QuickTime requires Macromedia Flash version 5 or before?

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QuickTime requires Macromedia Flash version 5 or before?

Attempt at exporting a quicktime movie from a simple timeline animation in flash produces this result:

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Flash 8
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The installed version of QuickTime does not support this type of Macromedia Flash movie.
QuickTime requires Macromedia Flash version 5 or before.

Please select "Version: Flash Player 5" in the Flash tab of the Publish Settings dialog.
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Anyone see anything odd about this screen cap? (Same thing if I specifically select version 5):

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2273/qtisrubbishym2.png

Is QT Pro, really professional? Are there any professionals developing the software? Why can't this simple operation be performed?

Thanks.

Intellistation Z Pro, Windows XP Pro, Twin Dual Core Xeon

Posted on Jan 3, 2008 10:09 AM

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Answer 1

Kyn Drake

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Jan 3, 2008 1:29 PM in response to J W Wright

Welcome to the discussions, J W Wright.

There are newer versions of Flash that weren't licensed to Apple. As such, QuickTime can only support what Macromedia at the time, and now Adobe allows. Additionally, if your version of QuickTime is 7.3.1, QuickTime supports NO version of Adobe's Flash (though I don't know if that's the error message you'd get).

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Answer 2

J W Wright Author

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Jan 18, 2008 12:52 PM in response to Kyn Drake

where do i get the old version of quicktime that supports flash?

what version supports exports of this nature?

thanks.

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Answer 3

Kyn Drake

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Jan 19, 2008 4:31 PM in response to J W Wright

You can find QuickTime version 7.2 here. Removing QuickTime then installing this one should do it.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime72forwindows.html

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Answer 4

bronius

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Feb 2, 2008 1:48 PM in response to Kyn Drake

J W- did downgrading work for you? I, too, am hitting this wall and even went and purchased QTpro in hopes of finding a solution. But it takes forever to move around a Quicktime installation, so I wanted verification that this fixed it for you before proceeding...
thanks
-bronius

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puppies

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Feb 21, 2008 6:00 PM in response to J W Wright

Has any one found a way around this issue yet? I have spent the last 3 days on the phone and with no answers. I could uninstall QT and Re Install an older version, but no one has said that works! I could purchase QT Pro, but I am not feeling confident that it will work either. Anyway, I would really like to know if anyone has a fix.
Thanks

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Answer 6

Feb 21, 2008 6:12 PM in response to puppies

Until Apple and Adobe (new owners of Flash) sort out the security issues Apple has decided no more Flash media support via QuickTime.
You could revert to older versions of QuickTime to create your files but they will not work if your viewers have have QuickTime 7.3 installed to view them.

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Jacumba

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Feb 22, 2008 9:41 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

I wonder if downgrading Flash to version 5, would be helpful, work, or even be practical? This link seems to indicate QT 7.4.1 can handle Flash 5
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/download/apple-quicktime-741.aspx

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Kyn Drake

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Feb 22, 2008 11:39 AM in response to Jacumba

I'd be willing to bet they just copy that same information every time they update the version number. So, no, the only downgrade that will help is QuickTime.

Just checked their other pages...
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/download/apple-quicktime-73.aspx
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/download/apple-quicktime-731.aspx
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/download/apple-quicktime-74.aspx

And they do all have the same info. They just need to be alerted that they've got bad info on their site 🙂

Message was edited by: Kyn Drake

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Answer 9

Mar 11, 2008 1:10 PM in response to Kyn Drake

Greetings!

I cannot but confirm the info in your posts guys, same happening here, no success in choosing older versions in the publish settings in Flash. CS3 suppose to export to MOV in a more QuickTime friendly way, but I haven't got CS3 to try it.

However I've been taking the route to MOV via AVI-files. Works a treat and can be recommended (on a Windows system). The only work-around I've found so far. You need QT Pro in order to save the AVI to a MOV file though.

Cheers,

//ZM

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