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I'm so happy QuickTime is finally gone for good. Hassling with it on Windows was always a big pain, with the versions being incompatible to one another. Also i
by runxel 5y ago
I'm so happy QuickTime is finally gone for good.
Hassling with it on Windows was always a big pain, with the versions being incompatible to one another. Also it left so much bloat and changed so many settings it looked like malware. But to be fair most of those crude media applications did that at this time. (Looking at you, Realplayer!)
Also you needed the browser (Internet Explorer) plugin, because HTML5 video wasn't a thing, but everyone wanted to display their media.
In a sidenote QuickTime also was part of other installers, too. One big CAD application needed QT on the system for displaying their help files (and I guess some media im-/export). It wouldn't even install without it. To make things worse, the installer itself – not the app, mind you – was in Java. To uninstall now you both need an old Java and an old QuickTime to be installed first...
- debug-desperado 5y agoI distinctly remember the QuickTime uninstaller had a checkmark option for “full uninstall” or similar that nuked my sound driver on Windows XP. Probably caused some missing DLL for the Sound Blaster card. The only way my high school self could fix it was full OS reinstall!
- ungamedplayer 5y agoYou just solved a mystery that has been knocking around in my mind for over a decade. Thank you.
- netsharc 5y agoAh geez, you remind me of the CD-ROM of "A Brief History of Time", which also used QuickTime videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXh3WHb_ktc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXh3WHb_ktc I wonder if I still have that CD somewhere in my basement, and if I could port it to a modern platform...