dadyassa Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 When I try to watch artists film link and also some others, I get a popup saying a quicktime plugin is missing. Do you want to download the plugin ?. When i aswer yes it tries to download ipod . exe 35mb, some plugin, considering I already have quicktime installed.What has the ipod software got to do with watching the film clip ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Apple have added ipod software to the quicktime software and you appear to have no choice except to load it with Quicktime. Damn nuisance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Especially when quicktime is 9.48mb and ipod bit is 35mb. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Following a suggestion from pops, I uninstalled Quicktime and downloaded Quicktime Alternative. It is a very small download, and is NOT intrusive and I never have ANY bother playing Arists or anyone elses Quicktime links. Quicktime Alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 But anyway, iTunes can be uninstalled easily from Add/Remove programs without losing QT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 But anyway, iTunes can be uninstalled easily from Add/Remove programs without losing QT.It would probably take out the plugin again ?I will take out Quicktime and use andsomes link.Following a suggestion from pops, I uninstalled Quicktime and downloaded Quicktime Alternative. It is a very small download, and is NOT intrusive and I never have ANY bother playing Arists or anyone elses Quicktime links. Quicktime AlternativeCheers andsome and pops, I will give it a try ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 But anyway, iTunes can be uninstalled easily from Add/Remove programs without losing QT.It would probably take out the plugin again ?I will take out Quicktime and use andsomes link.Following a suggestion from pops, I uninstalled Quicktime and downloaded Quicktime Alternative. It is a very small download, and is NOT intrusive and I never have ANY bother playing Arists or anyone elses Quicktime links. Quicktime AlternativeCheers andsome and pops, I will give it a try ;)Also on Google you willfind Real Player alternative. You can then get rid of yet another intrusive bloated program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Never used realplayer ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 But anyway, iTunes can be uninstalled easily from Add/Remove programs without losing QT.Which is what I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Following a suggestion from pops, I uninstalled Quicktime and downloaded Quicktime Alternative. It is a very small download, and is NOT intrusive and I never have ANY bother playing Arists or anyone elses Quicktime links. Quicktime AlternativeCheers andsome and pops, I will give it a try ;)I hadn't seen that before. I have followed the link and downloaded it and I appreciate the info.Cheers and thanks.Thos. :flowers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I do agree with andsome's suggestion, i have been using that software for the last 4 years or so, with out any problems, until yesterday, i wanted to play a sneak preview of a film that is coming out soon, and it would not play until i downloaded the latest Quick Time :(OK i am not one for watching movie previews that often, so i can uninstall Quick Time if i wish, which i will probably do once it starts to annoy me. which it always has done in the past.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I use the Quicktime Alternative too, I never liked the way the Quicktime plugin insisted on running at start up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I have just unloaded it as I dont use it much and its a waste of space, nearly twice as big as Nero 6 ultra edition :0 :0 just to watch a clip now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 You know I'm suprised by the comments in this thread about Quicktime and Realplayer Alternatives and of course you're free to use whatever software you wish. But have any of you considered that you don't understand the software that you are using?Realplayer [the proper one] is easily manageable.Quicktime can be stopped from automatically starting....And there is a...Apple - QuickTime - Download - Standalone QuickTime Player Which itself is 20MB but I think that's because Apple include much of the stuff to make it work than relying on Windows resources. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Everytime I tried to stop Quicktime from loading at startup it just put itself back there... plus I don't like programs that insist you have to install a load of stuff you don't want.I'm quite happy with the QT alternative thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 If RealPlayer and QuickTime are as benign as has been suggested, why has anyone gone to the trouble of creating alternatives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 There is an alternative to pretty much any software solution these days...Those RP and QT alternatives are one of many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 There is an alternative to pretty much any software solution these days.........frequently an improvement on the original. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 There is NO WAY that I would go back to the originals, they were a pain in the ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I find that the few times I use Quicktime or Real player that they reload the selfstart at boot time which I then have to disable again. So it's the alternatives get my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Everytime I tried to stop Quicktime from loading at startup it just put itself back there... plus I don't like programs that insist you have to install a load of stuff you don't want.I'm quite happy with the QT alternative thanksThat is exactly my experience too.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Well it got turned off from my start-up list - and it stays off. (I think - haven't used it since I turned it off .......) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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