Running 2 different version of Quicktime at the same time ?

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Running 2 different version of Quicktime at the same time ?

Is it possible to have two different versions of QuickTime installed on one PC at the same time ?

The reason for this is that I have been using Sony's software MovieShaker to import and work with Sony's proprietary MMV video camera format. This piece of software works with QuickTime version 5.
Now that I recently bought the iPod nano, I have installed iTunes, which of course works with a higher version of QucikTime (6+).
With this higher version of QuickTime, my video capture software does not work and vice versa, with QuickTime 5 my iTunes (and iPod nano) can not be used.
Is there a possible workaround that someone is aware of such that I can still work from one PC?
Appreciate any feedback - thanks

PC Windows Windows XP Pro Sony Movieshaker 3.1 MMV format

Posted on Nov 28, 2005 11:46 AM

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Nov 28, 2005 12:38 PM in response to mdebraaf

You can only have one full installation of the QuickTime system software but the Player is just an application and should work with later versions. So what you need to do is re-install QT 5, which you can find for Windows here:
http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/
then rename QT Player, let say Quicktime Player5. then reinstall QT 6. This time it should ignore the renamed Player (to be safe save it off line somewhere before reinstalling QT 6). No guarantee for Windows but this techinque works fine in QT for MacOS. Hope this works for you.

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