QT browser problems

Question

i have had this problem for sometime now. i use windows XP. i have the latest version of QT 7.02 i think. i can play a downloaded video with quicktime. like a music video or something sent to me as an email attachment. however, if i go to a website that has a quicktime video i get the white screen with the quicktime "Q" and a "?" over it. as if it were a broken file or something. to verify that it is not a problem with the website, i have visited the same site(s) using different computers. so i know it's something on my end. i use both internet explorer and firefox. both have the same result with quicktime.
this is a very frustrating problem and i would be eternaly thankfull if someone can help me out.
thanks,
-brad-

Answer 1

Jacumba, if I may jump in here. don't know if fsupkt's problem is the same and/or related to mine, but it does seem many are having these problems with QT even with mac's and other systems. I too have XP on a Dell XPS400 and am having play QT problems when trying to view on _line movies especially_. I posted here in another topic but have not had any responses after several days. Below is my post on yet another (non-Apple) website page.
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I previously downloaded Apple Quicktime to my Dell XPS400 with XP Media Center Edition on which I alternately use Firefox and IE browsers because some web pages require IE although I like Firefox more than IE. Quicktime worked very well initially. I use it to view internet TV and video clips and movies. WMP and REAL also work very well for formats that require those players. All players initialized and operated automatically without any help or call up.
At some point, I assume when I upgraded Firefox, Quicktime (from 7.1 to 7.2), or possibly when some other application such as JAVA automatically upgraded themselves, Quicktime refused to load, or if it did load the video/movie I chose on such websites as Beelinetv.com, it would be extremely slow, blocky, broken up and intermittent. (Perhaps someone can check Beelinetv.com with their rigs to see what they get). It seemed as though I was trying to stream with dial up when I actually have DSL which often tests at 1.5 mbs but at least 1 mb. So I suspected that my connectivity had been affected. Or else I thought my Quicktime plug ins or extensions had been modified, changed, corrupted, or otherwise affected by the 7.2 upgrade.
I then plugged in a backup HD that had a Quicktime installation before I upgraded anything. That Quicktime installation performed flawlessly. I have been careful not to allow any changes or upgrades on that backup HD that I thought might be relevant to this issue in case I need to compare HD settings or copy the backup with updates to my Raptor which I want to continue to use as the main HD.
I would prefer not to have to go to the backup because it is old enough to have considerable data missing that I would have to save from the main HD that's corrupted and transfer to the back up HD, thereafter copying the backup to my main HD to get back to normal.
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Now Jakumba, for what it's worth I already tried doing what you suggest about closing browsers. I also tried various combinations and settings in preferences after switching browsers but then closing the respective browser but it did not help. I'm starting to think that Apple may have gotten too careless in their ambition to compete with Gates, thereby sacrificing their software quality, accuracy, and reliability I have respected and trusted. That's not a criticism, just an observation. The only conclusion I can make so far based on the problem sequence I have described is that Apple's 7.2 upgrade changed something in non-apple software programs (such as Adobe) that was nevertheless Apple/QT related. And now maybe that's embedded somewhere preventing any version of QT 7 from streaming on line video such as movies, EVEN THOUGH ODDLY ENOUGH IT PERMITS TRAILERS. I presume that's because trailers and some other video have different plug-ins, extensions or formats.
Might also mention that although my Raptor internet security software has been upgarded to registered Trend PC-cillin, the settings in that progarm have been checked to be sure the website firewall was not a problem (it's off) and so on with other appropriate spyware/virus settings.
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