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WARNING: Do not upgrade to QuickTime 7.1.3!!!
See the thread on the WARNING DOWNGRADED for more current information about this situation.
The most current version of QuickTime 7.1.3 is required if you want to purchase movies, tv shows, songs, etc from Apple’s iTunes.
If you do upgrade to that version of QT, you will lose the ability to import movies and sounds and other multimedia content into ID. You may also lose the ability to play SWF movies in PDF files.
The happens on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
If you have already upgraded to 7.1.3, you can uninstall it on Windows and then reinstall a lower version.
Sadly, it is hardly easy to do the same on the Mac and I ended up having to reinstall my entire operating system on the Mac.
I don’t know what to suggest if you do want to download movies, etc.
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I don’t get it, Sandee.
I have InDesign 4.0.4, and I have QuickTime 7.1.3 installed. I placed several MOV files, AIF and WAV files. I exported them to PDF as Acrobat 6 format. I had no problem playing them in Acrobat 7 or 8 Professional. (I already have a version of Acrobat 8 because I’m “officially” able to do demos of it for Adobe events.)
Can you give more details of what doesn’t work for you.
I only have on SWF sample file to test, and it didn’t play, but I’ve had troubles playing it in PDF for a long time. Nothing new as far as I can tell.
BTW, this is on a Mac OS X 10.4.8, on a G4 PowerBook.
OK, now I just tested the same MOV, AIF and WAV files on my Dell laptop (Win XP), InDesign 4.0.4, Acrobat 8 Professional, and the files worked there as well.
Same here; everything fine as far as I can tell. InDesign 4.0.4, Mac OSX 10.4.8, on a MacIntel MacBook Pro. QuickTime 7.1.3 Installed.
I wish I knew why you guys are OK as Peter Truskier had the same problem.
And I had two separate computers with two different operating systems and platforms with the same result.
Ok, the problem seems to be with Flash files or QT files that have embedded Flash. There is a TechNote here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_18889
and here:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304341
I have done some tests, and, as a matter of fact there are problems with Flash and InDesign.
From what I understand, the version of Flash shipped with QuickTime is “older” than the versions available in Adobe products, hence the clash. I have tried re-enabling the flash track in QT but this has no effect in Flash in ID docs. Re-enabling allows me to see iTunes interactive booklets though ;-)
Thank you for the warning, Sandee.
Thanks Rufus for the confirmation that I am not a complete alarmist.
I’m not too sure the adobe technote specifically addresses my problem as they do not talk about the “malformed URL” alert.
However, the comment that this may not affect all users makes me feel MUCH better.
I cannot explain what I’ve found, but here’s a bit more data, anyway.
As I reported on the U2U fourm thread that Sandee started, I had exactly the same error using ID 4.0.4, QT 7.1.3, and OX 10.4.8 on my MacBook Pro. I tried the suggestion posted by Martin Sammtleben to turn on “Enable Flash” in the QT preference pane’s Advanced tab, and that did not help, even after re-booting.
Next, I tried on my PowerBook G4 with ID 4.0.2, QT 7.1.3, and OS 10.4.7, and I also got the error. However, when I turned on “Enable Flash” in the QT prefernce pane, and restarted InDesign, I WAS able to place the same swf files.
I then updated my G4 to 10.4.8, and the file still place. I’ll try updating InDesign on the G4 to 4.0.4 next, but may not get to that till later today…
I lied (about the “later today” part). I just updated to 4.0.4 on my G4, and am still able to preview and place the swf files in InDesign, but I cannot on my MacBook Pro.
I think there are two issues here. One is the QT “Enable Flash” preference which is off by default in QT 7.1.3, and the other is a QT-related problem with InDesign running under Rosetta emulation.
I’m running CS and CS2 on 4 different Macs from 10.3.9 to 10.4.8 and the entire issue of swf’s, inDesign and PDF’s along with quick time is a MESS!
I cannot see any hope except to only use .mov and .avi for anything happening in InDesign.
Thank you guys so much, the movie import to ID was driving me nutter.
I first did a .mov, asked for a filter, then a different .mov with different settings, same prob, then I converted the .mov to a .wmv nogo, then I converted the .mov to a .avi and it crashed ID. Turned on enable flash in prefs, was able to drag only the .avi without crashing, installing 4.0.4 update now, I’ll let you know where this road leads…. opening ID with update…..muahahahahaha works like a charm, thanks again.
OSX 10.4.8
Processor 4X2.5Gzh G5
6.5gz RAM
ID update to 4.0.4
QT 7.1.3
Worked like a charm
Hi, I am new to the Mac, I upgraded Quickitime to 7.1.3 upon the Mac telling me to do so, now it wont even launch, I get an error message right away, so I try to uninstall it by simply deleting the application from the folder to try to install a previous version, no luck, it still thinks I have a more current version, how in the world do I get rid of this app from my machine ?
I am looking for the version of quicktime just before this new 7.3.1. If anyone could post a link I would be mighty thankful. I need it for Windows Vista.
Because QuickTime 7.3.1 disables Flash playback you can’t export a QT file from Flash nor can you import a .swf to let’s say an application that makes screensavers. In fact with QuickTime 7.3.1. The ‘Enable Flash’ setting is both disabled and no longer available in 7.3.1.