Vegas 8 Pro - Is Quicktime a must?
According to Sony's System Requirements for Vegas 8 Pro:
QuickTime 7.1.6 or later Is this an absolute must or only if you want to import/export .MOV files? The reason I ask is that I flatly refuse to install Quicktime because it stomps all over the OS leaving bits of iTunes everywhere. |
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Only if you want to use .MOV videos, TIFF images, or whatever else QuickTime is used to import. I have Vegas 8 running on a machine with QuickTime version 6.5 but have not attempted importing anything which requires QuickTime.
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Thanks for your prompt replies.
The last time I installed QT (not Pro), I didn't get the choice re. iTunes. In fact, the whole installation was splattered with iTunes logos, blurb etc. I found that version of QT (7, I believe) to be no more useful than previous versions and I positively detested the greyed-out buttons labelled "Get Pro!" or something like that. When I uninstalled it, all kinds of remnants remained on my PC, including iTunes icons on all my media files. Perhaps it is just the freebie version(?) Years ago, when I used EditDV (anyone else use that?), I wrote plug-ins for it. Since it was a QT-based app, I used Apple's software development kits etc to create QT plug-ins. I was quite happy with QT then :-) |
It's easy to install Quicktime without iTunes on a PC. Macs might be different.
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Maybe when I'm feeling a little more brave I'll give it another go. |
Just look carefully for the appropriate installer at apple.com/quicktime.
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As for Quicktime, there is a separate installer that does not include iTunes. Just do a search for the "standalone" installer on Apple's site. |
You should see two links here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
One of them is with iTunes; the other without... |
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Good luck, -gb- |
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Still running version 2 - the Radius firewire card is still holding out. Got a spare off ebay last year "just in case"... Tried MediaStudio Pro 7 three(?) years ago - couldn't get used to it in the time I had available, so have been editing in EditDV, printing to tape, then using Ulead DVD Workshop to reload tapes and author DVDs. Sheeesh!! Bought Vegas 6 & 7 last year, and have done a couple of little things in it - am currently editing my first full-size project in Vegas. Pleasure and pain! Have been reading Edward's tips newsletters, browsing Vegas forums etc., and am finally beginning to feel I'm controlling the s/w and not vice versa. Thinking I'll be investing in Excalibur soon... Will still be using EditDV for a while yet - to do rush jobs, until I'm truly up to speed on Vegas. I still have a few things to find out how to do as well/quickly in Vegas as EditDV - will give it another few projects before perhaps asking if one of you ex-EditDV-ers remember... Cheers |
I remember having to relearn in Vegas how to do some things from EditDV. For the most part, it was a fairly painless process. MANY things are easier in Vegas. A very few require extensive work arounds.
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