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Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps

Posted by kdawson on from the what-is-this-uninstall-you-speak-of dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to numerous posts on Apple's discussion forums (several threads of which have been deleted by Apple), as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apple's recent QT 7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it also disables Adobe's professional After Effects video editing software. Attempting to render video files after the update results in a DRM permissions error. Unfortunately, it is not possible to roll back to a previous version of QT without doing a full OSX reinstall. Previous QT updates have also been known to have severe issues with pro video editing apps."

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  1. Re:It's not vendor lockin by TheNetAvenger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just drag the Application to the trash and I never see it again. I still have the underlying OS Components of WebKit (I think that it's an OS Level Framework now) and Quicktime, but I don't have the applications. Microsoft REFUSED to allow the deletion of IE/WMP, and when forced by the courts to provide a version without them, removed the underlying OS components to break Windows.


    This is where your post leaves reality... You could drag the IE Applicaiton and the WMP application to the freaking trashcan just as easily in Windows, and just like OS X, the core libraries for HTML rendering and WMP decoding are STILL there, just as the Safari HTML rendering and OS X Quicktime decoding are STILL there. Where you are trying to prove a difference, there is NONE.

    This is also where Windows and MS's design has an advantage as Windows Audio is codec agnostic, and you can use Windows for years and never need to invoke the WMA/V codecs, and use your favorite third party codec technology all the way.