Quicktime and Windows 2000 Problem

Hi Turbo

I came across your message when searching for help with the same problem. So I've come back to let you know how I fixed it. I had to disable all hardware acceleration in my Display options. I haven't come across this solution elesewhere but I have seen a lot of similar complaints in other forums (including Apple's own), most of which had the whole Win2K system freeze when trying to load a QT movie. So far I've had no more bother, with hardware acceleration turned off via Display Properties/Settings tab/Advanced. Hope it works for you.

danf

I have the same problem with Windows 2000 and Quicktime. I've tried both versions 4 and 5 and still Quicktime generates an error and then closes. I've tried disabling hardware acceleration but this did not help. I also have a problem with Real Player on Win2k but thats another story. Other than that, Win2k works great

Did you try to download Service Pack 2 for win2k?Maybe that'l fix problems using quicktime.Personally, when I downloaded SP2, my system was responding much faster, especially my HD.

I tried doing the same but its still not working! I put SP2 downloaded the latest quicktime version...also updated my browser with 6 but...still no solution!
I am not sure how to disable hardware accelaration! If any of you could kindly explain!

I was having the same problems, but this worked for me :-
> Go into Control Panel --> Quicktime
> Choose 'Video Settings' in the combo box
> Select 'Options'
> Untick 'Enable DCI' and 'Enable DirectDraw'
(The other 2 options should be automatically disabled)

That's it! Hope it helps for some.

When I opened Quicktime...it asked me if I wanted to update the latest drivers and it downloaded the right driver for me and then it started working!

My quicktime movie jumps and flickers at edges...on some computers..is there a way to get rid of it! I am using windows 2000..and I havent seen it flicker here..but when I see on systems with 98..it does sometimes..

kindly suggest!

nixthinx

Dear Cynewulf, if you are still out there...Thank you so much for your advice regarding DCI DirectDraw in the QuickTime control panel. I couldn't figure out why my computer would always freeze whenever I wanted to view certain QuickTime videos (specifically Sorenson Pro 3 compressed). I called Sorenson Tech Support, and even they couldn't figure it out. They had no idea. It was your advice that got it all working for me. I am forever in your debt.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Pupkin

I cannot get Quicktime audio to work under Win2k.

Tried every possible combination for the preferences/sound out, still no fix.

Any Ideas? Thanks.

I cant believe that after all this time (I'm new to win2k) this problem exists. The trick about disabling stuff worked for 50% of the 2 .mov files I have. I wouldn't have bothered installing this software but the media player doesn't play the filetype. Why does anyone make movies using this piece of software!

Ok, here is another twist: Quicktime I view that is embedded in webpages works great-- as long as I'm an administrator. If I log in as a regular user it bombs. Any advice?

Installing the latest version of DirectX (now it's 8.1) also helps a lot to use players like QuickTime, Windows Media Player, DivX Player and others:

Pay attention to download the correct DirectX for your platform: there's one for Win95/98/Me and another for NT/2000/XP.

Good luck

Hi,
One of our customer reports a unusual quicktime behaviour : while playing a mov file, he gets some intermittent long (about 5-10 seconds) white screens, while the sound continues. The white screens dont occur at the same moment from one test to the other.
This happens only when playing from its cd-dvd-rom drive : when copied on the hard drive, the video plays fine.
The mov file is expected to be played in a Director animation, but the problem also occurs when the mov is played in the movie player.
Some technical background : the mov file is quite big (about 350 MB), compressed with Sorenson Pro 2. Its contains one video track, 7 sound tracks and 7 texts tracks (but one of each is enabled at a time). The data rate of the video track is about 120 kbs.
The different tracks were at first kept as external files, linked together with a link movie, but the problem also occurs with a flattened file.
The machine on which this problem occurs is a Sony Vaio laptop PCG-R600HEK, runing Windows 2000 5.00.2195 SP 1.
Being given the fact that the trouble come only when played on the cd-dvd-drive, we have tried to burn different CD-R, using several burners and software.
We think that the problem is probably related to the customer harware/software config. But as we prepare to duplicate this program massively, we would like to explore all the options.
Did someone already faced such troubles ?