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Gordon Bennett · 08-21-2006, 12:11 PM

VLC is a very nice player. Handles just about everything.

I'm a bit disappointed that Apple still haven't fixed that Quicktime problem. I went through many minor forms of hell due to games that installed Quicktime for Windows 1 as part of the normal installation, when I already had Quicktime 2 installed.

By the time 3 came out I'd already learned to be very cautious about installing anything. At least by then there was a separate installer. I have often fancied that Quicktime for Windows was a form of sabotage in order to frustrate users into buying Macintoshes. At least until OSX came out, which my experience suggests may have been an attempt to sabotage the Mac platform in the same way.

I have noticed that 16 bit and 32 bit versions of Quicktime seem to be able to live happily side by side on the same hard drive, however. Either that, or I was just lucky.

08-21-2006, 12:11 PM	#6
Gordon Bennett Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 357	VLC is a very nice player. Handles just about everything. I'm a bit disappointed that Apple still haven't fixed that Quicktime problem. I went through many minor forms of hell due to games that installed Quicktime for Windows 1 as part of the normal installation, when I already had Quicktime 2 installed. By the time 3 came out I'd already learned to be very cautious about installing anything. At least by then there was a separate installer. I have often fancied that Quicktime for Windows was a form of sabotage in order to frustrate users into buying Macintoshes. At least until OSX came out, which my experience suggests may have been an attempt to sabotage the Mac platform in the same way. I have noticed that 16 bit and 32 bit versions of Quicktime seem to be able to live happily side by side on the same hard drive, however. Either that, or I was just lucky.