Quicktime Pro?

[Big Tav]

Hi guys, I am running Lion on my Macbook Pro and wanted to know about Quicktime Pro. As far as I can see the latest quicktime pro is Version 7. I have the free player that you get with Lion that is Version 10.1.

Is the older 7 Pro better than the free 10.1 or is the 10.1 the best?

Cheers.

 

[John T]

Personally, I find the old Quicktime Pro (ver 7.6.6) much more useful and versatile than ver 10.1. Particularly where cutting pasting and joining clips is concerned.

 

[Big Tav]

So should I go back to the older Pro or just keep what I've got? What runs better with Lion?

 

[JDrive]

Quicktime 7 pro works perfectly fine on Lion. I actually replaced most video file associations to open with Quicktime 7 using RCDefaultApp. It's a powerful system preference pane that lets you manage the default applications of any file type.

 

[Big Tav]

But should I replace the free QuickTime X version with QuickTime pro 7 or keep X?

 

[dolphin842]

You can keep both. QuickTime X is called "QuickTime Player" and the older version will be named "QuickTime Player 7" so there won't be a naming conflict.

If you have a Pro key, QTP7 is still much more versatile when it comes to trimming, recording, and editing video properties. You also get a 'proper' export dialog box.

 

[Starship77]

Replacement for Quicktime 7 Pro

Hi, I'm reviving this thread because, with the latest Lion update (10.7.4), quicktime 7 no longer loops any video (The Loop function is disabled and greyed out). This function is vital for me, so I'm working with Quicktime X.

The problem is that Quicktime X still lacks a lot of Quicktime 7's features, so I'm looking for another application that can really replace Quicktime 7 on the mac. Is there any??

Thanks!

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Personally, I find the old Quicktime Pro (ver 7.6.6) much more useful and versatile than ver 10.1. Particularly where cutting pasting and joining clips is concerned.

Correct. Apple replaces QuickTime 7 APIs in Mountain Lion with a new API.

So should I go back to the older Pro or just keep what I've got? What runs better with Lion?

Both versions are supported:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678
...and QT7 runs good on 10.7.x.