Quicktime

[netnomad312]

I don't really visit any sites or do anything that requires Quicktime, so I didn't have it until this morning. My brother wanted to install some stupid program (which happened to be over 300MB in size, but that's not the issue) that used Quicktime... although for what purpose I haven't a clue, as it seemed not to access the internet at all. Then again, it has one of those new "text-to-voice" things where you type something and it's spoken... maybe that's what Quicktime does.

At any rate, I think Quicktime is screwing with the computer. Most importantly, with Doom and Doom Connector. Every time my brother used his program, I found that I couldn't start Doom Connector. I got the "no remote configuration" message. So I restarted the computer and everything worked fine (my OS is Win98). Then later, more problems occurred. DC was running VERY slowly, taking at least 10 seconds to switch rooms, join games, etc... as if I were downloading something, which I wasn't. In-game there was no lag, but there was also no sound.

I restarted, again, and this time I got a message saying it could no longer find my mouse. Now, I have an optical mouse connected to a USB port... but obviously it wouldn't see that by default. It was as if the drivers suddenly disappeared). I connected a second (PS/2) mouse and restarted, and now both mice work. Weird. But I still can't use Doom Connector and it's starting to piss me off.

So, I thought I'd ask here since someone here probably knows more about Quicktime than I do (basically nothing). Is there any way Quicktime could be causing these problems? Because I'd love an excuse to uninstall it and my brother's stupid program all at once...

[insertwackynamehere]

I have Quicktime installed, as it runs most movie files well, and is often needed for embedded content in websites. I highly dought it's messing with your system. Maybe it's a compatibilty issue, or an older version. It's made by Apple Computers (although they have a windows version) so check on the Apple website, for the latest stable version for Windows, assuming your system supports it (check for sys requirements). Also, what was the program your brother installed, could it be that? Or maybe it's a coincedence. Try unistalling it and reinstalling one from Apple's site like I said before, as 3rd party distributors may be untrustworthy.

[Fletcher`]

You know, that happened to me when I installed a bad scanner card. It royally fucked the system registry over. I had to reinstall windows 4 times to get it to work.

[netnomad312]

insertwackynamehere said:

I have Quicktime installed, as it runs most movie files well, and is often needed for embedded content in websites. I highly dought it's messing with your system. Maybe it's a compatibilty issue, or an older version. It's made by Apple Computers (although they have a windows version) so check on the Apple website, for the latest stable version for Windows, assuming your system supports it (check for sys requirements). Also, what was the program your brother installed, could it be that? Or maybe it's a coincedence. Try unistalling it and reinstalling one from Apple's site like I said before, as 3rd party distributors may be untrustworthy.

It's some stupid little kids drawing program. Kid Pix or something. It's basically a glorified graphics editor that can apparantly also do animation and, as I said before, voice. But for some reason it needs Quicktime. Quicktime 4 came on that CD, and that's what I installed. I tried downloading Quicktime 6... 6 point something, but it couldn't connect so I just installed verison 4.

[insertwackynamehere]

Kid Pix? That's your problem, most likely. I used to use it when I was younger, and it was fun and all, but real buggy, and managed to freeze my comp a lot. Finally, my brother got the new one, and me and my dad felt, all those bugs must have been fixed, I mean we were using 1995's version last time, the new one's probably better. It's still buggy. Good program, but buggy and prone to crashing.

[Lord FlatHead]

netnomad312 said:

I tried downloading Quicktime 6... 6 point something, but it couldn't connect so I just installed verison 4.

You can download a stand-alone installer from Apple's site, too.

[deathbringer]

quicktime and realplayer=bugged, slow, crash-a-riffic, nag-screening shit, which is unfortunatley nessicary if you want to do things on the internet...

[Sephiroth]

i never have a reason to use quicktime. realplayer always screws up system, i have never liked it.
kid pix is most likly the problem. maybe spyware was installed with it. i dont think quick time has spyware though

[Lord FlatHead]

I like Quicktime, mainly for the high-quality movie trailers available here. I honestly can't recall a single time when Quicktime fucked anything up - something I can't say about Windows Media Player or, god forbid, Realplayer.

For high-quality streaming video over a broadband connection, Quicktime > all.

[insertwackynamehere]

Yeah, Realplayer is a no-no.

[deathbringer]

The old windows media player was good, ie when it had a 'save as...' function and no "intergrated internet auto-update" shit, it can still be found installed on newer versions of windows as mplayer2.exe in the windows media player folder, just set it to be your default one and you'll have no troubles..and you'll be able to save those porn clips too

[Rellik]

Quicktime and Real media are the fucking devil. There's a program out there called Real Alternative that's great for playing real media. I'm not sure if there's a replacement for quicktimes player.

[insertwackynamehere]

I like Quicktime, personally. I use it not only for embedded stuff, but for other things. It's never given me a hard time, and it's the free version, even.

[toxicfluff]

Rellik said:

Quicktime and Real media are the fucking devil. There's a program out there called Real Alternative that's great for playing real media. I'm not sure if there's a replacement for quicktimes player.

Damn right; I swear by the Real and quicktime alternatives. No goddamn bloated software sitting around.

[Infinite Ammunition]

I prefer to use Shit-Talker for my text-to-speech needs.

On a side note Realplayer blows.

[netnomad312]

Ah, the old Windows Media Player is the best, for sure... none of that flashy graphics bullshit they have now, plus an unnecessarily huge window when all I play is MIDIs and a few MP3s. Heh.