QuickTime 6 Is Out

flamingnight writes "If you go to Apple's QuickTime page, you'll notice that QuickTime 6 has been released. No mention of QT 5 anywhere on the site. Features include the long-awaited MPEG-4 support, 50+ input/output formats, and plenty of A/V codecs and video effects (see Apple - QuickTime - Specifications for a full list)." It's available for Mac OS 8/9, Mac OS X 10.1.3+, and Windows 98/2000/NT/Me/XP (does anyone actually use Windows Me?). Just remember that your QuickTime 5 key won't work with QuickTime 6.

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Quicktime Key

[Anonymous Coward]

Just remember that your QuickTime 5 key won't work with QuickTime 6.

Oh damn... now I'll have to wait until a new key generator is released... err, um, I mean, I'll have to go re-buy it. Yes, off to buy it I go!

Does anyone actually use windows ME?

[Anonymous Coward]

I do, you fat bitch.

Re:Does anyone actually use windows ME?

[zangdesign]

Even Win95 users are laughing at you for that. ME should have been called "Mistaken Edition" for combining the worst aspects of Win98 and Win2K into one horrible mishmash that makes Win3.1 users feel superior.

Re:Does anyone actually use windows ME?

[Anonymous Coward]

You've just proven that you lie in your signature.

whap whap...

Re:Key won't work

[Mr Guy]

QT5? What Quicktime 5?

There was no Quicktime 5. All of you must be remembering wrong. There is only Quicktime 6.

Re:Key won't work

[Snuffub]

"Just remember that your QuickTime 5 key won't work with QuickTime 6."

wow this is a new low, slashdotters not only dont read the linked material they also refuse to read the three sentences that are describing the story.

Re:Interesting TIming

[normiep]

Maybe they're planning on releasing all of their footage of the event on their web site in format only viewable with quicktime 6. Seems like a good way to get people to upgrade.

bad news for Linux?

[tps12]

Hm, I can't help but fear that this may have a negative impact on the acceptance of Linux among the all-important college student and single IT worker demographics.

Basically, Linux has caught on with people who, due to constant exposure to Windows, hate Microsoft. These people happen to be largely male, largely affluent, and largely large (ha ha).

These days, if you're going non-Windows, you don't have many choices. Basically, it's down to Linux and Mac. And when these anti-MS geeks choose their OS, they will choose the one of these that best suits their needs. QuickTime 6 will give them the ability to watch their multi-gig porn collections and pirated DIVX files, without all of the messy command line mucking about that is necessary for multimedia under Linux.

As a Linux user, I wish Apple hadn't released this. Or at the very least, that Slashdot (a pro-Linux site) hadn't reported it. *sigh*

Re:bad news for Linux?

[imr]

without all of the messy command line mucking about that is necessary for multimedia under Linux.
what are you talking about?
mplayer -aop list=resample:fout=2 -vo xv -dvd 1 -gui is quite straightforward and every new user coming from a GUI environment would find it quite easily. It's interactive, it's intuitive, it's pretty and it's fun. Like a gui.
OK, OK, i admit, I've actually grown a few extra fingers ...

Quicktime 5 was retracted due to faulty research..

[Bigger R]

...and Quicktime 7, though it would be very unstable, is suspected to exist.

Anti Slashdot Effect

[Peyna]

Ah, nothing like seeing Apple/Akamai stand up to slashdot like noone else can. I had use Internet Explorer instead of Mozilla just so I could see what the download speed was (mozilla doesn't display final speed when download is complete). 10 MB/s (that's Megabytes). Talk about no slashdot effect at all!

Re:Key won't work

[Anonymous Coward]

[Picard] NO. There...are...four...quicktimes. [/Picard]

Re:2GB files?

[usr122122121]

Does anyone know if Quicktime 6 supports AVI and DV files over 2GB?

Perhaps you should see someone about your porn addiction.

GEEZ, that's getting a little out of hand. pun (un)intended.

Re:No Nags ever again

[misterplow]

Somewhat related . . .

When doing Y2K testing here at work, someone else in the dept set his clock forward a couple months (into 2000) to see just what would happen.

He forgot to close his email program before doing this.

The email system (client) is set to automatically delete emails over 90 days old. The look on his face as his mailbox items - one by one - disappeared (as he was watching!) was priceless.

Re:Key won't work

[Sir Joltalot]

I'm just sort of curious why we get a picture of an iPod for a QT announcement.. I mean you'd think an Apple logo or a QT logo would make more sense. Hoh well...