Quicktime codec & XP

thankyou Kirk - suppose you don't know why QuickTime suggests it can "create and play back the widest range of standard formats in the industry with QuickTime".
including MPEG-4 ...i'm feeling very ripped off here.

give me a break Kirk, Mpeg4 is listed as something QuickTime supports in it's promotional material and it should identify that it doesn't work for Windows users without first converting the files with 3rd party software.
It was QuickTime product info that made me spend the cash to upgrade, i smell a rat.

I appreciate your help none the less.

Nowhere have I found on your QuickTime link or within Help or Faq pages does it suggest that the version of Mpeg-4 that Microsoft decodes differs from the one QuickTime uses -instead, and proving my point, the promotional material says that:

"you can rest assured that the MPEG-4 media stream you create using one company’s product will run on another vendor’s player."

If that's not misleading I don't know what is. I feel duped having bought the QuickTime version for Windows thinking that I could edit and view "Mpeg-4" files. I would not have made the purchase if a caveat for Windows users was provided suggesting there were problems.
It is Apple's/QuickTime's responsibility to understand the issues affecting PC users when developing/selling a "PRO" version for Windows no?






PC Windows XP Pro

i haven't given it a try but here's a freeware link to a VLC medi player for those having to convert Windows mpeg-4 files for QuickTime. Thanks again Kirk.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

hello ions and Kirk,
Kirk, FYI - one of the Windows links at Squared 5 above(specifically the "QuickTime Alt" link which I downloaded thinking it provided conversion software but instead suggests to uninstall QuickTime!) introduced something on my PC that prevents me from having QT on my desktop even though I chose not to install it. This has all been a bit of a nightmare since I'm on a deadline here.

The application that I've found most helpful at this point is not freeware but an AVI to Mp4 converter here at www.alloksoft.com, I haven't found freeware that will convert these files that reside on my pc as .avi but which according to Samsung use Mpeg-4 compression.

I've spent much of the last 3 days mucking through the VLC software suggestion above which ultimately didn't still save or convert the files to what QuickTime could read. Looks like I have to spend another $39(Cdn plus tax)unless someone can direct me to freeware that converts Mpeg-4 files that work fine on Window's (but appear to be identified as ancient ".avi" files!) to something QuickTime can work with.

PS: Kirk, did you know that .avi is still a standard file used up here for one of the worlds biggest film distribution companies? As a former IT trouble-shooter I find it troubling that rather than address the issue of some Windows .avi/Mpeg-4 files not functioning within QuickTime for WINDOWS one takes issue with either a) the user's choice of hardware, software or the makers of the operating system.

There should also be more info about QT's potential problems reading .avi/Mpeg-4 files provided for Windows users somewhere within the promotional literature for QuickTime Pro.

Thanks for your generous informative help Kirk, I've put QuickTime (for Windows ha!) aside for now and will likely extract stills from my mini-videos and assemble them somewhere else. Perhaps I can add a stereo audio track in QT and finally output a movie somewhere down the road. best to you all.
MD