Feb 11

Apple Quicktime, not so PRO afterall

Author: winningpose
Category: 01100011, Flix, Off The Press, Other, Systems, Tunes

I was watching a video clip which happens to be in Quicktime format (.mov). I have to be honest and say Apple Quicktime is the worse piece of crap software there is. I will put the codec compression side of discussion alone and discuss the software side of Quicktime.

I wanted to watch this movie and download it on my hard drive. Not that big of a deal right? Wrong! The Quicktime plug-in requires me to be a “Pro” user to be able to download that video.

Quicktime: Pro users only

In order to be pro I had to buy the Pro version for $29.99. Heck no! Why are the Apple nazi’s making me pay for something I can download easily? I can easily go to my Firefox browser->File->Save Page As… This command will do exactly the same as the “PRO” feature that is in the Quicktime Plugin. Nice going, Apple!

Next woe: To watch Quicktime files, you need to download their “Quicktime Player”. Okay, that doesn’t sound so bad… BIG MISTAKE! The Quicktime Player download site bundles Apple iTunes in it! So if you download their player, they’ll automatically install iTunes in your system. Is this another method of spreading their iTune propaganda?
The download size of their software is a WHOPPING 34.8 MB!

If you are a poor soul who happens to install it, the software will steal your file extensions so when you open up your file, it’ll launch that instead of your older media program. I also have to mention that if you launch a .mov to watch it and you’re not a “PRO”, it’ll nag you every time to upgrade to “PRO”. This is nothing more than shareware.

In conclusion, I advise anyone if possible to avoid creating movies in Quicktime format. If you have Quicktime installed and would like to jump off the bandwagon, please uninstall it and install Quicktime alternative. It contains all you need to play mov files with less of the evil that is in Apple!


3 comments

3 Comments so far

  1. Jokerr February 12th, 2006 8:32 am

    On most pages you can also look at the source and find the file that is being streamed. This has worked for me in almost 90% of the little clips that I want to download. The other 10% are files that do multiple jumps to get the file and then encrypt it.

  2. rainman February 12th, 2006 5:14 pm

    I went through the same troubles with Quicktime and its bundled iTunes. I have zero desire to have iTunes on my computer, so I went in search of the older version (6.5.2) without iTunes. So long Quicktime, that alternative sounds so much more appealing!

  3. s1n February 12th, 2006 5:43 pm

    IIRC Winamp and XMMS should be able to play quicktime movies. Then again, what would I know. If I need to watch a movie, I use MPlayer.

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