Overall quality may not suffer greatly, but scene transitions and fast motion will be more likely to show compression artifacts. That's because the settings between the two versions are different in two key areas: 7.0.4 now exports H.264 singlepass at 700Kbps, whereas 7.0.3 exported H.264 multipass at 600Kbps. 'We've analyzed QuickTime 7.0.4's Movie to iPod setting and found it to be much faster than the same in QuickTime 7.0.3.

Movie plays.'Įxport to iPod faster The 'Export to iPod' option has received a significant speed boost in QuickTIme 7.0.4. I de-installed QT 7.0.4 by applying the 7.0.1 installer (Provided by Apple) -> DVD player works again -> DVD shows up on the desktop. I downloaded the stand alone QT 7.0.4 installer and applied it -> same problem. The movie-DVD did not show up on the desktop. Clicking the 'Play' button, the DVD player informed me that the 'media is not supported'. 'The DVD player opened, but the movie did not start.

In some cases, reverting to QuickTime 7.0.1 using the provided re-installer works to resolve these issues.

In particular, users note that movie DVDs are not playable, generating 'media not supported' or initialization errors. QuickTime 7.0.4 was persistently available through Software Update during the ordeal.ĭVD Player problems Several readers report issues with DVD Player after installing QuickTime 7.0.4. Apple provided no documentation of the pull or re-posting. We have not yet been able to determine if this is a modified release, or the same package posted earlier in the day.

Later in the evening, Apple re-added the QuickTime 7.0.4 download link. This caused confusion among readers who assumed the update had been pulled by Apple for further revision. Confusion over Apple download posting Shortly after releasing QuickTime 7.0.4, Apple apparently removed the update from its Downloads page, replacing it with a QuickTime 7.0.1 re-installer (which downgrades QuickTime from 7.0.4 to 7.0.1).

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