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Eug Wanker · Jun 18, 2006, 11:44 PM

I can't seem to play the HD trailers off Apple's Quicktime site in Vista, but other H.264 videos work fine.

eg. The Cornell video won't play at all in IE 7. The links don't seem to work. In Firefox 1.5 the links work fine and it plays the sound, but with a black screen - no video.

However, my Vista demo video plays just fine. It's an H.264 video too.

harrisjamieh · Jun 19, 2006, 12:39 AM

Its Windows: Its buggy
Its Beta: Even more buggy
Vista's not out yet: More buggy - iTunes/QT haven't been designed for Vista

Photo678 · Jun 19, 2006, 02:05 AM

so you come to a mac forum for a beta of windows software??????

ghporter · Jun 19, 2006, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by Photo678

so you come to a mac forum for a beta of windows software??????

He came to THE CORRECT FORUM because he's running it on a MacBook. Does that make a bit more sense?

I don't think it's as much that it's Windows, or even Vista, as that QT isn't ready to run on Vista, at least not well enough to play the high def content Eug is trying to play. Eug, do the standard def trailers on the Apple site work at all?

Eug Wanker · Jun 19, 2006, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I don't think it's as much that it's Windows, or even Vista, as that QT isn't ready to run on Vista, at least not well enough to play the high def content Eug is trying to play. Eug, do the standard def trailers on the Apple site work at all?

No, the 480p trailers don't work either. Or, at least the 480p trailers on the HD site don't work. I haven't tried 480p trailers from elsewhere on the QT site. However, my low bitrate 540p trailer (linked in the first post) works fine.

I was just wondering if others had the same issue. There probably isn't a quick fix, given that this is QT on Vista Beta, but if there is a workaround I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. Not a biggie though.

ghporter · Jun 19, 2006, 08:54 AM

That definitely sounds like something to do with the way QickTime is interacting with Vista or at least the way the encoding used on the trailers is working through QT. This is what beta software is all about-see what doesn't work. You probably should report this anomaly to MS through their beta feedback system.

harrisjamieh · Jun 19, 2006, 09:00 AM

Surely this is not a Vista problem, but the fact that QT is not designed for Vista - hence it will not work properly

Eug Wanker · Jun 19, 2006, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

That definitely sounds like something to do with the way QickTime is interacting with Vista or at least the way the encoding used on the trailers is working through QT. This is what beta software is all about-see what doesn't work. You probably should report this anomaly to MS through their beta feedback system.

Heh. The beta feedback system on MS's site is fairly convoluted. I'll try again later, but after a few minutes of looking I couldn't actually figure out how to submit the feedback on this topic.

Maybe I missed something obvious though I dunno.

Photo678 · Jun 20, 2006, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

He came to THE CORRECT FORUM ....

sorry, was having a bad day....pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

ghporter · Jun 20, 2006, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Photo678

sorry, was having a bad day....pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

No prob.

brockpedersen · Jun 27, 2006, 10:47 PM

It's not a bug that you can't watch HighDef in Vista. You have to be using HDCP Compatible hardware to even watch any high definition signal. It's like macrovision for high def. It's not fun, cause if you just bought nice new monitors chances are they don't support the HDCP.
pst... Here's a little tid bit, even the video cards that say they do, don't. So yes if you looked for it and thought you bought it. Nope. It's not there.

brockpedersen · Jun 27, 2006, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

That definitely sounds like something to do with the way QickTime is interacting with Vista or at least the way the encoding used on the trailers is working through QT. This is what beta software is all about-see what doesn't work. You probably should report this anomaly to MS through their beta feedback system.

It's not a bug that you can't watch HighDef in Vista. You have to be using HDCP Compatible hardware to even watch any high definition signal. It's like macrovision for high def. It's not fun, cause if you just bought nice new monitors chances are they don't support the HDCP.
pst... Here's a little tid bit, even the video cards that say they do, don't. So yes if you looked for it and thought you bought it. Nope. It's not there.

stiffler95 · Aug 3, 2006, 05:06 AM

I have the vista beta on my pc, and i found that through firefox the hd movie trailers for quicktime work, so you should try that. I can't figure out why ie7 won't work with them, but i think it has something to do with the new windows defender. God, if everything could be as easy as a mac!!!

dru · Aug 4, 2006, 02:07 PM

I'm probably not telling you anything you don't know...

Have you tried it with Vista in Classic appearance mode (so it looks like Win9x-Win2k)... that mode won't use the new graphics engine. The other appearances do even if you're not using Aero Glass.

Also, perhaps it works better if you tell Vista to use "XP SP2" compatibility mode for Quicktime. Just a thought.