Dave's Technotes

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Apple Quicktime alternative

It seems like with each and every new release of Quicktime, Apple has been trying to reach new heights in user annoyance. Things like - every time the Quicktime player pops up, it asks you if you want to buy some pay version of Quicktime - like anybody actually wants to do that. And it ask you EVERY single time.

Then, more recently, it has become difficult to download just Quicktime without also downloading iTunes. Well, now there is an alternative. The folks over at free-codecs.com have an alternative. It uses all the Quicktime codecs, plus an old version of the MS Media Player.

Get it here.