QuickTime Pro: Yes or No?

[mox358]

My Take On This...

I finally gave in and purchased Quicktime Pro when Tiger came out. It was the first time I'd ever paid for the Pro license and it really is a good deal. $30 is a small price to me for the convenience that Pro offers. Buy it, use it for a few months, then use a computer w/o Pro. You'll be amazed at all the cool little things you can do with it, but you won't really notice then until you get used to having them and then have to do without.

I think that's Apple's secret plan - once you buy Quicktime Pro you get so used to having the functionality, so that when they bring out a new version (6.0 -> 7.0) alot of people who already paid for QT get so frustrated not having those features that they'll pay again (I know I will) just to keep the functionality.

But overall it really is worth the measly $30 if you just have it extra to spend.

 

[tuartboy]

I actually have pro, but IIRC you can trick QT free into saving a file. I think you open the file in QT, command + x to cut, and then try to close. I think it popped up with a save dialogue and you could save it from there.

That along with the applescript to fullscreen video is pretty much all you need.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

 

[freeny]

The "pro" charge should only be applied to PC users. The "pro" charge should be worked into the bundled apps that come with your machine, or even better built into the OS.

 

[w8ing4intelmacs]

It's also great for rotating videos on the fly (esp. if you have a digital still camera that can capture short videos). I was finally able to rotate a bunch of videos of my son that were "sideways".