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QuickTime 7 available

Postby Antony » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 2:35 pm

QuickTime 7 is now available to users of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", and free downloads for Mac OS X 10.3.9 "Panther" users. (Windows version coming shortly.)

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    Major new features in QuickTime 7:
  • H.264 video. Ultra efficient new codec delivering stunning quality at remarkably low data rates from 3G to iChat AV to HD.
    Mutlchannel audio play back. Experience full, surround sound audio play back with QuickTime 7 Player.
  • Live resize. With QuickTime 7 you get clear, fluid playback even as you change the size of your player window.
    New playback capabilities. Adjust plyabck settings as you would on a DVD player or VCR with the new jog shuttle and playback speed control panel.
  • Zero config streaming. QuickTime 7 delivers an effortless streaming experience by automatically determining your connection speed to ensure you get the highest-quality content stream possible. If you lose your connection to a stream, QuickTime 7 even reconnects for you.


For more detail and download your free QuickTime 7 Player, please go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/
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Postby DJGM » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 3:46 pm

QuickTime Player 7 just appeared as an available update in the Software Update app on this install
of Mac OS X 10.3.9 on my beige Power Macintosh G3 tower system. so I'm downloading it now.

(I'm surprised Apple didn't take the opportunity to release a v5.0 for iTunes as well . . . )
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Download of Quicktime 7

Postby EddiePaxil » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 6:02 pm

Anyone else with OSX 10.3.9 have trouble with this download. It just kind of froze my Quicktime app and ITunes. Luckily I'll be re-installing Panther while switching Hard Drives (Thanks for the advice Anthony), but I'd like to download it after that too. Just wondering if anyone else ran into a glitch.
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Re: Download of Quicktime 7

Postby Antony » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 8:07 pm

EddiePaxil wrote:Anyone else with OSX 10.3.9 have trouble with this download. It just kind of froze my Quicktime app and ITunes. Luckily I'll be re-installing Panther while switching Hard Drives (Thanks for the advice Anthony), but I'd like to download it after that too. Just wondering if anyone else ran into a glitch.
I would suggest you download from the website, download the standalone installer, so you can quickly reinstall it in the future.
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Postby Antony » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 9:06 pm

And now, the best quality online movie you can get, featuring industry's new standard H.264 which is supported natively by QuickTime 7...

QuickTime HD Gallery
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/
(in HD format)
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Postby Antony » Sun 01 May, 2005 10:18 am

Here is a SillyDog701 showcase of the incredible H.264 video compression technology in the MPEG-4 standard. H.264 is also known as MPEG-4 Part 10. H.264 can match the best possible MPEG-2 quality at up to half the data rate.

The following Antony Desktop in Action, part 4 is encoded in H.264 codec.
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(You will need QuickTime 7 Player to play the movie. 905KB)

The same movie is also encoded in a popular format for non-QuickTime 7 users. The file size is 1.38MB. Please see [sdp=56394]this post[/sdp] for more detail.
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Postby Antony » Mon 02 May, 2005 11:52 am

More on the QuickTime codec video comparison, please take a look at QuickTime codec comparison page.
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