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Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6
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Does anyone have the issue where during fullscreen playback the dock will unhide itself? I use my iMac to watch movies in bed and it's annoying having to get up to hide the dock.
If anyone else does have this issue, does 7.6 fix this?
If anyone else does have this issue, does 7.6 fix this?
easy, navigate to the hd page, right click, view source, command-f, type in 1080, copy the link for the .mov file (which should be right in front of you) and paste it into the downloads window.
Piece of cake.
BTW, i do have QT pro, but for other reasons.
I could also imagine the people that would be p*ssed off about the AAC encoding improvement as others have said; at least those that have spent considerable time ripping their library without lossless.
I for one would be one of those people if I ripped in AAC...I'm pretty much a quality obsessive person when it comes to ripping music...that's why I ripped in LAME 256mp3...
Personally I can't tell a difference between AAC 256kbps and LAME 256kbps...there both high quality formats.
The point of this post: If you ripped at a high bitrate in AAC I'm sure you won't be able to tell the difference...but...if you ripped in a low bitrate in AAC there might be a noticable difference now with the QuickTime update.
I for one would be one of those people if I ripped in AAC...I'm pretty much a quality obsessive person when it comes to ripping music...that's why I ripped in LAME 256mp3...
Personally I can't tell a difference between AAC 256kbps and LAME 256kbps...there both high quality formats.
The point of this post: If you ripped at a high bitrate in AAC I'm sure you won't be able to tell the difference...but...if you ripped in a low bitrate in AAC there might be a noticable difference now with the QuickTime update.
LAME is also constantly being developed/changed/improved, so it's no different in that respect.
Well!! They did not fix it. Damn it. I just tried to play TV shows that I bought from the iTunes store. It has the surround track and it works fine in AppleTV, but on my iMac connected using optical cable to my receiver, the surround track plays nothing, stereo plays in stereo!! Apple, fix this. I submitted a bug report in the apple bug tracking system. They linked it to an existing bug and don't show any status for the original bug report. Even people in Apple can't see the original bug report. Sometimes this secrecy is damn frustrating.
I love it when people say this. Chances are you're using a part of QuickTime every day. It's not only a player, it's also a key framework in OS X (a framework that has just been updated).
Same issue here
I had the exact same issue. But seems OK now.
(this is on a 2006 15.4" mbp running 10.5.6)
I had the exact same issue. But seems OK now.
(this is on a 2006 15.4" mbp running 10.5.6)
Aw crap
So this story turns out to be a load of bollocks:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...cktime_7_6_to_improve_5_1_surround_sound.html
So this story turns out to be a load of bollocks:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...cktime_7_6_to_improve_5_1_surround_sound.html
Did this update fix the iMovie + iSight recording? I had to resort using an old fix involving installing Quicktime 7.5 and then 7.5.5 in order to record using my iSight in iMovie 08. Overall, my MacBook doesn't have a fan-spinning craze when using quicktime.
I have tried 3 times to update and every time it ask me to restart to complete installation it goes to a progress bar (configuring installation) and sits for 15 mins before I give up and press the power button for 4 secs and reboot.
BTW - it's a a 24inch iMac 2.8ghz
After updating I'm happy to find that certain Photo Booth effects plug-ins that were not functioning before are now working. Certain older video podcasts in my library that were previously stuttery and blocky now play smoothly. Hurray for improvements!
I re-encoded the Killer's Hot Fuss to tell what the difference in AAC encoding might be. The album was originally encoded w/ QuickTime 7.5.5 using AAC 128 kbps (VBR), & encoded a second time w/ QuickTime 7.6 using AAC 128 kbps (VBR).
6 tracks showed no change in size via the Summary Screen.
3 tracks showed .1 mb increase in size
1 track showed a .2 mb increase in size
1 track showed a .1 mb decrease in size.
I could tell no difference in sound quality.
6 tracks showed no change in size via the Summary Screen.
3 tracks showed .1 mb increase in size
1 track showed a .2 mb increase in size
1 track showed a .1 mb decrease in size.
I could tell no difference in sound quality.
This might help. You may have some incompatible codecs. Check out the link for help. If none of those work try this:
First, run permissions repair. Then if that doesn't work, perhaps a PRAM and SMC reset are in store for you. Shut down and unplug your iMac for a few minutes along with any cables/USB that are connected. After waiting, plug in the power cord. Then plug in any USB devices/cords. Then restart and hold down Command-Option-P-R until it chimes twice.
If that doesn't work, maybe something went screwy with your 10.5.6 update. Download it here and install. Make sure you run permissions repair before and after. Then after that rerun the updates.