side of the QuickTime download page, under the QuickTime Pro Upgrade info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 You can still get the stand-alone player... @ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html They hide it well, but the link is available on the right side of the QuickTime download page, under the QuickTime Pro Upgrade info.Cool! That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew Apple wouldn't get all Real on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Cool! That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew Apple wouldn't get all Real on me. Well, they bury it on the page under something you have to pay for, so I'm guessing they offer it only because they'd piss a lot of people off if they didn't, but they'd rather you just download iTunes as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Logan Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 afrer i D/Ld that, no quicktime vids will play anymore on my computer without stuttering nonstop. i tried getting rid of it and putting an earlier version in, but i don't want to go to a more primitive itunes update. tying them together stinks. oh well, this just means i dont watch junk that needs QT to run it anymore, no big loss. You ever get that stuttering problem fixed?i have the exact same thing and i can play NO.mov files like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 You could also just get quicktime alternative: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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