QuickTime 7 Preview for Windows XP/2000

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Apple has released a Quicktime 7 Preview for Windows 2000 and XP.

QuickTime is a multimedia technology developed by Apple Computer, capable of handling various formats of digital video, sound, text, animation, music, and immersive virtual reality panoramic images.

It is currently at version 7.0.1 on the Mac platform with version 7.0 for the Windows platform "coming soon."

Click "Read More" to read about the new features in this release.

Download: Download Quick Time 7 PR ~ 14.6MB

View: Apple QuickTime 7 Preview

This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system

The Version # of this release is: 7.0.2.38

Minimum System Requirements
233 MHz Intel Pentium class or better processor
At least 128 MB of RAM
Windows 2000 or XP

Recommended System Configuration
For viewing 640x480 standard definition (SD) H.264 video:
1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or faster processor
At least 256 MB of RAM
64 MB or greater video card
Windows 2000 or XP

New features in QuickTime 7 Player for Windows

H.264 video playback. Watch movies created with this state-of-the-art, standards-based codec, which delivers exceptional-quality video.
Surround sound. With QuickTime 7, your PC, and surround speakers, you can enjoy the full effect of your surround sound game or movie.
New and improved playback controls. Easily change settings including jog shuttle, playback speed, bass, treble, and balance.
Zero-configuration streaming. QuickTime automatically determines your optimal Internet connection speed and reconnects dropped connections.
Live resize. Playback continues smoothly as you change the size of the QuickTime Player window

New features in QuickTime 7 Pro for Windows

Create H.264 video. Create incredible-looking video for any use, from 3G for mobile devices to HD.
Create surround audio. Create a rich multimedia experience by adding multichannel audio to your movie.
Floating controls. Easily access functions like pause, play, fast-forward, and rewind while watching full-screen movies.
Background exporting. Export your movie in the background and continue with your next playback or editing task.
Improved movie authoring. The all-new Movie Properties facilitates simple and efficient movie authoring.
Automate with VB Script. Automate your QuickTime workflow with native VB Script support in QuickTime 7. Developers can also use VB Script to access the new QuickTime Active X control for creating custom multimedia applications.

(1 reply) #1 thollian on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:51

nice...

#1.1 Porp on 07 Jun 2005 - 21:49

Not really considering it play's HD Video horribly. And Windows Media Player has been able to play HD for a long time with better performance.

Windows Media HD Gallery

#2 caerma on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:52

Thanks...

#3 deiong15 on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:53

ive read a lot of reviews from teh windows version that its messing up peoples systems like it did mac users. is that true ??

(5 replies) #4 Alien Venom on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:53

QUOTE

Recommended System Configuration
For viewing 640x480 standard definition (SD) H.264 video:
1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or faster processor
At least 256 MB of RAM
64 MB or greater video card
Windows 2000 or XP

THAT is such a load of crap. Try playing one of the 1080p trailers... YOU CAN'T.

#4.1 daveoc64 on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:55

Hence why it says SD not HD

#4.2 Alien Venom on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:57

Well, then what are the specs for uber-quality-1080p H264 video?

#4.3 daveoc64 on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:20

Dunno, I doubt many mid to high range PCs will be able to run it.

#4.4 mayamaniac on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:57

well for the mac, 1080P requires a dual 2ghz G5, 512M, and 128M video card. So do the math to PC equivalence.

#4.5 Danrarbc641 on 07 Jun 2005 - 15:41

Quote this comment
well for the mac, 1080P requires a dual 2ghz G5, 512M, and 128M video card. So do the math to PC equivalence.

Well, factoring in the pure suckage of Quicktime on Windows I'm going to go out on a limb and say NOTHING can play it back that's currently on the market.

#5 Alien Venom on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:56

By the way, if you've got a registered copy of QuickTime 6, it will become unregistered after installing QT7. And before you attempt to "try other means." Well... They don't work either. It's got a completely different registration system.

#6 IntelliMoo on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:57

aaaaaah, bah, just wait for QuickTime Alternative to include it.

(1 reply) #7 edgrale on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:58

The Windows version number is 7.0.2.38 to be exact

#7.1 shockz on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:02

Thanks, added into the post.

#8 Hurmoth on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:58

Nice. Some bugs in it though

#9 terryb on 06 Jun 2005 - 20:59

awsome

#3 works fine for me

#10 finalcut on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:07

are you guys able to play h264 movies?
I cant

#11 capeche on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:24

Snappin'!

#12 ViperSnake on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:28

Just dloaded the QT7, I see they swiched it to the new iTunes styled Aqua look.

(1 reply) #13 xpgeek on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:32

wtf no HD support like mac version has ?

EDIT : Ok jumped the gun on that and said that after reading comments here and before even trying it. Actually very impressed with it, but no brightness controls anymore : (

Last edited by 64963 on 07 Jun 2005 - 05:40

#13.1 rm20010 on 07 Jun 2005 - 00:15

Uhh yes it does have HD support. But be prepared to have a top-of-the-line system to play these videos decently.

(5 replies) #14 obake on 06 Jun 2005 - 21:54

WTF are you people talking about? The H.264 movies work just fine in this preview release. I'm annoyed that even the 720p movies are choppy on my computer (3.4 GHz P4, 1GB RAM, 256MB Mobility Radeon 9700), but it still looks damn nice.

#14.1 terryb on 06 Jun 2005 - 22:59

they're smooth on my comp (p4 nw 3.0ghz, 2048mb ddr and a radeon 9800 pro 128mb)

#14.2 rm20010 on 07 Jun 2005 - 00:12

Well I just tried one of their trailers..

a 480p movie played at 12 FPS,
a 720p movie played at 8 FPS,
and (this is horrible) the 1080p movie barely played, if at all - the framerate was less than 3.

All this sluggishness is because of the age of this system (P4 2 GHZ, 1.5 GB RAM, Radeon 9200).

#14.3 Alien Venom on 07 Jun 2005 - 01:11

I have a 1.6 GHz Pentium M:

480p movies at full-speed (24 to 30 fps, depending on the movie)
720p is about half (12-15 fps)
1080p is like 2 fps.

Edit: And these figures drop significantly if I switch to a secondary monitor. I wonder if it has anything to with drivers...

#14.4 MrA on 07 Jun 2005 - 01:45

Wow, QT7 must really suck. Using a different player, I watched one of the 720p movies at 65% cpu usage on my P4 2.4C (with a really crappy graphics card). Anywho, give it time. I'm sure apple will do some further optimizations.

#14.5 rm20010 on 10 Jun 2005 - 21:19

Uhh Alien Venom, you sure you let the movie play for a bit? It is about 24 FPS for the stupid green MPAA warnings (couldn't care less about them

) but once the trailer starts it dips to 14.

(This is for a 480p trailer.)

#15 EduardValencia on 06 Jun 2005 - 22:02

thanks

(1 reply) #16 Alien Venom on 07 Jun 2005 - 01:14

By the way, for those of you who don't want to install QuickTime 7 and also still want to play the H.264 videos from Apple's website, the latest alpha version of VLC will work -- although finding the URL to the movie itself takes a bit of work. But, I've noticed that the performance in QuickTime 7 is far better than VLC. However, if you have a fast system it may not even matter:

Batman Begins

480p (852x480) - http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_galle...egins_m480p.mov
720p (1280x544) - http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_galle...egins_m720p.mov
1080p (1920x816) - http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_galle...egins_1080p.mov

BTW, the 1080p video is wider than most monitors.

#16.1 Mongrel on 07 Jun 2005 - 04:39

Thanks for the links!

#17 smashguy on 07 Jun 2005 - 02:31

Cheer up!

(3 replies) #18 DomFel on 07 Jun 2005 - 03:07

Here are my results:

480p: full speed
720p: full speed
1080p: 18-23fps

Pentium 4 3.4ghz EE, 1gb DDR2, ATI X600 256Mb; it's an HP laptop.
BTW, as Alien Venom has already said, 1080p is a lot wider than most monitor, it's designed for BIG plasma/lcd TV, for sure not for my 17" widescreen, the video is waaaay too big!

#18.1 Planet-Ed on 07 Jun 2005 - 07:38

What resolution is your 17" on your laptop? Mine is 1920x1200

#18.2 bush on 07 Jun 2005 - 08:22

laptop with ip 3.2ee?? how long can it stand being on batteries?

#18.3 Danrarbc641 on 07 Jun 2005 - 15:48

I'd be more concerned about the kind of heat those chips put out and having that near my lap.

#19 Spitfire_x86 on 07 Jun 2005 - 12:18

Long live QuickTime Alternative

#20 Laptop™ on 07 Jun 2005 - 14:16

I bet its really slow and crapware adware crap in it?

(1 reply) #21 bob0r on 07 Jun 2005 - 18:22

Just use x264! ( http://x264.nl ) it even has HP(High Profile) features which no other AVC encoder has!

Heck x264 is better _AND_ free !

#21.1 MrA on 07 Jun 2005 - 21:47

x264 is an encoder, not a decoder. You can use it to make the movies, not play them. If you wanna play them, use mplayer. I can almost get full 1080p playback on my crappy P4 2.4C computer.

(2 replies) #22 Porp on 07 Jun 2005 - 21:46

Windows Media Player play's HD much better.

#22.1 MrA on 07 Jun 2005 - 21:49

But if microsoft ported WMP to the mac, it'll probably suck ass. You're taking an application that's optimized for one platform and porting it to another.

#22.2 Danrarbc641 on 07 Jun 2005 - 22:36

They have ported WMP to the Mac, and it does in fact run slower than the Windows version. That's something MS needs to improve as well.

#23 Lys on 07 Jun 2005 - 22:43

I can't wait for Quicktime alternative to release a new version. Go QA!

#24 smartgamer on 08 Jun 2005 - 01:04

Does it still let you play videos backwards?

Nevermind, it does

Last edited by 68715 on 08 Jun 2005 - 03:02

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