Filed under: Software Update, Apple
QuickTime 7.2/iTunes 7.3.1 now available
Fire up Software Update, kids, there are new versions of iTunes and QuickTime in town. iTunes 7.3.1 fixes an issue were some users of iTunes 7.3 couldn't access their music libraries anymore (a problem which Apple calls 'minor,' but seems kind of major to me).QuickTime 7.2, the far more interesting update of the two, has some security updates and:
- Support for full screen viewing in QuickTime Player
- Updates to the H.264 codec
- Numerous bug fixes
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Daniel Bergey said 4:59PM on 7-11-2007
It's about freaking time. I've never used hardly any of the QuickTime Pro features, but I gave apple $30 at least 3 or 4 times, just to watch silly quicktime movies in full screen. It's nice that everyone can do that now, but there was really no reason not to release this feature years ago.
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Tony said 5:00PM on 7-11-2007
Thanks a lot Apple. I paid for Quicktime solely because of your stupid full screen restriction. Way to take my money and run!
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Brad said 5:20PM on 7-11-2007
god dammit. this means I need to rebuy QT Pro. It says you need to plunk down another 30 in order to retain your 'pro' stature.
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Matt said 5:23PM on 7-11-2007
I had the library problem. This really annoys me, because to fix it I had to reimport my library, so I lost all my playcounts. Oh well.
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HobbesDoo said 5:35PM on 7-11-2007
@#3
This only applies to versions previous to 7. Quicktime 7 Pro will not be affected and you should not have to buy another license. It would be silly of them to require a new license for a .1 upgrade.
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Matt said 5:34PM on 7-11-2007
No, you don't need to rebuy it if you already have Quicktime Pro 7. Only if you have
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iDarbert said 5:42PM on 7-11-2007
"Updates to the H.264 codec"... could that *actually* *possible* mean high profile support? I surely hope so but I think I'm going to be wrong about that.
Oh well, Perian works great with AVC right now so I don't really care anymore.
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Macintologist said 5:48PM on 7-11-2007
It's about freakin time!! Jeez!! I must have sent them feedback about fullscreen playback multiple times every year for the past 5 years!
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Joe said 5:53PM on 7-11-2007
anyone else having problems playing mp4 after the update? also my front row is a lot slower, anyone know how to revert back to 7.1.6?
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Jeff said 5:59PM on 7-11-2007
Great. After updating Quicktime, Flash video is broken on Youtube etc. I get a Quicktime logo with a question mark instead of the embedded video.
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Simon Arch said 6:04PM on 7-11-2007
Jeff, were you using QT to play flash videos in the past? My aunt recently had this problem. In the end I fixed it by going into the quicktime control panel and deselecting "Enable playback of Adobe Flash files" (or something like that-I don't have my Mac in front of me). I'm not sure which tab it's under (advanced, maybe?) but unchecking that box fixed my aunt's problem; maybe it'll help you, too.
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Jeff said 6:33PM on 7-11-2007
Thanks, Simon. I wasn't using QT to play Flash, but I did check those preferences and it looks like QT decided to take it upon itself to be the Flash player after upgrading. I turned that off and all is well.
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john russell said 7:31PM on 7-11-2007
I had just been using a Quicksilver-activated shell script to go full screen. Worked like a charm, too.
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Duscrom said 7:59PM on 7-11-2007
hey Apple, thanks for catching up with Microsoft on this one. Now Quicktime is as good as WMP11
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Nic said 10:41PM on 7-11-2007
@14
Yeah, with better support for industry-standards like H.264... oh wait...
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johnmacpro said 1:41AM on 7-12-2007
Quicktime 7.2 update affects Youtube. To resolve this issue, go to Quicktime Preferences to the ADVANCED settings and click off ENABLE FLASH.
Restart your computer and open Youtube and the Flash videos in Youtube should work. If it doesn't work the first time, please repeat process making sure the Enable Flash video setting is off in the Advanced Quicktime Preferences. Remember to restart Safari when doing this.
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John Laur said 12:40PM on 7-12-2007
Great now how about they add a goddamn fullscreen button to the web plugin while they are at it? It's too bad that all the stuff that Apple does incredibly wrong is overshadowed by all the stuff that Apple does right. It's exactly the opposite portrayal of Microsoft.
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Kale Langley said 12:47AM on 7-12-2007
So since the last itunes update (7.3), when you organize by artist, names beginning with numbers (like 311, 2pac, 50 cent, etc) are after the letter Z. anybody know why or how to fix this?
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Matteo said 3:59AM on 7-12-2007
When you put the coverflow on full screen buttons that previously rendered poorly on MacBooks (Intel Core 2 Duo) now render perfectly. I don't use it a lot so maybe it has been fixed before? Anyway, I like it a lot more, looks more like it should be, so I think I'll use it sometimes...
I still don't know why the update also made iTunes "re-update" the entire library...
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Nate said 4:59AM on 7-12-2007
well the update corrupted every QuickTime file on my external HD. I lost every movie I've ever made, every film school project I ever worked on, and the trailer I'm currently editing. I cried.
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