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Quicktime 7.0 in Software update...

Paying again.

I must say, this is becoming a little tedious. It will be the third time I've been obliged to pay for the Pro key since X.0. What's up with that? Surely if you pay for Pro it should last through a good few updates. Bit of a rip off if you ask me. :(
 
Experimentation is required, I think

scootermafia said:
H.264 encoding is annoying. I'm running it in high, automatic keyframes, frame reordering, and IMA 4:1 audio compression. It takes FOREVER to encode anything, about 10-20x slower than MPEG4 encoding. The edges on subjects in the videos get streaky (like a fuzzy edge of grouped lines) and it looks little better than MPEG4. Any advice for me? I'm re-encoding video imported from Final Cut Express from a DV camera.
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I'm experiencing the same thing with my tests. I'm currently experimenting with the various settings; I believe the key is to adjusting
the default data rate to something higher.

Yes, I'm seeing the encoding time take a *long* time too. Gets even longer
if you adjust it to do "multi-pass". I'm also finding the estimated time to
complete is not quite accurate.
 
Yes we have a music video on our website encoded in h.264
check out : http://thirteenrec.com
on the music video page !!

enjoy :)

imnoah said:
No problems using OT 7 on 10.3.9, but I'd like to know where to find some H.264 content to watch. Anybody have some suggestions?

Also, if anyone is feeling generous today, feel free to buy me a QT Pro license :)
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Sadly, the QuickTime full-screen AppleScript that was in Macworld a while back doesn't work anymore. :(

I may have to get Pro.
 
I can't remember now. Was Full Screen a feature of the free Standard edition of Quicktime 6?

If it was then I can see a lot of people getting pissed and just using VLC.
 
aria505 said:
I can't remember now. Was Full Screen a feature of the free Standard edition of Quicktime 6?

If it was then I can see a lot of people getting pissed and just using VLC.
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Nope, full screen was pro only in Quicktime 6 as well.
 
It looks like my QT license is still good. WRONG!!!!
BASTARDS!!! I am sunk until I can get a new licence.
I wonder if it will integrate well with my version of FCP, or it will force me to upgrade (which I can't afford right now). I hope all I have to buy is a new Pro Key.
 
puuukeey said:
NO FULL SCREEN, ANNOYING TAGS IN MENUS. TOTAL SCAM
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Could you be any more cryptic? If you have a real problem with it, then take the time to explain what the issues are. :rolleyes:
 
atari1356 said:
Nope, full screen was pro only in Quicktime 6 as well.
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Ok then I don't see why some people are acting like they took this feature away. I will agree that Full screen should be a basic feature, but these people sound like the ones who were complaining that Tiger wasn't a free upgrade.
 
I have two Macs. I bought QT6 Pro for Mac #1. Now I am buying Tiger and QT7 Pro for Mac #1.

Since QT7 Pro is a new license, not an upgrade, I still own my previous QT6 Pro license separately, so I'd like to install QT Pro 6 Mac #2. Is there any reason this won't work?

Followup question: If I decide to install Tiger on Mac #2, will it still work with QT6 Pro? Do I have to install Tiger and QT6 Pro in a certain order?
 
srobert said:
G5 only :(
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ummm, i'm playing htem on my g4 powerbook, at least the fantastic four one so far.

update: the wildlife or space shuttle ones won't load, is anyone else having this problem?
 
Another problem, why I need a new pro licence.
I run a script on booting that loads a cool QuickTime move in full screen mode while the rest of my applications load. This has sunk my boot script.

Originaly the project started from the want of a new boot sound, and then I figured why just have a boot sound, why not a boot movie.
 
adam1185 said:
ummm, i'm playing htem on my g4 powerbook, at least the fantastic four one so far.
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Good to hear. I haven'T tried yet but there is a note about it on the page linked above:

"The advanced H.264 codec makes it possible for QuickTime 7 to play back High Definition video on a personal computer without additional hardware required. However, you'll still need a G5 system to display so much media."
 
Holy HELL.

Those H.264 trailers look damn sweet on my PBG4 (1.5GHz).

I've got to buy a pro license just so I can do fullscreen. DAMN.
 
srobert said:
Good to hear. I haven'T tried yet but there is a note about it on the page linked above:

"The advanced H.264 codec makes it possible for QuickTime 7 to play back High Definition video on a personal computer without additional hardware required. However, you'll still need a G5 system to display so much media."
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ah, didn't see that. yeah the fantastic four one was a little slow but still watchable.
 
I hope this H.264 thing turns out to be everything that it has been hyped up to be. I am upgrading now to 10.3.9 so I can install QT7. I noticed a HD section of Quicktime on the web to show off the H.264 feature and am excited to check it out. Also I think H.264 can be scaled to playback on lots of different things however to scale it must take a lot of processing power and to watch high quality versions of it may also take some power. I'm excited to check it out anyway. On another note I would rather have the Pro label in all the menus instead of a popup that says buy pro now. Also some people try to save with Quicktime and wonder where is the save menu - now it is obvious that it is there with the pro version. I think it is a good improvement in all ways.
 
Ok, if you're on a g4 don't download http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/bbc_1080p.zip

its choperific.

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