nvidia ForceWare 162.18 + Quicktime 7.2 = Crash! :-(

[thetxstang]

I've noticed that in the last three days or so, whenever I attempt to play any QuickTime video from within a browser (either IE 7 or FF 2.0.0.6), the browser instantly crashes. After practically pulling my hair out trying to determine what was wrong, I ultimately realized the only change I'd made recently was the installation of nvidia's newest ForceWare 162.18 driver software for my GeForce FX 5500.

I hopped on over to Google to do a quick search, and sure enough, it seems there have been a few reported cases of this very problem. Evidently nvidia's newest driver and Apple's latest version of QuickTime (v.7.2) don't play well with one another. What's interesting, again, is that the crashes only occur when viewing the QuickTime files from within a browser. Evidently, once you roll back your ForceWare software to 94.24 or earlier, the problem disappears completely.

Would someone with QuickTime 7.2 and nvidia ForceWare 162.18 try to verify the problem on their system and report back? I'd sure appreciate it!

 

[Modelworks]

I'm not having any issues with quicktime 7.2, forceware 162.18, firefox 2.0.0.6 using a 7900gtx card, winxp
Just played back some trailers from quake con.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23295.html?type=mov
thats the link I just viewed without issue

 

[dealmaster00]

Originally posted by: thetxstang
I've noticed that in the last three days or so, whenever I attempt to play any QuickTime video from within a browser (either IE 7 or FF 2.0.0.6), the browser instantly crashes. After practically pulling my hair out trying to determine what was wrong, I ultimately realized the only change I'd made recently was the installation of nvidia's newest ForceWare 162.18 driver software for my GeForce FX 5500.

I hopped on over to Google to do a quick search, and sure enough, it seems there have been a few reported cases of this very problem. Evidently nvidia's newest driver and Apple's latest version of QuickTime (v.7.2) don't play well with one another. What's interesting, again, is that the crashes only occur when viewing the QuickTime files from within a browser. Evidently, once you roll back your ForceWare software to 94.24 or earlier, the problem disappears completely.

Would someone with QuickTime 7.2 and nvidia ForceWare 162.18 try to verify the problem on their system and report back? I'd sure appreciate it!

You using IE or FF?

 

[thetxstang]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
I'm not having any issues with quicktime 7.2, forceware 162.18, firefox 2.0.0.6 using a 7900gtx card, winxp
Just played back some trailers from quake con.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23295.html?type=mov
thats the link I just viewed without issue

I appreciate your report. Can anyone else confirm?

 

[6205]

I must confirm that there is some bug in ForceWare 162.18. I was not able to play Apple QuickTime trailers and new iMac add from apple.com after i upgraded to FW 162.18 So i made clean format C: and reinstaled Windows because i thought that my system was somehow broken but it did not helped.So i uninstalled FW 162.18 (+reboot) and installed FW version 94.24 and now everything works without problems...