Secondly, as I mentioned - the idea that a 64bit software needs 64bit specific versions of plugins is not rocket science - that's computing for you. There is not a simple right and wrong but that's fine. Well, talking in absolutes shows you have very weak reasoning skills. Sorry it's not the place to mention how bad quicktime actually is, but then you can always go and find out yourself if you're not totally indoctrinated by the marketing lies. Again, it shouldn't really be there responsibility to work around the deficiencies of Apple's deficient format. To be honest, Apple are known for their total lack of interoperability and in this case (since I would guess that a lot of their software isn't true 64bit yet - like itunes) - I would blame them.Īdobe had to create their own interface for Premiere and After Effects which are both heavily reliant on Quicktime (if you use Apple format videos). Apple should really create a 64bit tunnel that interfaces to the 32bit codec. So to blame microsoft is incorrect - its not their responsibility to make a 64bit quicktime codec.
To be honest a lot of software can be messy like this (for example itunes64 on windows is not really 64bit at all but 32bit). The idea that you need a 64bit version of quicktime is strange because Adobe Premiere (on windows) is also 64bit and seems to work with the 32bit Implementation of Quicktime. It is odd that a 64bit application would ask for a software that doesn't exist. Ideas? Where is the 64-bit version? How do you tell it is 64-bit? How do you force the installer to make sure it ONLY installs a 64-bit version of it? If I knew Office was going to be a PITA if I installed the 64-bit version I would have stuck with the 32-bit version. It's the Quicktime Player mismatch on my machine that is giving me grief. That machine defaults to VLC player on the desktop. The file I previously inserted was playing on a system that apparently had a 32-bit version of Powerpoint installed. The OS doesn't give a rats one way or the other. Powerpoint 2010 64-bit MUST have a 64-bit version of Quicktime in order to insert or play any Quicktime file.
It just says its compatible with Windows 7.
There is no option for 64-bit on the website.
Everyone keeps saying download the 64-bit version of Quicktime. So, exactly where is a 64-bit version of Quicktime for Windows because apparently the one on the Apple website for Windows is not 64-bit. I can play the file on the desktop no problem, but when I try to insert the file into Powerpoint or play a file that I inserted previously into Powerpoint on a different system, it says either Quicktime unavailable or you need a 64-bit version of Quicktime in order to insert the file. I have the latest version of Quicktime installed 7.7.3 something. I'm running 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010. I'm running 64-bit version of Windows 7 via bootcamp.