On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Tom wrote:
> But at least in my case, since I use the "pro" features of QT Do you mean Quicktime, or the Quicktime player application? > all the > time in video editing, it would be a considerable handicap not to have > them (which no doubt is why Final Cut activates them). Final Cut comes with a license for Quicktime Pro. That's all. FCP doesn't NEED to use QTPro to utilize those features, they're all built into the QT libraries. > In fact, > anybody doing serious video editing would probably miss those > features--otherwise, Apple would be so successful charging extra money > for them. Any application written to use the Quicktime libraries, the programming API exposing the quicktime tools, can use any feature offered as a 'Quicktime Pro' feature. > > > For example, I could not have installed this excellent Perian plug-in > to QuickTime if it was not the "pro" version. That's completely false. What you wouldn't be able to do is use the Quicktime player application to save movies, but you don't need QTPro to use Perian. I think we're dealing with some terminology confusion issues: Quicktime: A set of programming libraries and API's that Apple uses for cross-platform multimedia playback, conversion and editing. Quicktime Player: A demonstration/utility application that Apple has made to use the Quicktime libraries. Quicktime Pro: a serial-number-based unlocking of additional features in Quicktime Player, see above. That's ALL that QTPro is or ever has been. In fact, if you have access to the old MacAddict disks, and can get a copy of the Quicktime 5 player, if you run that in Classic, you'll find that it sees all the 'Pro' features of the newer quicktime libraries, at least the ones installable under OS 9. (which is a pretty staggering concept, that older versions of the software are future compatible with newer codecs!) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
