Actually it's installed as a Service not activeX as such. If your worried about security, you should dump IE and use a GOOD browser like Firefox :D

That music and phone company is pushing flash now and phasing out quicktime.

Ken,

That is a good sign that you were able to see the video. I know you are a big advocate of the Firefox browser. I've heard Firefox has had some compatibility issues with Quicktime videos. You're living proof that may not be the case.

I'd hate to have to defend any of the video players as "best". They all seem to be getting better and better. With most web technologies, there will always be some compatibility issues with so many browsers out there. I guess that is why I am continuing to stay with the corporate and casual user's standard, which currently seems to Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Dave,

Firefox did have a quicktime problem in the beta stages, it was called a license for the apple quicktime plug-in. But since apple dropped the licence requirement since they are phasing out quicktime the problem went away.

Don't get me wrong about quicktime, I was on the design team, it was a great product, it just has seen it's time. The main core of the software hasn't been upgraded in several years.

Ken,

We certainly value your expertise here. Since David is at the beginning stages of developing the standards for the forum videos, etc., it will be important for him to know the best options.

What ever format he chooses, he should upgrade to a PC, it has a much greater choice of software to use. And he will be able to see what the majority of the members will be viewing. It's a real pain at times to use different browsers and different machines to test changes and videos before posting them, but it has to be done. What works on one machine and one browser doesn't always mean it will work on other machines and other browsers. (yeah, I even test on a mac).

I know WOE members are 99.1% PC users, .2% unix users and only .7% mac users. (I just pulled my server stats)

I never thought a simple video test could turn into computer platform, web browser and video format wars. :B

You should sleep soundly tonight, with the comforting knowledge that whatever format(s) I decide upon, will be viewable by the overwhelming majority.

I-)

Harvey,

A job well done!

Sprinter,

I would encourage you to not miscommunicate information...I assure you Apple is not phasing out Quicktime. Every single one of those music players comes with a copy of Quicktime -- for Windows and Macintosh -- there is considerable development effort being spent on Quicktime.

For clarification Quicktime is a media container and a set of API's for dealing with media and codecs NOT a video codec. There are numerous video codecs which are supported as part of Quicktime -- some of which are appropriate for web media and some which are better suited to production video.

I will not get into the religious discussion as it's just not helpful ... but I will take issue with the misinformation being spread. Please get your facts right.

--Brett

Quicktime has been transfered from the MAC development center to the I Pod development group. Any new devopment is strickley for I Pod use.

I guess it's part of the new music companies direction.