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The next versions, 2.1 and 2.5, reverted to the previous model of giving QuickTime away for free.

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It added support for music tracks, which contained the equivalent of MIDI data and which could drive a sound-synthesis engine built into QuickTime itself (using sounds licensed from Roland), or any external MIDI-compatible hardware, thereby producing sounds using only small amounts of movie data.

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Version 1.6.2 first incorporated the 'QuickTime PowerPlug' which replaced some components with PowerPC-native code when running on PowerPC Macs.Īpple released QuickTime 2.0 for Mac OS in February 1994 - the only version never released for free. QuickTime 1.6.x came out the following year.

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Version 1.0 of QuickTime for Windows provided only a subset of the full QuickTime API, including only movie-playback functions driven through the standard movie controller. In an effort to increase the adoption of QuickTime, Apple contracted an outside company, San Francisco Canyon Company, to port QuickTime to the Windows platform. It also added text tracks, which allowed for things like captioning, lyrics etc at very little addition to the size of a movie. This added the SuperMac-developed Cinepak vector-quantization video codec (initially known as Compact Video), which managed the unheard-of feat of playing back video at 320*240 resolution at 30 frames per second on a 25MHz 68040 CPU.

the Graphics codec, optimized for 8-bit-per-pixel images, including ones which had undergone ditheringĪpple released QuickTime 1.5 for Mac OS in the latter part of 1992.

the Animation codec, which used simple run-length compression and better suited cartoon-type images with large areas of flat color.

the Apple Video codec (also known as 'Road Pizza'), suited to normal live-action video.

That first version of QuickTime laid down the basic architecture which survives essentially unchanged today, including multiple movie tracks, extensible media type support, an open-ended file format, and a full complement of editing functions. Microsoft's competing technology - Video for Windows - did not appear until November 1992. The lead developer of QuickTime, Bruce Leak, ran the first public demonstration at the May 1991 Worldwide Developers Conference, where he played Apple's famous 1984 TV commercial on a Mac, at the time an astounding technological breakthrough. These kits allow people to develop their own software to manipulate QuickTime and other media filesĪpple released the first version of QuickTime on Decemas a multimedia add-on for System 7.

software development kits available for the Macintosh and Windows platforms.

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a media player which Apple makes available for free download on its website and bundles with each of its computers.

the QuickTime video file format itself - openly documented and available for anyone to use royalty-free.

If you are a QuickTime 6 Pro user, see this article: before proceeding with this installation.The QuickTime technology has three major components: Installing QuickTime 7 or later will disable the QuickTime Pro functionality in prior versions of QuickTime, such as QuickTime 6. If installed on other versions of Windows, it may not offer full functionality. QuickTime 7 is for use with Windows Vista or Windows 7. If you still need this legacy plug-in, you can add it back using the custom setup option in the installer.

The QuickTime web browser plug-in is no longer installed by default and is removed if you have a previous version of QuickTime on your PC. For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website. QuickTime 7.7.9 contains security updates and is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users on Windows. If you no longer need QuickTime 7 on your PC, follow the instructions for uninstalling QuickTime 7 for Windows. All current Windows web browsers support video without the need for browser plug-ins. New versions of Windows since 2009 have included support for the key media formats, such as H.264 and AAC, that QuickTime 7 enabled. Important: QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple.

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