Windows 7 to kill off QuickTime on PCs?

17. texaster, Microsoft does have similar product to Flash. It is called Silverlight.

16. This article is quite biased and ignorant. All you would have to do is uncheck (or not check) the boxes on the quicktime install that "ask" if it can update automatically, reside in your tool bar, and other "annoying" things. Your entire foundation for this article is that you chose the wrong options!

Of course PC users hate quicktime. MS made sure of that, LOL. I just got a laptop for my father w/ windows 7 and the verdict is now in - Windows still sucks. Well, insofar as IE should just come with .mov plugins already installed like .swf, but it does not. The only reason it plays .swf files without a problem is that MS doesn't have a competing product with Flash to shove down your throats, so they play nice with flash. If they had such a program as, for instance, MS MyAnimation Factory then you all would be complaining about how much Flash sucks.

15. This is a big problem for me, as i use premier pro and the H.264 format for uploading to you tube, to do this i need quick time pro.

If i cant find a patch or a solution i will have to go back to XP, what a waste of time, unless anyone can help?

R

14. The .mov format provided within Windows 7 only suits a very limited set of movie files common pretty much exclusively on digital cameras and that alone doesn't really solve the ongoing problems faced by originators, distributors and consumers of media products wrapped in Apple's 'one size kinda fits all' .mov file format.

In any case, the Windows Media player does support most standard .mov exported files already.

The problem is not so much offline viewing as that of online viewing. Oh, and BTW QT Player does support a full screen view without the Pro Registration.

I would most definitely agree that making the installation of the QT plugin as painless and as strictly pertinent as say installing the Flash plugin would be great;The only real need for iTunes is if you are buying from the iTunes store. Furthermore only Flash video comes anywhere near as close to being as truly cross platform as QuickTime does.

In short, some sort of supporting framework / dynamic library will continue to be needed on Windows 7 for the playing of the various kinds of cross platform media content both online and offline , Flash, QT, DivX and a few more besides.

13. It's about friggin time,..

Quicktime ranks right up there with microwaving a turd straight from Mr. Jobs poobutt.

12. The ability to play .mov files without Apples Quicktime has been built into Linux for several years. Microsoft has finally caught up.

11. Quicktime is the worst product from Apple. If I were them I would have removed it ages ago, but they need a media program to round out OSx. It doesn't help that they tiered the program to a free and paid version with no bloody fullscreen support in the free support.

Say what you will about Microsoft, but at least they weren't that money grubbing with Windows media player - which has problems too.

Overall I say ditch quicktime and windows media player and go for VLC.

10. It's not Apple bashing, it is true. Quicktime is a really annoying. The install Tries to put in iTunes & associate everything, the auto update pops up all the time and is added as a startup service, it is buggy and has a poor interface. Don't get me wrong, theres lots of great Apple software out there but this is not one of them and has needed updating for a long time.

And webgodjj - as for saying WMP is a joke, it really isn't. Add a couple of codecs like coreAVC and it plays ANYTHING. Though better players are available and it doesn't support h.264 hardware (software only) it just works with no hassle.

9. @ webgodjj

Paranoid apple fanboy much? Nobody on here has had a "rant" at apple, they've just stated that they dont like QT.

@ sgtheadhole

Read this. http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/29-tech-phrases-you-should-be-punched-in-the-face-for-using-534598 then go away.

8. Any details on which compression formats will be supported. A .mov is only a container format, it's not a compression format itself. MPEG-4, H.264, DV, Apple Intermediate Format, are just examples of what video formats can go into a .mov (not to mention the myriad of audio formats. Saying that Windows 7 will support .mov files is like saying a 7-Eleven will stock packaged food, but not describing what kind of food is in those packages.

7. Sorry thought most here might be anti apple. Quicktime uses some really good compression. Remember Steve is no amateur to the movie business. The tech is solid. Before just ranting that you hate apple, take a look at the tech going on. WMP is a joke, as it's designed with nothing more than us geeks in mind. QT is designed thinking about the actual content of the movies.

6. You seem to forget iTunes relies on Quicktime. A lot of people have iPods that they're going to want to sync...

5. I think windows 7 will give Quicktime a run for it's money

http://www.ucubd.com/Index.aspx?id=1118&cid=x01000058

4. Hail M$!

3. The only problem is Apple is still forcing users to install QT when you download iTunes. It messes up my Firefox preferences on video playback every time I have to update iTunes.

2. Agreed. I think QT was the beginning of my anti-Apple attitude.

1. Thank god! If I come across some QT media, I'll not watch it! QT is awfull.