Itunes + QuickTime

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ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any reason to

keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.



Why do I need either one of them?



Thanks for the help..
 
Bruce A. Julseth wrote:

> ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system.



Not on mine and they never will be.



> Do I have any reason to

> keep it?



Of course not.



> I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.

>

> Why do I need either one of them?



You don't.



>

> Thanks for the help..



Anytime.



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C
 
On 30 Mar 2010, "Bruce A. Julseth"

wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:



> ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any

> reason to keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3,

> et. al.

>

> Why do I need either one of them?



If you don't do any of those things, why did you install it in the

first place?



Quicktime is use to view certain Apple format video clips that Windows

doesn't support out of the box.



If you don't use iTunes or Quicktime, get rid of it. If you find you

need it later, re-install it then.
 
"Bruce A. Julseth" wrote:



>ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any reason to

>keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.



>Why do I need either one of them?



If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

need it. Quicktime plays *.mp4 and *.mov video files, which Windows

Media Player will not. If you never meet one of those, you won't need

Quicktime. If you do want to see one some time, you will need it.



--

Tim Slattery

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
 
On 03/30/10 8:54 AM, Tim Slattery wrote:

> "Bruce A. Julseth" wrote:

>

>> ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any reason to

>> keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.

>

>> Why do I need either one of them?

>

> If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

> need it. Quicktime plays *.mp4 and *.mov video files, which Windows

> Media Player will not. If you never meet one of those, you won't need

> Quicktime. If you do want to see one some time, you will need it.

>

I would remove Quicktime and install Videolan for playing all your

video/audio files (if that ever becomes necessary). It's much more

benign than any other of the common players and plays virtually all

common formats.

videolan.org
 
Thanks for the response.



Why did I install it in the first place, I was asked!! Good question. Most

likely it came with something else and I really didn't kmow what it was.



Thanks again..

"Bruce A. Julseth" wrote in message

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> ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any reason to

> keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.

>

> Why do I need either one of them?

>

> Thanks for the help..

>
 
Got an iPod/iPhone?



"Bruce A. Julseth" wrote in message

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> Why did I install it in the first place, I was asked!! Good question. Most

> likely it came with something else and I really didn't kmow what it was.
 
Tim Slattery wrote:

> "Bruce A. Julseth" wrote:

>

>> ITunes + QuickTime is installed on my XP system. Do I have any reason to

>> keep it? I DO NOT play games and I DO NOT listen to MP3, et. al.

>

>> Why do I need either one of them?

>

> If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

> need it. Quicktime plays *.mp4 and *.mov video files, which Windows

> Media Player will not. If you never meet one of those, you won't need

> Quicktime. If you do want to see one some time, you will need it.



Unless Media Player Classic, or Zoom Player, or one of the other AV programs

will do it. Just having Windows Media Player is a bit limiting. :-)



But the ones above might need Quicktime installed to be able to play .mov

files (not sure); I seriously doubt they would need QT to be able to play

mp4 files, however).



I've still got an OLD version of QT (ver 5) installed. (the newer ones are

bloatware, as is true for so many of the latest program incarnations)
 
Per boatman312:

>I would remove Quicktime and install Videolan for playing all your

>video/audio files (if that ever becomes necessary). It's much more

>benign than any other of the common players and plays virtually all

>common formats.

>videolan.org



I've been using VideoLan's "VLC Media Player" for a year or so

and it's played everything I've thrown at it so far - as opposed

to "CorePlayer" which I paid something like thirty bucks for and

which doesn't do .MPG.

--

PeteCresswell
 
Tim Slattery écrivait

news:6ts3r5hnk00dtfv53d45q48pkct3jabil2@4ax.com:





>

> If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

> need it.



Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you own an iPod from Apple, you need

iTunes to manage it and to load your songs into it, even if you don't buy

music from iTunes store.
 
Doum,



If you like music and listen regularly to your iPod and own a lot of

music in your computer, even if you don´t buy music from iTunes, you

need iTunes. But, if you don't like music very much, then you don´t

need neither the Ipod nor iTunes. Just turn on your radio and you´ll be

happy.



More info: http://www.apple.com/itunes/



Cheers



Doum wrote:

> Tim Slattery écrivait

> news:6ts3r5hnk00dtfv53d45q48pkct3jabil2@4ax.com:

>

>

>> If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

>> need it.

>

> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you own an iPod from Apple, you need

> iTunes to manage it and to load your songs into it, even if you don't buy

> music from iTunes store.

>
 
Actually, if you want to simply manage the IPOD without using the ITunes

store, there are other applications that will do it.



Google and ye shall find.



"Doum" wrote in message

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: Tim Slattery écrivait

: news:6ts3r5hnk00dtfv53d45q48pkct3jabil2@4ax.com:

:

:

: >

: > If you have no interest in buying stuff from iTunes, then you don't

: > need it.

:

: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you own an iPod from Apple, you

need

: iTunes to manage it and to load your songs into it, even if you don't buy

: music from iTunes store.

:
 
Per Doum:

>Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you own an iPod from Apple, you need

>iTunes to manage it and to load your songs into it,



There are other products that will do that.



I'm not in love with iTunes, I've tried a few of the other

products and always come back to iTunes.

--

PeteCresswell
 
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