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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. Key won't work by ViceClown · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does this mean I need to buy another key to get Quicktime 6 to work even if I already bought one for 5?

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  2. Why is QuickTime still around? by keller999 · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are so many different great streaming alternatives to the old-fashioned QuickTime format, why hasn't QuickTime lost it's punch? Maybe it's just the old apple-dedicated trying to support their company. ASF is just too good to go on with QuickTime...

  3. WinME by Lxy · · Score: 0, Troll

    does anyone actually use Windows Me?

    Yes, I use it as my Windows box. It gets booted every few months, when I either need to test something or I need to get my internet checkers fix. ME is XP without the security flaws, the NT kernel, and the bloat.

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    1. Re:WinME by cide1 · · Score: 1, Troll

      WinME is windows without a kernel

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  4. And they ar still using that moronic UI! by Pholostan · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is soo stupid. You might think that they would at least correct some of their really obvious botches [Iarchitect.com] from the earlier version(s).

    But not Apple.

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  5. They take and they dont give back by motox · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the MacOS X "Jaguar" AD:

    "UNIX-based core updated with GCC 3 compiler, CUPS printing, POSIX additions and next generation IPv6 and IPSec networking."

    It's nice how they use opensource and they give nothing in return... by the way does apple use GCC to build macos x ?

  6. Not what we need.. by Ogerman · · Score: 1, Troll

    Great, another proprietary version of another proprietary set of codecs. What the hell is Apple thinking? Proprietary standards are no way to increase control of a market dominated by M$. If they would base QuickTime entirely on open standards, they might just have a chance at doing their part in weening people away from their competitors. Oh wait a minute. Linux is one of their competitors. Nevermind. (Or they could what's right and become a hardware ONLY company--seeing as how that's the only thing they're really good at.) But that would actually make sense.

  7. Re:WTF is this doing on Slashdot by foniksonik · · Score: 0, Troll

    is that suppoed to be sarcasm or do you really think /. is a Linux Users Group forum?

    More than 95% of the stories posted here have nothing to do with Linux... newbie?

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