No more Quicktime without iTunes?

[grrl]

I just downloaded QuickTime 7.1 Stand Alone. Upon install there was some text about giving you the option to set up iTunes. That option never appeared it installed iTunes. I tried three times to uninstall it, but the folders and files remained on my computer.

Every site I've seen says the Stand Alone doesn't include iTunes, yet the 6.x version without is 12 megs versus the new version at 21 megs. Has anyone else had this problem and am I right that there seems to be no QuickTime only download?

 

[Slick5150]

Quicktime Alternative

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

That's what I'm thinking of doing now.

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

:thumbsup:

I've been using it for a while now; a nice alternative to Apple's bloatware, considering the only thing most of us here at AT are interested in is the codec, not the player or iTunes.

 

[Kriz]

Isn't Quicktime Alternative illegal?

 

[magomago]

why would implementing a codec through another means be illegal? Does that mean that any *nix machine playing a quicktime video is doing it through illegal means since apple never released quicktime?

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: grrl
I just downloaded QuickTime 7.1 Stand Alone. Upon install there was some text about giving you the option to set up iTunes. That option never appeared it installed iTunes. I tried three times to uninstall it, but the folders and files remained on my computer.

Every site I've seen says the Stand Alone doesn't include iTunes, yet the 6.x version without is 12 megs versus the new version at 21 megs. Has anyone else had this problem and am I right that there seems to be no QuickTime only download?

seems odd. the qt 7.1 with itunes is ~36MB. I installed the qt 7 standalone at work and it was fine (nothing about itunes was installed)

 

[VIAN]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

thanx.

I really dislike apple and how selfish they are with this stuff. I have an Ipod - a machine that's not bug free; and it seems like it only supports the MP3 format out of necessity - for calling it an MP3 player; or else they'd called it an AAC player. I hate that I have to use itunes. I just hate this thing, should've gone with creative.

 

[Skitzer]

Quicktime without iTunes

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

ding ding ding

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: Kriz
Isn't Quicktime Alternative illegal?

how do you figure?

 

[archcommus]

How about iTunes without QuickTime? That's what I'm interested in.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: archcommus
How about iTunes without QuickTime? That's what I'm interested in.

I'm fairly certain that iTunes depends on some of QuickTime's libraries in order to work.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: archcommus
How about iTunes without QuickTime? That's what I'm interested in.

I'm fairly certain that iTunes depends on some of QuickTime's libraries in order to work.

I don't know...I installed the package and then uninstalled QuickTime and iTunes still worked fine.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: grrl
I just downloaded QuickTime 7.1 Stand Alone. Upon install there was some text about giving you the option to set up iTunes. That option never appeared it installed iTunes. I tried three times to uninstall it, but the folders and files remained on my computer.

Every site I've seen says the Stand Alone doesn't include iTunes, yet the 6.x version without is 12 megs versus the new version at 21 megs. Has anyone else had this problem and am I right that there seems to be no QuickTime only download?

seems odd. the qt 7.1 with itunes is ~36MB. I installed the qt 7 standalone at work and it was fine (nothing about itunes was installed)

I just noticed that, but after the Stand Alone install there were brand new iTunes files on my computer. I can't remember if iTunes was on the computer from an earlier install and it automatically updated it. But even so, I couldn't uninstall it later.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: VIAN

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

thanx.

I really dislike apple and how selfish they are with this stuff. I have an Ipod - a machine that's not bug free; and it seems like it only supports the MP3 format out of necessity - for calling it an MP3 player; or else they'd called it an AAC player. I hate that I have to use itunes. I just hate this thing, should've gone with creative.

i'm fairly sure there are alternatives to itunes, altho aac is better anyway.

ephpod

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: magomago
why would implementing a codec through another means be illegal? Does that mean that any *nix machine playing a quicktime video is doing it through illegal means since apple never released quicktime?

quite possibly yes, but they probably don't care enough to do much about it until they release a *nix version of quicktime.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: VIAN

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Quicktime Alternative

thanx.

I really dislike apple and how selfish they are with this stuff. I have an Ipod - a machine that's not bug free; and it seems like it only supports the MP3 format out of necessity - for calling it an MP3 player; or else they'd called it an AAC player. I hate that I have to use itunes. I just hate this thing, should've gone with creative.

i'm fairly sure there are alternatives to itunes, altho aac is better anyway.

ephpod

yup and keep yamipod self contained exes on the ipod, for linux/osx/xp for universal access

as for quicktime, i installed the normal itunes and quicktime alternative so i dunno whats goin on heh, but i use media player classic to play quick time files and it works fine.

 

[Navid]