gHacks technology news » quicktime http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Install iTunes Without Unnecessary Software http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/10/install-itunes-without-unnecessary-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/10/install-itunes-without-unnecessary-software/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:55 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=16191 itunesApple has just released iTunes 9 and the web is full of reviews that compare the new version to previous ones and outline the changes and new additions that Apple has packed into the new version of their popular music management software. The new version does not offer that many new features but most users would probably like to update their old version of iTunes anyway. Something that has not changed is the inclusion of many additional software programs and services that many users consider unnecessary. These software programs include the Bonjour service, Apple Quicktime, MobileMe support or the iTunesHelper and iPodService startup processes.

Ajua has updated the iTunes switchless installer which will install iTunes without this unnecessary software. The user needs to install Quicktime Alternative (or Apple Quicktime) separately before this modified version of iTunes can be installed. The functionality remains the same for most users. Only those that require the Bonjour service (is there any Windows user who does?) or MobileMe support obviously need to install the official version provided by Apple.

The latest iTunes switchless installer can be downloaded from the developer’s website. It is available in English and a multi-language version. The switchless installer was tested with Apple Quicktime installed. Some users reported that Quicktime Alternative 2.9.2. caused problems during installation which might mean that the software needs to be updated to be compatible with iTunes 9.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/10/install-itunes-without-unnecessary-software/feed/ 8 Install iTunes Without Quicktime And Bonjour http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/04/install-itunes-without-quicktime-and-bonjour/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/04/install-itunes-without-quicktime-and-bonjour/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:28:04 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/04/install-itunes-without-quicktime-and-bonjour/ Apple’s iTunes software will only install and run if additional Apple products are installed on the computer system as well. This includes Apple Quicktime and Bonjour. A user installing iTunes will notice that the installer will also install Quicktime and Bonjour on the host system with no obvious option to opt out of their installation.

There is however a way to install iTunes without Apple Quicktime, Bonjour, MobileMe support and iTuneshelper process running at startup. This can be achieved with a custom installer that can be downloaded from the Custom Installers page which contains installers for the English and multi-language versions of iTunes 8.0.2.20 and 8.1.0.52. The only requirement other than running the installer to install iTunes is an installation of Quicktime Alternative and the Quicktime Alternative iTunes add-on which makes the program compatible with iTunes 8.

The correct sequence for installing iTunes without Quicktime and Bonjour would be therefore to install Quicktime Alternative, then the Quicktime Alternative plugin and finally iTunes using the custom installer. The custom installer will skip the installation of aforementioned programs and services. This is great news for users who do not want to have those programs running in the background or those who prefer to run the Quicktime Alternative program instead of the original.

The iTunes customer installer is only available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It comes as a msi file that allows a silent installation with the switches /qb /norestart.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/04/install-itunes-without-quicktime-and-bonjour/feed/ 16 SMPlayer 0.5.51 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/08/smplayer-0551/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/08/smplayer-0551/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:24:14 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/08/smplayer-0551/ A new version of the – in my opinion – best media player SMPlayer has been released and can be downloaded from the website of the developers at Sourceforge. SMPlayer is a Mplayer frontend that plays most video codecs out of the box which means that you do not have to install codecs to play the majority of video – and audio – formats. It does play for instance Apple Quicktime .mov videos without the need to install Quicktime at all.

SMPlayer is available for Windows and Linux in various languages including English and Spanish for instance. The download has a size of about 11 Megabytes which is not that much if you consider that you do not have to install additional codecs. All the usual features are supported as well including subtitle support, DVD / SVCD / VCD playback, audio track switching, video equalizers, fast forward, slow motion and lots of preferences.

It is for instance possible to use video playback without hardware acceleration to capture screenshots from the movie.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/08/smplayer-0551/feed/ 17 Save Quicktime Movies from Apple Trailers http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/31/save-quicktime-movies-from-apple-trailers/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/31/save-quicktime-movies-from-apple-trailers/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:33:23 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/31/save-quicktime-movies-from-apple-trailers/ I do not like Quicktime that much. I hate to use additional clients next to VLC to be able to view certain movies on websites. I also do not like the fact that you can’t save movies easily if you do not use Quicktime Pro. I discovered a method that makes it possible to save movies from the Apple Trailer website to your local drive and watch them in your favorite movie player afterwards. I use VLC for this purpose but Quicktime Alternative for instance should be fine as well.

I’m going to explain the method using an example. I’m really looking forward to seeing the movie 300 which will come out in march. A new trailer for that movie was released a few days ago and I want to download it to my computer to be able to watch it again without re-downloading it. The first step would be to visit the apple movie trailers website.

Click on the link to the movie 300. The main page of the movie shows up where you can select the resolution of the trailer that you want to view. Right-click and select view page source. Find either 480, 720 or 1080. Skip the first and copy the second url that you find.

480 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_480p.mov
720 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_720p.mov
1080 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_1080p.mov

Add the letter h before the resolution, it would like this

480 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_h480p.mov
720 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_h720p.mov
1080 – http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/300/300-tlr1_h1080p.mov

This is the direct link to the movie. You could use a download manager to download it or save the page once the movie has been completely loaded.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/31/save-quicktime-movies-from-apple-trailers/feed/ 16 New Versions of Real and Quicktime Alternative http://www.ghacks.net/2006/08/18/new-versions-of-real-and-quicktime-alternative/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/08/18/new-versions-of-real-and-quicktime-alternative/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:26:56 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/08/18/new-versions-of-real-and-quicktime-alternative/ Apple Quicktime and Realmedias Realplayer are typical heavyweight programs that install themselves in ways that could influence the speed of your system. Both add parts of their suit to be run at system startup and load slowly nevertheless. It is also great if you distrust big companies and are looking for freeware alternatives to those big media suits.

Real Alternative is able to play all media files that the Real Player is able to play including streaming content and content on websites. Quicktime Alternative has the same functionality as Apples Quicktime software as well. What makes both alternatives great is that they do not have background processes running and that there is no advertisement, no registration or other annonying things going on.

Both players tend to use lower ressources than the original players which is great if you are using a computer that is not running on the latest hardware. I suggest to uninstall the original players and install the alternative versions because of those reasons. Quicktime Alternative is also working with iTunes if you install those tools in a certain order. First Quicktime Alternative, then iTunes + Quicktime, uninstall Quicktime, install Quicktime Alternative.

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