2 Replies Latest reply: Jan 16, 2014 8:39 PM by dparsons85 RSS

    The app Adobe is missing: A QuickTime Killer

    dparsons85 Community Member

      I'm looking for a replacement to QuickTime 7 and haven't yet found another option that I'm satisfied with. My main quarrel with QT is I've experienced gamma shift issues with a number of different formats and would like something that integrates seamlessly into the rest of the Adobe line. In addition, it would be a great thing for producers to have as I currently have no clue what a lot of my clients are using to view my material (QT, VLC, some app I've never heard of that screws up the coloration?).

       

      Adobe doesn't make anything that would work as an alternative to QT which is a shame, that leaves a hole in their otherwise end-to-end solution for video. VLC works well for playback but is a terrible program for transcoding, something I often use QT7 for in a pinch. Any way you slice it, it doesn't make sense that Adobe hasn't made something like this.

       

      Oh yeah, and it should be free, not part of Creative Cloud – I do want producers to use it. If you agree, submit a feature request here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

      Who knows, maybe they're already working on something like this. If not, hopefully we can persuade them to do so.

       

      Let me know what you're currently using and what you suggest to your clients. Thanks!

       

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      Message was edited by: Jim Simon

        • 1. Re: The app Adobe is missing: A QuickTime Killer
          JSS1138 CommunityMVP

          I think as a container format, MXF is the replacement.

           

          I think as a player, PotPlayer and VLC do the job quite nicely.

           

          I think as a transcoder, AME is quite good, and can be rounded out with Xvid4PSP and XMedia Recode.

           

          Given all this, I don't think there's really anything left for Adobe to do.  The onus is on content creators to just stop using QuickTime - for everything.

           

          Just stop.  The world will be a better place.

          • 2. Re: The app Adobe is missing: A QuickTime Killer
            dparsons85 Community Member

            Haha, thanks Jim. I'm all about making the world a better place

             

            I agree about AME, I love it and use it for all encoding jobs. I hadn't heard of PotPlayer before so I'll have to check that out.

             

            I guess the point I was trying to make is not that there aren't other solutions (use AME for encoding and VLC for playback. simple) but that after ingesting and organizing footage in Prelude, cutting in Premiere, adding titles and graphics in After Effects, grading in SpeedGrade, mixing in Audition, and encoding in Media Encoder, I then have to use a 3rd party program to watch my output. It just seems like there's one piece of the puzzle missing.