KVR Audio

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:30 pm

These days, QuickTime is as relevant for my audio usage as RealAudio is

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:51 pm

I abandoned QT the day it came out for Windows.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:55 pm

Numanoid wrote:These days, QuickTime is as relevant for my audio usage as RealAudio is

RealAudio... oh my god. What a nightmare that was...

/C

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:57 pm

IMO, Apple should abandon everything on Windows. We don't need their snob crap.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:09 pm

chk071 wrote:IMO, Apple should abandon everything on Windows. We don't need their snob crap.

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:20 pm

T-CM11 wrote:
Numanoid wrote: Either that or Tim Cook woke up yesterday and thought, f*ck it, today I'm gonna kill of QuickTime on Windows
Do CEOs dream of cost reduction and purchasing a new airplane? Androids and electric sheep are so 20th century.

I thought it was helicopters?

"So Mr Renholm, how did the cosmos grant you a helicopter?"

"Well, I visualised the thing I wanted; in my case , a helicopter. I drew a picture of the helicopter on a piece of paper. Then I stood with my back to space and threw the piece of paper over my shoulder and wished, really hard. Couple of days later, bought myself a helicopter."

On topic, QuickTime is optional in our case and only for importing MP3s into the standalone versions so those still using it for that should be OK unless your MP3s are corrupted in some way to take advantage of the vulnerability which would surprise me. Also, I don't have a Windows install to test a fresh install of the latest versions but I don't recall QuickTime being installed (it is optional so we ask during the install of applicable versions) so I've asked if we removed it and didn't shout it from the rooftops... I'll let you know.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:28 pm

incubus wrote:
chk071 wrote:IMO, Apple should abandon everything on Windows. We don't need their snob crap.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't meant too serious. I don't have anything against Apple. They simply deliver to an audience i don't feel like being a part of.

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:06 am

They deserve what they get. This is the cost of relying on apple's standard

Lessons learned.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:08 am

chk071 wrote:
incubus wrote:
chk071 wrote:IMO, Apple should abandon everything on Windows. We don't need their snob crap.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't meant too serious. I don't have anything against Apple. They simply deliver to an audience i don't feel like being a part of.

Sorry, I misunderstood you. The one thing about many of these threads is the apple/vs/micro$oft and thought it was leaning towards the now not true side of "apple is just better"

But still, my vid was funny

wasi · Post by **wasi** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:27 am

tooneba wrote:They deserve what they get. This is the cost of relying on apple's standard Lessons learned.

Yeah, I'm trying to remember what software on my system 'required' it. Was it Lemur or does that settle for just bonjour? I remember being irritated during a recent install of something that quicktime popped up. I'll find out soon enough because I dumped it right away.

As has been pointed out, the general air of panic is somewhat unprecedented for a mere EOL announcement. There seems to be something that's not being spelled out about these vulnerabilities and I'd rather not find out about the hard way.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:48 am

I really hope this makes Cycling '74 get their finger out and get a decent working alternate video subsystem for MAX/MSP in this version (ie not MAX8) in all versions for Windows. They were heavily reliant on QuickTime, which of course wasnt 64bit, so MAX x64 basically couldnt do much video stuff at all.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:59 am

I depend on QuickTime for Windows daily for my job. I wouldn't be surprised if this prompts my management to move me over to a Mac for everything other than my 3ds Max animation work. But really, it sucks that there isn't a decent alternative on Windows.

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:03 am

I really hope this makes Cycling '74 get their finger out and get a decent working alternate video subsystem

Or just ditch windows support

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:17 am

tooneba wrote:
I really hope this makes Cycling '74 get their finger out and get a decent working alternate video subsystem
Or just ditch windows support

And lose the massive Max For Live market they built in the past few years. Yeah, that'd make sense.

tooneba · Post by **tooneba** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:20 am

whyterabbyt wrote: And lose the massive Max For Live market they built in the past few years. Yeah, that'd make sense.

Apple fanboy can sustain them surely, probably..... possibly.

Apple 'abandons' QuickTime on Windows