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Re: 5secsautorotate & qt7
liz_golf 2005-Aug-24 23:59:00
--- In #removed#, "liz_golf" <#removed#> wrote:
> I did not realize Player 6.5 (or other versions) actually works on
Tiger even though QT7
oops
correction QT 6.5.2 and lower
> does not having not gone there yet - I am sure this is a relief
for many until the bug
gets
> fixed. If you need a copy of just the Player Pedro let me know as
I have it for download.
> Thanks Roger for the detailed explanantion...
>
> Elizabeth
>
> --- In #removed#, Roger Howard <#removed#> wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 23, 2005, at 7:59 PM, liz_golf wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Pedro -
> > >
> > > QT7 currently has a bug which prevents changing the controller.
It
> > > can still be done in QT
> > > 6.5 Player but unfortunately not on Tiger (which supports only
QT7).
> >
> > Correction:
> >
> > Tiger supports only Quicktime 7, true.
> >
> > However, Quicktime Player is *not* Quicktime. Almost any version
of
> > Quicktime Player should work on Tiger, with QuickTime 7. The
> > functionality you're looking for was lost in Quicktime *Player*,
not
> > Quicktime itself, and so an older version of the player can be
used
> > with a newer version of Quicktime to regain that functionality.
> >
> > I have both QT Player 6.5 and QT Player 7 installed on the same
Tiger
> > machine, running QT 7. Anything QT Player v7 doesn't do anymore -
or is
> > buggy doing - I can easily use QT Player v6.5 for.
> >
> > Much like an old application like Premiere will suddenly gain new
QT7
> > features like H.264 encoding, but will not *lose* any of it's own
> > functionality, some of what you consider "Quicktime" is just part
of
> > the QT Player application and some is part of the core Quicktime
> > libraries.
> >
> > Quicktime - a library that provides media-related services to a
variety
> > of applications, but does nothing on it's own. It provides
> > functionality for decoding and encoding images, audio. video, and
other
> > media.
> > Quicktime Player - one particular application that uses Quicktime
for
> > core magic, but also provides it's own functionality. Generally
> > Quicktime Player does *not* depend on any specific version of
> > Quicktime, as most of the functionality the Player depends on has
been
> > in Quicktime itself for years.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Roger