[P1] quicktime problem

[patrick fisher]

Sometimes Apple really makes me wonder.

Why is it that they are so behind on other formats when you can find a freeware
movie player that will play AVIs?

P

Brian Fish wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I'm stumped.  I can't get Quicktime videos to play on my ibook, but they
> play fine on my PC.  I'm trying to watch old macworld keynotes and expos to
> fill the void until January.  On my ibook, Quicktime opens and says
> "requested data" for about 30 seconds and then says "timed out" and does
> nothing.  On my PC, the same file opens right away and plays with no
> problems.  I've updated my Quicktime to 6.0.2 and just recently upgraded to
> Quicktime Pro, but still the same results.  I originally thought that it was
> a problem with the links on apple's site, but as I said, they work fine on
> my PC.