So I go to Apple’s site to watch the trailer for the new Pixar movie ‘The Incredibles,’ and I noticed something interesting. Now instead of ‘Quicktime Required’, they are saying ‘iTunes 4.5 Required.’ Sneaky. Quicktime, in case you didn’t know, is the codec library (and more) that happens to power iTunes, and is installed everytime you install a new version of iTunes. But you don’t need iTunes to play Quicktime movies (at least, you never did before), so it’s sort of shady for Apple to imply that its somehow necessary for people to install their MP3 Media Library program just to watch a trailer.
Update: So I, you know, actually watched the trailer, and it opened in iTunes. Is iTunes going to be the new Quicktime player now?
Update: Oh, I get it now. It’s only the Fullscreen version, which was (as J. Atwood explained) previously a Quicktime Pro-only feature. So you’re actually getting something for free (well, free if you install iTunes) that you previously had to pay for. Not so shady after all.
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