Apple Updates Quicktime to 7.4.1

[petvas]

Downloading now...

It requires a restart so be warned!

[John01021988]

Cool! It seems that 10.5.2 will be changing major things after all. Almost all apple's software have been updated throughout this and last week.

[petvas]

The update improves compatibility with 3rd party products, Apple says

[MacBoobsPro]

Seems like they are releasing 10.5.2 in stages. :D

[Shadow]

Just gonna wait for 10.5.2 and install it as a bunch instead of restarting a few times :)

[junior77]

I wonder if this will fix all the issues I've been having with Itunes when trying to play movies...

[one1]

I had to do the same for Macromedia fireworks and the other packages with fireworks (contribute, etc). Also Final Cut and Logic Pro. Basically it is updating nearly every product it seems.

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com)

Apple has posted an update to Quicktime bringing it to version 7.4.1 today. Updates are available for Leopard (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forleopard.html), Tiger (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741fortiger.html), Panther (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forpanther.html), and Windows (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forwindows.html).

Apple reports the new Quicktime addresses security issues and improves compatibility with third-party applications. Specifically, the update addresses (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798) a possible vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users, and requires a restart.

Apple has released a number of small software updates over this past week.



Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/02/06/apple-updates-quicktime-to-7-4-1/)

[JG271]

Just come up on my software update - 58.5MB
10.5.2 soon!

[Sky Blue]

This fixes the After Effects issues for anyone effected

[OrangeCuse44]

Bunch of updates this week, cant wait for the Leopard update

[ReanimationLP]

Eh, Apple still supports Panther as well? Not bad. :3

[darthraige]

I love QuickTime. Huge fan of it. HUUUUUUUGE FAN!

[fivepoint]

10.5.2 Coming Soon.
AppleTV (take 2) Coming soon.
Macbook Pros Coming soon.

[drlunanerd]

The update improves compatibility with 3rd party products, Apple says

They'd better be referring to Adobe After Effects.
7.4 borked some of our Macs at work.
There were a lot of angry video editors when it was released :(

[tothelimit]

10.5.2 soon!

Ohhhhh if I only had a nickel for every time this has been posted in a thread since the middle of January. :D

but seriously - 10.5.2, :apple:tv Take 2, word about the SDK ... what gives?

[Sky Blue]

They'd better be referring to Adobe After Effects.
7.4 borked some of our Macs at work.
There were a lot of angry video editors when it was released :(

they are

[MisterSalty]

Every time I see a news item that says "Apple Updates..." and it's not followed by "MacBook Pro", I feel like I've been kicked in the berries. :(

[kabunaru]

Enough of these small updates. Where is the big one (Mac OS 10.5.2)?

[kugino]

I love QuickTime. Huge fan of it. HUUUUUUUGE FAN!
really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

[Taylor C]

I feel like I'm being toyed with. :(

[joseph2166]

really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

Its got a nice icon - much under appreciated

[theunknown001]

so far all iapps have been updated...
i hope 10.5.2. comes soon...

[MisterSalty]

methinks darthraige is having some fun with y'all

[rikers_mailbox]

really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

Maybe QT's greatness is that it allows for such things as perian and flip4mac. This is, it provides plugin, extensible support for media playback integrated within the OS X environment.

more than can be said about Windows Media Player or whatever they're calling it these days.

[Dark Dragoon]

Yay it fixed the audio issue (not playing) I was having with Quicktime + Perian + MKV files. :D

[milo]

...what's so great about QT again?

It does what I need it to do...I can't imagine trying to run a mac without it.

[gloss]

Does this fix the issue that the last update caused with being unable to use separate subtitle files when watching AVIs?

[kbmb]

I hate restarts. :mad: Stupid QuickTime. There goes my 22d uptime. :p

Almost as bad as IE!

-Kevin

[DaBrain]

Every time I see a news item that says "Apple Updates..." and it's not followed by "MacBook Pro", I feel like I've been kicked in the berries. :(

Hmmm perhaps that's why they call them Blue Berries?--))) :D

[skyrider007]

Still no 10.5.2? :(

[MisterSalty]

Hmmm perhaps that's why they call them Blue Berries?--))) :D

I know, I should probably see a doctor about that. Damn co-pay.

[milo]

Still no 10.5.2? :(

Keep your pants on. It will be ready when it's ready...it's not like they announced a release date for it or something.

[MarlboroLite]

Maybe QT's greatness is that it allows for such things as perian and flip4mac. This is, it provides plugin, extensible support for media playback integrated within the OS X environment.

more than can be said about Windows Media Player or whatever they're calling it these days.

windows live media ultimate home diamond edition player.

[Freecity88]

Why the Quicktime update always requires a restart? Shoot!

[jturn00]

really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

What should a new Mac user do? Should they get the quicktime pro with these add ins or is there another tool that is recommended?

[zoozx]

:(:(


my berries, left one is smaller

[kbmb]

What should a new Mac user do? Should they get the quicktime pro with these add ins or is there another tool that is recommended?

Don't need QT Pro to enjoy these plugins....they're free!

http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm
http://perian.org/

-Kevin

[badNameErr]

This got negative ratings? Sheesh. :confused:

[twoodcc]

Just come up on my software update - 58.5MB
10.5.2 soon!

dang, kinda a big update for qt. yeah, hopefully 10.5.2 will be here soon.

[Killyp]

really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

Yeh it's useless without perian and flip4mac, but once you do, it's great, especially with a Pro license. Much faster than any other 'lite' editing app I've used, and it's great for playback too, very speedy launch and hassle-free...

[LeviG]

about time, qt7.4 crashes my vista 64 ie7 everytime I go to the apple support pages :rolleyes:

Now wheres the network drive patch for itunes :(

[Wolf04]

This got negative ratings? Sheesh. :confused:
People are pissed off due to lack of 10.5.2 and MBP updates. :p Even then, it would still probably get negative ratings...you can't satisfy everyone.

Anyways, my Apple Software Update says everything is up-to-date. :confused:

[Spievy]

Next.... 10.5.2 ....... please with a cherry on top :)

[manu chao]

Cool! It seems that 10.5.2 will be changing major things after all. Almost all apple's software have been updated throughout this and last week.
Exactly, all of iLife, iWork, QT and the Pro-framework updated in the last ten days, just preparing the ground for 10.5.2.

[displaced]

Yeh it's useless without perian and flip4mac, but once you do, it's great, especially with a Pro license. Much faster than any other 'lite' editing app I've used, and it's great for playback too, very speedy launch and hassle-free...

Plus, QuickTime is actually 2 things: QuickTime (the player application/browser plugin) and, more importantly, the framework which virtually all of Mac OS X and its applications (both 1st and 3rd party) use to play media.

Once you've installed codecs such as Perian and Flip4mac, the entire system (including applications) will support media files which use those codecs. For example, with F4M installed, it's possible to QuickLook .wmv files.

This is why I encourage new Mac users to install QT codecs, rather than rely on standalone players such as VLC. Sure, I have VLC installed for the odd file which QT/F4M/Perian can't handle (extremely rare -- usually a slightly corrupt file). But for 99.9% of uses, QT fits the bill.

[thejadedmonkey]

Exactly, all of iLife, iWork, QT and the Pro-framework updated in the last ten days, just preparing the ground for 10.5.2.

Why can't they just roll it all up into 10.5.2?

[joshc]

always good to see, does anyone even use panther anymore?

[RubberShoes]

After installing this my 24" alu-imac has frozen 4 times!

What is going on!? My machine never has had any problems until I installed this update!

Is there anyway to downgrade/uninstall it?

[Cave Man]

Yay it fixed the audio issue (not playing) I was having with Quicktime + Perian + MKV files. :D

Dragoon - can you elaborate on this, please? Details!

[darklights85]

Always nice to see new updates for good software come out!

[0racle]

Why can't they just roll it all up into 10.5.2?

Are these updates limited to 10.5 or 10.5.1? Maybe apps running on 10.4.11 also need patches.

[zorinlynx]

always good to see, does anyone even use panther anymore?

You'd be surprised. Folks with older hardware (iBook G3s, CRT iMacs, etc.) may keep using Panther forever if it does everything they need. :)

[weitzner]

Why the Quicktime update always requires a restart? Shoot!

Quicktime isn't just the player. The player is just a frontend to give you control of playing media files. The backend is much more interesting. All of the quartz graphics rendering is done by quicktime. That means that animations like minimizing a window is done by quicktime. Because of this, the backend is always running and you need to stop it, overwrite it and then restart it. The way to do it is by requiring a restart.

[HiRez]

This fixes the After Effects issues for anyone effectedExcellent. Not that I don't trust you, but can anyone confirm this before I go ahead? The 7.4 update royally screwed me, I don't want to go through that again.

[riversky]

Why can't they just roll it all up into 10.5.2?

I think this is part of 10.5.2. Just like the iLife/iWork updates. They are just releasing them in parts so the download size is smaller on the offical "10.5.2" update.

Basically rolling it out in chunks.

[SolrFlare]

Why can't they just roll it all up into 10.5.2?

Because these updates contain fixes to other issues, and, if 10.5.2 isn't quite ready yet, better to roll these out in preparation in order to spread out the size of the download.

[tivoli2]

This fixes the After Effects issues for anyone effected

Oh, boy oh boy oh boy! I haven't been able to scrub with sound in AE since I "upgraded" to QT 7.4, I think it was... or was it 7.3? At any rate, well over a year. Hopefully this is one of the issues you are referring to!:eek:

[darthraige]

really?? i didn't know anyone was a fan of QT, let alone a huge fan. it's a strange program, really. all the really good functionalities only come with adding perian and flip4mac...and its exporting is so slow that it's practically useless in that function. and it's the source of a lot of security problems...what's so great about QT again?

Sorry for the late response. Was working like a mad man today...

I'm a huge movie trailer buff and watch trailers over and over every day. QT is obviously the best source to watch them in. Second would be flip4mac. Use the conversion tool all the time at work. It's just great to have as a second exporting tool other than Final Cut. Also, the ability to export numerous videos at once. :D

[JSchwage]

Woot! Hopefully this and the other updates are signs of the 10.5.2 update coming soon.

[seashellz2]

Quicktime isn't just the player. The player is just a frontend to give you control of playing media files. The backend is much more interesting. All of the quartz graphics rendering is done by quicktime. That means that animations like minimizing a window is done by quicktime. Because of this, the backend is always running and you need to stop it, overwrite it and then restart it. The way to do it is by requiring a restart.

wow-thanks! I can see clearly now why a restart is needed-always wondered why- a little bit

[tivoli2]

Just updated; 58-some MB... and still no AE scrubbing for me. :( Maybe it's not a QT issue... but it worked until I updated lo these many moons ago... ugh. Hopefully it'll be squared when I get CS3.

[sboultbee]

Excellent. Not that I don't trust you, but can anyone confirm this before I go ahead? The 7.4 update royally screwed me, I don't want to go through that again.

http://www.macworld.com/article/131990/2008/02/quicktime.html

MacWorld confirmed with Apple that it fixes the AE render problem.

[SimonTheSoundMa]

Quicktime isn't just the player. The player is just a frontend to give you control of playing media files. The backend is much more interesting. All of the quartz graphics rendering is done by quicktime. That means that animations like minimizing a window is done by quicktime. Because of this, the backend is always running and you need to stop it, overwrite it and then restart it. The way to do it is by requiring a restart.
QuickTime Pro is a very good app as well. It's so bloody useful.

[Bonsai1214]

well, if it fixes the sub issue with perian, mkv, etc, then i'll happily update.

once again: more bitching and whining about no 10.5.2... people don't grow up do they.

[diamond.g]

After installing this my 24" alu-imac has frozen 4 times!

What is going on!? My machine never has had any problems until I installed this update!

Is there anyway to downgrade/uninstall it?

AFAIK, you would have to do an archive/re-install of OS X. I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

[lazyrighteye]

always good to see, does anyone even use panther anymore?

Hehe.
One of my Macs (G4 500) is "stuck" in 10.3.8 since Digidesign ceased support of their Digi001. That rig has been rock solid.
Admittedly, after working in Leopard all day, Panther does seem a bit dated...

[Wolf04]

QuickTime Pro is a very good app as well. It's so bloody useful.
Does anybody actually buy QT Pro? :confused:

[pitt1717]

sigh, still no ac3 sound in my mpeg2 dvd rips......and yes i know about the ac52 codec. i use perian (actually 1.1b svn). i undertand that its pass through, but i dont want to go through a receiver. i just want qt to play them just like vlc does on my MBP.

i hate having so much redundant software, if apple ever fixed this ac3 issue, i could get rid of 1 more program and actually use front row when im on my 24" monitor

[AidenShaw]

Cool! It seems that 10.5.2 will be changing major things after all. Almost all apple's software have been updated throughout this and last week.

Cool?

If Apple has to fix all of its software to run on 10.5.2, does that not imply that there's a good chance that 10.5.2 is going to break a lot of other software?

It would turn 10.5.2 into a "train wreck" if you have to update lots of third party software because Apple can't make a point update to OSX compatible with the previous version.

All of these "Improves compatibility with OSX" fixes are not a good sign.

[MacFly123]

Does anybody actually buy QT Pro? :confused:

Anyone that does anything with video has it, but it comes with Final Cut Studio so I don't have to buy it separate.

[andresmi]

I need help. My computer was running fine. I installed the quicktime update.... now when booting my mac goes to a black screen after the apple logo comes on and sits there for about 30 min or so then boots up. The first time it did it after the update I assumed it had to do with the install. But no, now it dose it every time I reboot.

Any ideas...

[kingnimrod]

how about Flash support? Any chance that they've re-enabled it? PLEASE OH PLEASE GOD SAY YES - I need flash tracks back in QT ASAP.

Could someone check the prefs and let us know whether Flash enabled is back?

[milo]

You'd be surprised. Folks with older hardware (iBook G3s, CRT iMacs, etc.) may keep using Panther forever if it does everything they need. :)

Heck, I'm still using 10.2 on one machine.

If Apple has to fix all of its software to run on 10.5.2, does that not imply that there's a good chance that 10.5.2 is going to break a lot of other software?

That's assuming apple HAS to update apps for the new OS, we don't know that's the case.

[iCeFuSiOn]

Thanks for the news, just ran Software Update, everything is running great here. :)

[tivoli2]

how about Flash support? Any chance that they've re-enabled it? PLEASE OH PLEASE GOD SAY YES - I need flash tracks back in QT ASAP.

Could someone check the prefs and let us know whether Flash enabled is back?

Just checked advanced tab in QT prefs & no, it's still not there. Garh.

[jslicer]

Has anyone tested if this fixed the .mp4 error issues that people had when rendering in AE CS3? I don't want to upgrade till I know for sure that's been fixed. I haven't had a chance to test yet.

[Wolf04]

Anyone that does anything with video has it, but it comes with Final Cut Studio so I don't have to buy it separate.
Well, no doubt people HAVE it but who BUYS it? :p

[Sonic]

What's with these endless tens of megabyte updates for QT? I never see any difference in quicktime performance, and it still doesn't run full-screen without paying for pro, cynical software-crippling.

Compare this to VLC which plays almost anything, and has few, small-ish updates. They should embed it in safari as standard. One of the few apple apps that still bugs me for some reason.

Hmm, just read the posts saying it does some of the core graphics routines. Is that true? I thought it was handled by the Quartz libraries (core image and video) basically a high level way of accessing OpenGL.

[CWallace]

What's with these endless tens of megabyte updates for QT? I never see any difference in quicktime performance, and it still doesn't run full-screen without paying for pro, cynical software-crippling.

On the plus side, at least they aren't doing it just to break our ability to use custom ringtones on the iPhone anymore. :cool: :p

[lodenmuse]

I just installed the update for QT and yesterday's iPhoto, and on rebooting I am in the Setup Assistant reboot loop, grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Trying to boot into Safe Mode so I can safely shutdown and reboot (This was necessary when I once tried installing GlowWormFW on Leopard, and I hear it has resolved others previous Leopard Setup Assistant loop problems).

Unfortunately, in Safe Mode, I still have the Setup Assistant screen just with a nice Leopard desktop background, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I am hoping I don't have to wimp out and just restore from TM, but thank God I have this old PC still around.

Viva WinMe!

I <3 :apple: :(

[AidenShaw]

That's assuming apple HAS to update apps for the new OS, we don't know that's the case.

Yes, but I was replying to 19 year old John who thought that it was cool that Apple was having to fix so much stuff - he took that to mean that 10.5.2 would have lots of good stuff.

If an update or new version breaks existing software, it means bad engineering.

1. Either "bad engineering" because the update was poorly designed and tested, and caused problems when released

2. Or "bad engineering" because the old version had problems that weren't fixable without breaking stuff - and a conscious decision was made that breaking some stuff to fix the rest was the right thing to do

[encro]

What's with these endless tens of megabyte updates for QT? I never see any difference in quicktime performance, and it still doesn't run full-screen without paying for pro, cynical software-crippling.

Hmm, just read the posts saying it does some of the core graphics routines. Is that true? I thought it was handled by the Quartz libraries (core image and video) basically a high level way of accessing OpenGL.

QT hasn't needed Pro mode to access Full Screen for approximately the last 2 versions...Apple did change this!

QTKit does access the core graphics, core video and core animation frameworks.

[treehorn]

Has anyone tested if this fixed the .mp4 error issues that people had when rendering in AE CS3? I don't want to upgrade till I know for sure that's been fixed. I haven't had a chance to test yet.

I'd wait. I just installed it and that problem with playing mp4s (which has happened ever since version 7.4) hasn't been fixed yet. So I've got to use Pacifist again to uninstall it again...

[MacFly123]

Well, no doubt people HAVE it but who BUYS it? :p

Well when you BUY the studio you are paying for that too. Are you saying you can just hack it to pro or what?

[michaelfengdayu]

My screen becomes extremely blue after the update!

[Donald V]

Does anybody actually buy QT Pro? :confused:

I got it free with my Pro apps...

Donald :)

[geeman]

Safari seems snappier....

(sorry - couldn't resist ;))

[seenew]

It won't play my .mp4 movie files. :\ I'm running Tiger, btw.

[skviki]

Maybe QT's greatness is that it allows for such things as perian and flip4mac. This is, it provides plugin, extensible support for media playback integrated within the OS X environment.

more than can be said about Windows Media Player or whatever they're calling it these days.

I think you couldn't be more wrong. It is not great because it allows for those two awkward plugins/ plugin sets.
Well, there are tons of plugins for directx in windows anyone can easily find and install. All directx plugins work with any media player installed on the system. Not to mention subtitles were never a problem in windows.

Perian is a relatively new solution and it is not as complete as those on windows.

[skviki]

Yay it fixed the audio issue (not playing) I was having with Quicktime + Perian + MKV files. :D

Perian was updated recntly to 1.1. Has anyone tried that?

[Lucky736]

Purchased videos wouldn't sync after the update with my iPhone. Tried to deauthorize and authorize, each time I try either I get this:

[DaveTheGrey]

If anyone hasn't read the "Microsoft's Plot to Kill QuickTime" (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html) article, should do it! :mad:
Very interesting! :)

[Scottgfx]

Well, no doubt people HAVE it but who BUYS it? :p

I have bought it. I also have it because I because I have the Final Cut Studio.

You think I shouldn't have purchased Pro?

[Scottgfx]

If anyone hasn't read the "Microsoft's Plot to Kill QuickTime" (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html) article, should do it! :mad:
Very interesting! :)

I remember the "knife the baby" part of the article. There is a lot more backstory though.

Thanks for the link!

[hagar]

can someone confirm the front-row subtitle issue is not fixed with these latest updates? I have installed the latest QT and Perian 1.1 but still no subtitles in Front Row. As soon as subtitles kick in, the screen goes black.

[butlertotheb]

This fixes the After Effects issues for anyone effected

great to know thanks

[milo]

If an update or new version breaks existing software, it means bad engineering.

But that assumes that 10.5.2 will break existing software...do we know that's the case?

Well when you BUY the studio you are paying for that too. Are you saying you can just hack it to pro or what?

People pirate any app they can...you don't think that happens with QT pro?

[dukeblue91]

If anyone hasn't read the "Microsoft's Plot to Kill QuickTime" (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html) article, should do it! :mad:
Very interesting! :)

Great read and very informative.
Thanks for the link.

[super_kev]

For me, this still doesn't fix the problem of viewing the Macbook Air ad on Apple's website which 7.4 broke.

[edenwaith]

AFAIK, you would have to do an archive/re-install of OS X. I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

If one wants to go back to QT 7.4 or earlier, we return to the best solution we had when QT 7.4 broke several things, such as After Effects.

Go get the program Pacifist and an older installation of QuickTime. Use Pacifist to have the older version of QuickTime install over the current QT files on the system. Then reboot your computer and you should be back to the older version of QT.

[termina3]

This also fixes the issue with rented movies crashing iTunes.

[joshc]

You'd be surprised. Folks with older hardware (iBook G3s, CRT iMacs, etc.) may keep using Panther forever if it does everything they need. :)

true, didnt think of it that way

[skviki]

can someone confirm the front-row subtitle issue is not fixed with these latest updates? I have installed the latest QT and Perian 1.1 but still no subtitles in Front Row. As soon as subtitles kick in, the screen goes black.

I confirm that

[hagar]

I confirm that

I can also confirm it will not be fixed in Leopard 10.5.2 :mad:

[calinlofin]

I wonder if this will fix all the issues I've been having with Itunes when trying to play movies...