On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:40:02 -0400, Andromeda Quonset wrote:
> Now I am seeing a lot of messages urging all Windows users to
> uninstall Quicktime, that it will never be updated for Windows, and
> that it hasn't been updated for 10 years. So the first question is
> "does uninstalling Quicktime
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:40:02 -0400, Andromeda Quonset wrote:
>
> > Now I am seeing a lot of messages urging all Windows users to
> > uninstall Quicktime, that it will never be updated for Windows, and
> > that it hasn't been updated for 1
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:49:04 -0700, Darien Caldwell wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
>
> > Yes, it prevents the viewer from reading media files, QuickTime's,
> > but not only: all video and audio media files are read via the
> > QuickTime plugin in the viewer: see
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:49:04 -0700, Darien Caldwell wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, it prevents the viewer from reading media files, QuickTime's,
> > > but not only: all video and audi
Also just now as an experiment, I removed "media_plugin_quicktime.dll" out
of the llplugin directory, and parcel media stll functions. So I can't see
how it can be using quicktime at all with A) the plugin removed, and B) no
Quicktime installed on the system.
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Actually after more testing, I do see there's one last vestige Quicktime is
required for, and that's MP4 video streams. Won't work without it.
But MP3 audio streams don't require Quicktime anymore, which was what I was
basing my observation on. So I guess we were both right to some extent. If
you
Quite a few widely used SL TV sets still use quicktime media. Those TV sets no
longer play the movies now I've uninstalled quicktime from my Windows box.
It appears LL are removing quicktime support from their viewer
https://bitbucket.org/callum_linden/viewer-release-noqt
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016
There is a comment that says it is a test to see what breaks
when Quicktime support is removed.
At 09:50 PM 4/20/2016, you wrote:
Quite a few widely used SL TV sets still use quicktime media. Those
TV sets no longer play the movies now I've uninstalled quicktime
from my Windows box.
It appea
