Agreed. With the amount of codecs being built into Windows 7, I'm hoping Apple steps up and includes even more.
-Kevin
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Snow Leopard QuickTime X Interface and Other Changes
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Agreed. With the amount of codecs being built into Windows 7, I'm hoping Apple steps up and includes even more.
-Kevin
Hopefully these changes make their way to the Windows version of Quicktime. Quicktime on Windows is a bloated piece of crap (so is iTunes, but I love it too much to use anything else).
I'm still excited to see the new "marble" theme.
I'm still excited to see the new "marble" theme.
It's interesting how Steve said when talking about Leopard that they were getting rid of all the mixed up UIs on OS X and unifying on Graphite, yet clearly they're still experimenting with lots of different styles.
I wonder if maybe they're trying to make Apple apps stand out from 3rd party apps, give themselves a bit of an edge.
I wonder if maybe they're trying to make Apple apps stand out from 3rd party apps, give themselves a bit of an edge.
No. The QuickTime Player is strictly a video player. Paying for QuickTime Pro allows you to enable the editing features of the QuickTime Player. Paying for the MPEG-2 Playback Component allows you to playback MPEG-2 content in the QuickTime Player. These are two separate fees for two separate functions that have nothing to do with each other.
Whilst I like the idea of the new minimal user interface, I have to say I do not like the new title bar that appears when you select it. I much prefer the matte bland version currently found in Quick Look, whereas this looks just a bit too shiny. Just my 2 cents tho. Looks good overall, esp if they expand the codecs as people have already said.
This is nice to see. I've alway felt QuickTime was lacking. I really hope they get rid of QuickTime Pro and that entire idea, the entire application and associated features should be standard. Sounds like it looks great!
The way this article is written, I think you're both wrong! Only dumbed down Pro features have been added; other features are not missing, so QTPro is no more necessary. Whether it's accurate I can't say, but that's how it reads, to me at least.
My 2¢ is that they're probably thinking that anyone serious about video should move to a proper Pro app, not use QuickTime Player; so we get basic export for free, but no more.
Bingo! Oh and be able to use it to convert movies to all those formats. That would be swell.
A screen shot tells us nothing. Perhaps a dialog box appears if you right click? How could you know be just seeing a screen shot?
I really do think they should split QT into two. Make one just a dumb media player and the other into the all purpose media swiss army knife. Wetter it is one or two apps is just superficial anyways. Other the GUI's skin it is all the same library functions where the work is done. That is not likely to change or lots of other apps get broken.
I really do think they should split QT into two. Make one just a dumb media player and the other into the all purpose media swiss army knife. Wetter it is one or two apps is just superficial anyways. Other the GUI's skin it is all the same library functions where the work is done. That is not likely to change or lots of other apps get broken.
I hoped they'd turn it in to the iTunes of videos. iTunes just does too much now - it sells Music, Applications, Movies, TV Shows, and serves as your video/audio podcast hub. It's too damn much!
I hoped they'd delegate the movies and tv shows portion to Quicktime. A new player and database manager, like iTunes, but with a UI optimised for video.
This seems rubbish. Just about better than quicklook. Why even have a standalone application that basic? Just open it with an inactive-enabled quicklook. What I dislike most is that they're removing the export functionality.
That said, things are early. Let's see how this evolves.
I hoped they'd delegate the movies and tv shows portion to Quicktime. A new player and database manager, like iTunes, but with a UI optimised for video.
This seems rubbish. Just about better than quicklook. Why even have a standalone application that basic? Just open it with an inactive-enabled quicklook. What I dislike most is that they're removing the export functionality.
That said, things are early. Let's see how this evolves.
I certainly hope people here realize this is still in alpha stage. Give Apple some time to make it what it's supposed to be. Some of you make it sound like this is the finished product.
I love it. All I need to see when I'm playing a video is the video, so what could be better than making the window exactly that - just the video!
It's pretty much the same, as far as I can tell. Some things work fine, but most things suck.
Maybe because they're radically changing the REST of the OS to match it and iTunes?
And we're just not seeing that because it's a preliminary build?
I don't really see what the problem is. There has to be some variety and they have to be able to test new ideas. If anything this looks like what we already have with quicklook or the full screen editing in some apps and is just being extended to quicktime.
Here Here! I thought Quicktime X was supposed to be a Cocoa rewrite of Quicktime that FINALLY brought it into the modern age. I mean the darn thing doesn't support pass-through to external receivers/decoders for 5.1 sound over a decade after DVDs were introduced for goodness sake!!! That is PATHETIC! It's bad enough that Apple's hardware offerings aren't keeping up with the rest of the PC world (SLI, Blu-Ray) and that their prices are getting completely out of line, but they cannot even properly support standards introduced in the 1990s in 2009....
Maybe because they're radically changing the REST of the OS to match it and iTunes?
And we're just not seeing that because it's a preliminary build?
I think you might be onto something there. I wouldn't be surprised if Snow Leopard defaults the final version of Safari 4 to going straight to the iTunes Store and adding a bunch of random junk to your cart and then telling you that you need to click checkout in order to register your new Mac.... Heck, AppleTV practically does that (completely centered around the iTunes store with half the features like search pertaining to their store and not your own media collection!)
Everything Apple does now is centered around the iTunes store and trying to sell you more crap. It would make sense for Apple to base OS X *ON* the iTunes store. I mean that 30% off the top of every develop's back would be pretty darn lucrative if they FORCED it on ALL SOFTWARE for the Mac platform too starting with Snow Leopard! Just imagine how Apple's profits would break all previous records yet again...well until people start jumping off the Titanic because Snow Leopard is a snow job (or is that Jobs?) heading for an iceberg.
Every indication is that Apple's pricing structures are going backwards in time (must be that Time Machine thingy) to the days of screwing over customers and charging prices only so-called Yuppies can afford even though their hardware is more off-the-shelf than ever. This iPhone/iPod success thing is clearly going to their heads. Jobz knows best!
AAC Encoding
I don't know much about audio encoding technology, so I have a little question:
I'm planning to put some of my CDs on iTunes at a higher bit rate, but should I wait until I get Snow Leopard? Does Quicktime X encode AAC with better quality or anything?
Thanks in advance.
I don't know much about audio encoding technology, so I have a little question:
I'm planning to put some of my CDs on iTunes at a higher bit rate, but should I wait until I get Snow Leopard? Does Quicktime X encode AAC with better quality or anything?
Thanks in advance.
this isn't exactly a rumor, Quicktime has been going under modifications on all SL beta releases so this isnt likely to be its final rendition. As long as they get rid of Quick Time Pro then i'll be happy.
the window/gui of it sort of resembles what DVD player is sort of like, pop up video controls and all that etc etc.
sometimes itd be nice to enable a feature so they "stick" or a always visible for whatever purpose but otherwise i think its sleek and pretty good navigational.
sometimes itd be nice to enable a feature so they "stick" or a always visible for whatever purpose but otherwise i think its sleek and pretty good navigational.