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Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps
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."
i say we call the AG in every state to complain how Microsoft is disabling other apps with their updates
oh, wait
No, that can't be it. Somehow we have to tie it back to Microsoft.
Oh man, he got us good. With a burn like that, what could i possibly do...
or video.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Without kdawson's helpful comments, I can't make my mind up - was this elitist or egalitarian?
If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
Use the recent Dtrace-fix kernel module to get tracing working, and trace the offending program until you find the error. Then write a kenel module to fix that.
--dave
davecb@spamcop.net
Renting and watching videos should be enough for anyone
http://greenobyl.com/ please.... think of the children!!
I love you man, people like you make my tech support job much easier.
I'm serious.
When I can say "the answer is to restore from your backups".
YOU are the guy that say "ok, cool, just wanted to see if there was a workaround first". YOU are the one that is back in action less than an hour later instead of bitching about how Apple Quality control has gone down the shitter since last year.
Seriously, if I could give you a free computer I would.
New slogan: It just doesn't work.
At the bottom of the
Don't use Quicktime on Windows!
Oh, wait...
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
I'll never buy another Sony product again. Rootkits, DRM, Blu-Ray, MinDisc, EVIL.
Oh, wait, this is Apple. Thats cool then, I like them.
//TODO: Insert catchy phrase
If you're an individual and not a post production facility, test the upgrade on a separate partition or physical volume.
If you're an individual and not a post production facility, what are the chances of you having an extra Mac lying around to test?
Good point, maybe instead you could perform your software testing on a separate partition or physical volume, or something.
Hear! Hear! And that damn process can't be killed. And it takes all cpu time it can get. Almost cooked my balls with laptop!
I didn't say I'd sue, I'd send the lawyers over to Apple to make sure this gets resolved in a timely fashion so we don't have to resort to going to court. If they refuse to fix it, then well, maybe we'd have to go to court.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
I had hoped it would be something like
;)
vi ~/.quicktime/prefs
change
KillVideoEditors = yes
to
KillVideoEditors = no
Restart Quicktime.
Damn Macs, always so complicated.
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
because they are screwing sony...
or computers.
I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.
This whole "QT" thing bewilders me. I don't know whether to mindlessly flame Apple or KDE...
I develop for Final Cut Pro and Motion, and the last time I installed a beta for them, they installed a component which broke QuickTime.
So the last time you installed software that was known not to be production-level, it was not production-level?
Holy. Shit.
Mikey-San
Karma: +Eleventy billion (mostly affected by watching Celebrity Jeopardy)
or electricity.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
I think they need to get back to "thinking different".
I disagree. "Let's take the biggest selling points of our flagship product and break them!" is most definitely thinking very different to most established ideas.
Damn Luddites.
Get off my lawn!
Good. Cheap. Fast. Pick Two.
People have been asking for their ipods to make candy floss for a while now. So many people have asked for this, that Apple has [not] officially written a response to this request, their response being "candy floss is just spun sugar and has no nutritional value". (http://gizmodo.com/archives/open-letter-to-apple-cotton-candy-for-all-music-fans-please-1337.php) Since Apple won't fix this problem, people have resorted to not listening to music and going to the fair instead, though this of course...something... er
Could be worse, the article could've read "Apples Quicktime Update Bricks After Effects!!"
as its currently presented I'm not feeling nearly enough rage.
Live EVERY week... Like it's Shark Week
We shouldn't have got off the trees in the first place.
Just think, you're breathing in the same air that other Apple users, or perhaps even Steve Jobs himself, have drawn in. If you truly want to shun them, either you or them will just have to stop.
It only mentions the fixes in the version you couldn't read.