QuickTime 7 for Windows Public Preview

Antony · Last edited by Antony on 21 Jul, 2005 9:19 pm; edited once(1)

Apple has released public preview of QuickTime 7 for Windows

The latest version of the world's most advanced digital media technology. Download the public preview to get a first look at the exciting new features in QuickTime 7 for Windows.

H.264 video playback. Watch movies created with this state-of-the-art, standards-based codec, which delivers exceptional-quality video.
Surround sound. With QuickTime 7, your PC, and surround speakers, you can enjoy the full effect of your surround sound game or movie.
New and improved playback controls. Easily change settings including jog shuttle, playback speed, bass, treble, and balance.
Zero-configuration streaming. QuickTime automatically determines your optimal Internet connection speed and reconnects dropped connections.
Live resize. Playback continues smoothly as you change the size of the QuickTime Player window

Create H.264 video. Create incredible-looking video for any use, from 3G for mobile devices to HD.
Create surround audio. Create a rich multimedia experience by adding multichannel audio to your movie.
Floating controls. Easily access functions like pause, play, fast-forward, and rewind while watching full-screen movies.
Background exporting. Export your movie in the background and continue with your next playback or editing task.
Improved movie authoring. The all-new Movie Properties facilitates simple and efficient movie authoring.
Automate with VB Script. Automate your QuickTime workflow with native VB Script support in QuickTime 7. Developers can also use VB Script to access the new QuickTime Active X control for creating custom multimedia applications.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/preview/

Minimum System Requirements
233 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, Windows 2000 or XP

Recommended System Configuration
For viewing 640x480 standard definition (SD) H.264 video:
1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or faster, 256 MB of RAM, 64 MB or greater video card, Windows 2000 or XP

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4745

This is what I've been waiting for, but just one darn minute!!

Al · Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Posts: 1696

Wait, Windows 98 is not supported? I was really hoping for QuickTime 7 on my PC

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4745

It appears that this is 'Version 7.0.2.38', I was not aware that 7.0.2 had been released yet.

It appears that this version does not include iTunes either.

The interface hasn't changed much since QT6, and still looks out-of-place among Luna/Royale. It looks a lot more fitting, though, with the Longhorn 5048 theme.

Pro features are now marked by 'PRO':

This version works through RealPlayer 10's shell as well.

I did notice something wierd with the video quality, though. On most (but not all) movies, I get a lot of distortion, that kind of looks like a videotape recording.

There is now an icon set that includes 48x48 icons, for if you use either the Tiles or Thumbnails/Filmstrip options within Windows Explorer. They've also fixed a transparency issue with the taskbar icon, which eliminates a grey surrounding to the QuickTime logo that should have been a shadow.

Meanwhile, PictureViewer still hasn't changed much since version 2 for the Windows 3.1 QuickTime.

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Antony · *06 Jun, 2005 7:30 pm*

If you are not into the stunning H.264, you don't need that high end machines.

H.264 playback in Mac also requires much powerful machines.

I have a few H.264 movies to share Smile

Antony Desktop in Action, part 4

and the new

Antony Desktop in Action, part 3 take 2

Enjoy the H.264.

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4745

Actually, those two videos look perfect on this machine, absolutely no compression cubes, no blurriness, you get the picture.

And to let everyone know, it works at 1.4GHz.

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Mandrake · Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 3882

But that's with the High Definition video you need a 1.8Ghz processor Razz

Normal movies shouldn't require that level of hardware.

Here's the QuickTime 7 preview running on XP Pro:

This morning I watched part of the WWDC 2005 with Quicktime 6.5.2, then when Steve Jobs mentioned a QT7 preview for Windows, I went and installed it and then resumed watching the WWDC. The quality increase of the stream was immense, thanks to that new H.264 codec they're using. This is one excellent piece of software, even in it's beta stages on Windows. Smile

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Antony · *07 Jun, 2005 1:25 am*

Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4745

Interesting glitch in QT7 I've just found, playing Antony's QuickTime codec comparison. Try resizing a playing H.264 movie larger, works fine. Make it smaller, and it will continue to play fine, but with this border of the video until you un-click:

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Antony · *07 Jun, 2005 9:29 pm*

Antony · *08 Jun, 2005 3:27 am*

Antony · *09 Jun, 2005 9:14 am*

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Not knowing, exactly, what to do, I installed QT7 in a separate directory, and was asked to select file types. I did not add anything new, because I consider QT6.x as a necessary evil to use iTunes. I just added sreaming movies in the file types. When I selected a movie trailer, the choice of iTunes or not came up in Firefox. And, after selecting that I had iTunes, the trailers look better than I ever saw them before. I am not sure what iTunes4.8 uses, but whatever it is, I don't seem to have any problem.
I have not gone into anything else, but I may get more interested in QT, after this initial experience.

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Antony · *09 Jun, 2005 6:45 pm*

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