Comments on: Death to QuickTime Pro http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: extract audio from video http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323688 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:29:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323688 It is simply matchless phrase ;)

]]> By: Dainis W. Michel http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323687 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:25:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323687 My guess is that if you were to really dig, you could do a whole lot with QT Pro.

]]> By: Blu-Skorpion http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323686 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:35:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323686 I love QT Pro. I use its convert feature all the time. I wish Apple put more Pro features in QT x. Thats my only disappointment from Snow Leopard. No other app in my opinion is as streamlined as QT Pro for what it does. I even use it on Windows too.

]]> By: dainismichel http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323685 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:31:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323685 I goofed around online, imported movies into iMovie (which took forever), searched for a way to convert FLV files to MOV (which works with perion + Quicktime Pro), and wasted a bunch of time trying to support the idea of “death to quicktime pro.” I bought it yesterday and have been able to clip my Skype interview videos very well. Also, it looks like just clicking save keeps the video and audio resolution settings the same, so I don’t have to mess with them.

I’m happy I spent the $30.

]]> By: dainismichel http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323684 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:53:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323684 Adriel’s comments lead me to want to buy QuickTime pro right now. I need to edit out the beginning of my last Cure Tinnitus Show, because we lost audio briefly. I have a .mov file that is over an hour long, and I need to cut out the first 5 minutes. Importing the .mov file into iMovie ’08 is either a total disaster inherently (because it turns a 70 minute .mov file into a mega gigabyte monstrosity), or I don’t know how to specify iMovie import settings so that initial frame rate and audio settings are left alone.

Right now, I’ve got a few minutes to search around, and then I need to figure out how to edit out the first few minutes of my shows.

It looks like QT Pro can do that. If it can, great, I’ll have to pay $30.

I just need to be sure that the software I use can do what I need it to do. Also, I can’t afford to spend all day on this.

I don’t have iLife or any expensive video editors, because I don’t need them. But I do record Skype interviews and I do live webinar-type shows online.

So, if there are alternatives, please let me know, otherwise, I’m going to buy QT Pro.

]]> By: NotMyReligion http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323683 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:01:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323683 LOL!!! LOL!!! Quicktime is a pig. The .mov container sucks as bad as .wmv and their respective proprietary encoders. Standards compliance and open source all the way for some of us. Then again, Adobe stands in for those of us needing advanced NLE, compression, authoring, etc. solutions.

]]> By: QuickTime to Come With Pro Features in Snow Leopard? - TheAppleBlog http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323682 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:14:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323682 [...] years, Mac users have been annoyed by Apple’s refusal to just give in and offer these features as part of the free version of [...]

]]> By: zotrik http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323681 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:21:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323681 I agree that Quicktime Pro can be easily replaced by a freeware. BUT advanced Mac users that use Automator will be pleased to know that you can build automator scripts for converting videos. THIS is a GREAT advantage for quicktime pro.

]]> By: Samuel http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323680 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:31:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323680 Ahh, but I have recently learned that if you want to edit the metadata of a mov file then its better done in QTPro, it can be done in iTunes but there is a ridiculous 255 char limit, where as in QT Pro, there is not.

It might not matter to you but I have a lot to say about my home videos.

]]> By: Ken http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323679 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:10:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323679 agreed.

]]> By: minikperi http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323678 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:51:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323678 Billy – You have raised some very good points. They are well reasoned. I wholeheartedly support your thesis that after all is considered that QT Pro should be either free or reduced in price.

]]> By: The blargh round the world -⌘- paXóò Reloaded http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323676 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:12:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323676 [...] off to a great start. My latest article at The Apple Blog, Death to QuickTime Pro, has been up for less than two hours, and already it’s generated 6 comments and 1 [...]

]]> By: Apple Fever - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Apple - Powered by SocialRank http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323677 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:10:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323677 [...] Death to QuickTime Pro [...]

]]> By: Billy Halsey http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323675 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:07:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323675 @ Rich — I appreciate your comments, and I hadn’t considered your point of view. “If I were Apple,” though, I’d still tidy up the QTPro thing before I considered things like telling my customers to pay multiple times for the same song to use as a ringtone; publishing my “thoughts on music” by saying I’d “whole-heartedly” embrace digital media that is unencumbered with DRM then turn around and DRM my own Live from SoHo albums; igniting the ire of many a customer by dropping the price of a long-awaited product by 33 percent just weeks after it drops; or requiring an iTunes Store account to even use an iPod Touch.

But then, thankfully for its consumers, I’m not Apple.

]]> By: Rich http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323674 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:26:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323674

“Adriel — Shouldn’t multimedia production houses be using the ProApps? If I were Apple, I’d do away with QT Pro as a standalone product and integrate its features into both iLife and the ProApps — Logic and Final Cut of all levels. I’m not a ProApps user, but I’d be shocked if the features you describe aren’t already available in those tools. For the pro/am market, there are always the excellent opensource (but not Apple-backed) products MPlayer/MEncoder and FFmpeg, which support everything you mentioned.”

With all due respect, that’s the same ridiculous argument that’s been made regarding the rape and pillage of the once-great iMovie. Who are you to say what tools a pro should use? For me, the ability to record video from my camera directly in QT Pro has been a godsend. It never worked right in iMovie for some reason. Just because you personally don’t use the advanced functions of QTP doesn’t mean they don’t have value to those of us that do. If you don’t want to pony up the $35, fine. For myself and others, it’s a great bargain.

]]> By: Nate http://gigaom.com/apple/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323673 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:29:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/10/death-to-quicktime-pro/#comment-323673 While of course I wish Quicktime Pro was free or cheaper, I much prefer it over the open source and iLife alternatives for quick and dirty recording and editing. Here’s hoping it sticks around.

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