▷ Install quicktime on windows 10

Many Mac users miss certain applications the moment they are in Windows. A clear example is iTunes, although this one does have a specific version compatible with Windows 10. If you want to install QuickTime Windows 10 in its free version and safely, in this tutorial we show you how to do it.

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This application is the Mac equivalent of Windows Media Player on Windows. In the case of QuickTime Windows 10 we will see that it is a little more complicated to find current compatible versions in this operating system, since it is oriented to the era of Windows Vista and 7. We must also bear in mind that the free version has few active options, so, to have all of them, it would be necessary to purchase the pro version.

The most useful aspect that QuickTime Windows 10 provides is that for users of the Sony Vegas video editor the possibility of editing videos with a.MOV extension is available, which would not be possible if it were not for QuickTime.

What is QuickTime

QuickTime is a multimedia framework that is developed by Apple. This software implements both a multimedia player and the set of codecs necessary for video and audio playback.

QuickTime supports the most current formats in both its Mac version and the Pro version of Windows:

• DVDAVIDivXMPEG-4264MKV (if we install the corresponding plugin only available on Mac)

In addition to being a multimedia player, its Pro version has support for video editing and encoding of various formats such as AVI, MOV or MP4. In addition, we can record audio directly from a microphone.

QuickTime Windows 10 will be very important for users who have the Sony Vegas video editing program installed, since using QuickTime files in this program on Windows will require the installation of QuickTime.

Currently the latest version available for Windows is 7.7.9 but watch out! It is only compatible with Windows Vista and 7.

Versions supported by Windows 10

We must take into account a very important aspect about QuickTime Windows 10 and that is that its latest versions are not compatible with this latest operating system. Specifically, some versions of QuickTime 7 such as 7.7.9, which is the latest available. In the description of the download link, he points out precisely that it is optimized for Windows Vista and 7.

In our case there is a version that does work correctly with Windows 10 and it is version 7.6.

Download and install QuickTime Windows 10

To install this software we will have to go to the Apple page and locate this software in its version of Windows. To make it easier, just click on this link.

QuickTime versions 7.7.9 and 7.6 for Windows are available on the website. We will of course install version 7.6.

Once the installer is downloaded, we start it with a double click. It will surely be in the download folder. In this way we will begin the installation process.

During the process the following components will be installed:

• QuickTime player: is the application in charge of playing multimedia files. It will also be necessary. QuickTime Web Plug-in: is a plugin for playing multimedia content from web pages. In case of not having installed the Windows Media we could add it to the installation. QuickTime Picture Viewer: It is an image layer. Expendable in any case. QuickTime for Java: is an extension to perform an integration with Java, for active X components and others.

The installation will be carried out normally if we click on "Next" in all the windows. We recommend restarting the system so that the changes are applied correctly.

QuickTime running and interface

In the first run, the program will ask us if we want to obtain the pro version. If we clicked on the link it will not take us anywhere since it is not yet possible to buy the pro version of this software for Windows 10.

After this, the program will ask us if we want to associate the extensions of the multimedia files with this application. This happens when we have more applications for reproduction. If it is the application that we want to use by default, click on "Yes", otherwise we will choose no.

The one we have installed is the free version, so it will basically serve us to listen to music. To play videos and perform the other functions, they will only be available for the Pro version.

The most useful aspect of this program for Windows users is that it gives compatibility to edit files. MOV in Sony Vegas.

As you can see, the installation of QuickTime is simple and fast, but you should know which version to install in Windows 10. If this tutorial has been useful to you, leave it to us in the comments. For any clarification, well.

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