

Unfortunately, QuickTime 4’s appeal is diminished by the gaudy, cumbersome interface of QuickTime Player, the bundled program most people will use to play back QuickTime content.Īs it did with version 3, Apple distributes two flavors of QuickTime 4.

The new version brings significant improvements in almost every area: it’s easier to download, adds support for MP3 audio files and Macromedia Flash animations, offers smoother panning and sharper display of panoramas, and supports streaming?the ability to play QuickTime content as it downloads. Two steps forward, one step back?that about sums up version 4 of QuickTime, the system software that enables Macs and Windows computers to work with dynamic media such as audio, video, and virtual-reality panoramas.
