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QuickTime 6 Is Out

Posted by pudge on from the now-i-want-ac3-support-darnit dept.

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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  1. No Nags ever again by 3ryon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's how to get rid of the QT nag screens. QT will nag you the first time it's launched each day (or some increment of time). When you choose "Later" it sets a value in the registry to remind you tomorrow.

    So, set your clock forward about twenty years (make sure you close any meeting reminder software first) and then launch QT. Tell it "Later" and then set your clock back. Haven't tested this with QT6, but it worked with 5.

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  2. Re:Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you tried:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtcomponents ?

  3. Re:Bah! by gwernol · · Score: 4, Informative

    Would it have been SOOOOO hard to build in a Vorbis decoder from xiph.org's BSD-licensed reference decorder? HUH? WOULD IT?

    No, it would be easy. Apple publish the full QuickTime APIs. Go to it.

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  4. MPEG-4 patent licensing out by The+Bastard · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple released on the same day MPEG-LA announced licensing fees for MPEG-4 Visual, Systems and MPEG-J patents. Details here.

  5. Re:Key won't work by bsartist · · Score: 5, Informative

    the 30$ I paid the first time doesn't cover the royalties?

    Seriously? No, it didn't, because the version you paid for didn't include MPEG 4.

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  6. Re; MPEG-4 patent licensing by OrsonBallard · · Score: 4, Informative
    All in all it looks pretty fair. No royalties paid at all from not-for-profit uses and no end user royalties, although these will have to be passed on eventually. As the car salesman says, "Register now and your first 12 months are free!"

    I wonder if history will remember that it was Apple (part of the patent group) that fought the proposal to charge a fee to the end user for every second of every stream viewed? And won.

    Thank-you Apple. Really.