Quicktime Buffer Overrun Detected Error with Vista

You can't or you don't want?
I have never had problems installing/uninstalling QT because I've always been VERY careful when installed other codec packs and things like that (I use also the excellent the VistaCodecPack suite) and I've always deactivated any QT option in the install phase to avoid future (known or supposed!) problems with original QT. I've read it can be a real pain when you mess up your system with other codecs AND QT...

Message was edited by: hexaae

I humbly bow before your greatness.

This worked for me, too. The only difference is that I never had to delete anything out of the system32 folder. In addition, there was never any quicktime directory in there, only two quicktime config files. The half-install didn't work with those removed, but they did when I put them back!

Methinks what is happening is that quicktime, like almost every single other program that runs on stupid windows, leaves residual stuff behind. If that stuff is corrupted, then you can reinstall until the cows come home and it won't do diddly. Sounds like you found where those suspect files are. And the villagers rejoiced... yay!

P.S. Sorry, this was supposed to be in response to a post on the previous page regarding deleting two folders from the documents and settings menu. Apologies.

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*I have found the solution!*
1)uninstall/delete quicktime, use registry editor to get rid of any traces of it (as it burrows into your registry like a parasite...)
2)don't ever touch the "install quicktime" .exe again (feel free to put it on a floppy and burn/stop/shred it if it makes you feel better)
3)Get quicktime alternative so .mov files can be played in WMP, or even better, VLC media player. VLC is freeware, amazing, and can play just about any media file out there (other than real media, but i suggest avoiding those at all costs anyways...)
4)make sure all media files are set to play in either of those by default.
5)rejoice as you may enjoy media again!

now some may say "but i have an iPod, and iTunes wont iFunction without iT."
simple, download EphPod, its an iTunes alternative. Now its not as shiny as iTunes, but it allows you to put files on your iPod, edit their tags, and even download files from your iPod (which iTunes wont do...)

simple as that :]

I bought product today. It does not work. There is no facility to contact Apple Technical Support directly about this that I have found. This problem has been around for nearly a year, I now discover. The solution of uninstalling and using something else is unacceptable to me since I have just paid for this. All I want to use Pro for is a simple way of doing voice recordings and exporting in a file format that Adobe Flash CS3 can recognise and use.

Other info: AMD chip is used in the PC laptop listed below. Vista Home Premium is Vista version.

I found the culprit for the issues that I'm experiencing.
iTunes would not start & QuickTime would give a buffer overrun error.
Everything was working fine up to the point of me installing QuickTime Alternative.
I uninstalled it, and repaired both QuickTime and iTunes. After doing this, my QuickTime and iTunes worked perfectly.

Good Luck

I attempted all of the recommendations here but none of them alleviated the problem. I continued to experience a buffer overrun when viewing certain high definition movies.

What finally resolved the problem for me was to install the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate, available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9DE6260E-4275-482D-9524 -DE850C4DD91C&displaylang=en. I installed Windows Vista SP1 RC for the sole purpose of seeing it would resolve this issue, and it does.

I hope that this helps others experiencing this problem. If you have any questions, let me know.

Take care and be well.

Dennis

I have been fighting with this issue for the past month. I am not having problems with iTunes. Only Quicktime. I have uninstalled and reinstalled about a dozen times. I have tried every "fix" that has been discussed here, and none have worked. I understand that it will work if you place your .mov files on an external source, but to me that is not acceptable, I paid for this system, and I expect it to work. Does anyone else have any further ideas, it is irrating the heck out of me.

The solution can be very simple.

1. Remove the QuickTime software.
Control Panel -> Add or Remove program -> Remove QuickTime

2. Delete c:\windows\system32\QuickTime folder

3. Install again.

Let me see if it works for you.

There's no QUICKTIME folder in System32 under Winxp Pro.

For those of you trying to link the issue to NVDIA.. Sorry to say, this problem is happening regardless of the video driver. I have an ATI card and i tried both ATI and OMEGA driver... Same issue.

I think the problem is deeper then just Quicktime. Over the last 2-3 weeks, i'm getting all sort of strange issue with many programs (including QT), about GDIPLUS.

Lately there's been a number of MS updates , and maybe one of them triggered a ol bunch o sh't in our system.

I'm currently to the point of starting a new XP image on a separate volume to see if i can bypass the problem on a newly created system.

Check out the similar thread posted by Frodisman. The solution within worked for me, at least. Good luck as it seems to be a very common problem judging from the number of hits.

I also have tried virtually everything on this forum with no results. I am not using Quicktime for video or tunes so using other software is not an option. My astronomy software uses it and will not boot up because of the buffer overrrun problem. I have an Intel mobile graphics card so the NVidia cards are not the problem. Why is Apple being so silent on this? Even if they don't have an answer for it they could at least tell us that, so we have some hope that somebody somewhere is trying to fix it!

I'm not sure if this is due to the video card or not...I've reinstalled and that worked on some machines. We are trying to download movies in QuickTime MPEG4 format from sites like http://www.hungryflix.com.

I installed 1.76 QT alternative lite... my windows media player now doesn't want to play .3gp files... it keeps attempting to download off the net although QT alternative is already installed... i turned off automatically downloading codecs but it still won't play... please help...

thanks
http://convonix.blogspot.com

I've been having this same problem... I'm using the latest version of Quicktime, and some videos play while others (most others) cause buffer overruns. The ones that DO work look worse than they did when played on XP, too.

I've tried other programs to play Quicktime files (like VLC, Quicktime Alternative, etc.), but I get the same errors. If anyone can help with this, it would be much appreciated.