- QuickTime Alternative
Infobox_Software
name = QuickTime Alternative
caption =
developer =KL Software
latest_release_version = 2.7.0
latest_release_date = release date and age|2008|09|10
operating_system = Windows
genre = videocodec bundle
license =
website = [http://www.codecguide.com/about_qt.htm Quicktime Alternative]QuickTime Alternative is a
codec package forMicrosoft Windows created by [http://codecguide.com/about_qt.htm Codec Guide] for playing.MOV files, otherwise only decodable usingApple Inc. 's proprietaryQuickTime software. To play .MOV files, QuickTime Alternative uses codecs taken from QuickTime 7, [cite web|url=http://codecguide.com/about_qt.htm|title=About QuickTime Alternative|date=2007-10-01] but is not a licensed Apple product.The differences between QuickTime Alternative and Apple Inc.'s QuickTime are their features, virtual size, and consumption of system resources. QuickTime Alternative is a smaller package because it lacks the non-essential additions present in Apple's QuickTime, those being features not vital to playing .MOV files and streaming QuickTime media. In addition, QuickTime Alternative does not run background processes as its counterpart does, allowing it to require less system resources to operate.
Because it is trimmer than Apple's version, QuickTime Alternative is marketed to users who do not use QuickTime's added features and or want a more efficient method of playing QuickTime content.
QuickTime Alternative is downloadable in a bundle with
Media Player Classic and the QuickTimeweb browser plugin or without Media Player Classic, under the brand QT Lite, from [http://codecguide.com/about_qt.htm Codec Guide] .History
On June 9, 2007, a new page was created with instructions on how to install and configure the official QuickTime player for minimum intrusion and maximum quality. [ [http://www.codecguide.com/quicktime_installation.htm QuickTime Installation Guide] , codecguide.com]
On June 28, 2007, an alternative package called
QT Lite was introduced. The only obvious difference between it and QuickTime Alternative is the omission of Media Player Classic.On September 14, 2007, a new version (1.90) of QuickTime Alternative was released, this time without any Pro functionality. Another change was the removal of DirectShow filters that were included in prior versions. This may have been done under pressure from Microsoft and/or Apple.
ee also
*
Real Alternative
*QT Lite References
External links
* [http://codecguide.com/about_qt.htm Official Website]
* [http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/quicktime_alternative_qt6.cfm QT6 -based version of QuickTime Alternative] - Last version that works on Win98/ME
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